Totonicapán, Guatemala

The Community Forest of San Miguel is a 52,000-acre old-growth forest that houses the world's largest remaining stand of endangered Guatemalan fir trees. Situated on the continental divide, it also contains around 1,200 surface water sources, providing water for over 50,000 people in 80 communities. Totonicapán has a lower rate of deforestation than the national average due to community conservation of the forests for hundreds of years. Yet there remains pressure on forests, and therefore water sources, from excessive cutting of trees by the local population, illegal loggers, and the advance of the agricultural frontier.

EcoLogic is working with the local communities on two projects in this area:

• Forest Management
• Traditional Memory

See a video of our work: