Strengthening Cultural and Productive Diversity of the Otomi and Zapotec Indigenous Communities in Mexico

Reforestamos Mexico promoted collaboration between 5 members of the International FSC to strengthen the cultural and natural heritage of the Otomi ethnic group in San Geronimo Zacapexco Community, San Luis Anahuac Ejido and the Silvicultores Unidos de la Cuenca del Alto Panuco in Villa del Carbon, State of Mexico, and the Zapotec ethnic group in the community of Ixtlan de Juarez in Oaxaca, benefiting 1,895 people through the management of their natural resources for the sustainable development and responsible forest management of 26,713 hectares.