From October, the Agricultural Research and Education Center CATIE will begin the second phase of its project FINNFOR, on Forests and Forest Management in Central America.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
A statement of the Center for Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE) reads:
FINNFOR officially begins its second phase
CATIE and the Government of Finland will seek to improve the livelihoods of small and medium forestry enterprises through the second phase of FINNFOR.
Turrialba, Costa Rica. Starting this October, and with support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland (MFA), CATIE (Center for Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education) the second phase of the FINNFOR project will start, on Forests and Forest Management in Central America.
This initiative seeks to improve, through the value chain approach, the livelihoods of small and medium forestry enterprises, promoting the region's forests as a tool for social and economic development, and environmental conservation.
According to Dr. José Joaquín Campos, director general of CATIE, with the second phase of CATIE and FINNFOR, the MAEF are taking the challenge to help improve the competitiveness of Central American forestry, creating visible and tangible impacts for relieving poverty and uniting local activities in a regional strategic action.
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The country uses only between 2% and 4% of its land for conservation and forestry production.
In 2010, 1.07 million cubic feet of logs were produced and only between 2% and 4% of the land was used for conservation and forestry production, according to sources in the timber sector.
The size of areas granted as forest concessions to communities, mainly in the northern Peten zone, rose from 510,000 hectares in 2007 to 680,000 in 2011.
In the area, seventy-two companies certified by Rainforest Alliance, predict that they will generate exports worth $9 million in 2011, said Jose Roman, regional manager for the Central America and Caribbean ‘Trees’ Program by Rainforest Alliance.
The project seeks to strengthen small and medium producers of agricultural technology and aid 5.000 small farmers.
The funds will be administered by the Foundation for Technological Development for Agriculture and Forestry of Nicaragua (FUNICA).
Laprensa.com.ni reports, "Resident Director of the Swiss Cooperation Agency in Central America (SDC), Peter Bischof, was confident that this second phase will achieve results similar to the initial stage of the project, which saw 45 companies and technology services attend to 22 thousand producers, bringing them affordable technology. "
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