Proyecto Aldea Global

(Meambar Blue Mountain National Park)
Eco-tourism and the Participatory protection of Natural Resources

Proyecto Aldea Global continues to manage and develop the Cerro Azul Meambar National Park (PANACAM), which was established in 1987 and given to PAG to manage since 1992, now seventeen years.

The park covers 312 square kms. extending from 415 to 2080 mts above sea level; the area is the habitat for a great biodiversity of flora and fauna species due to its unique ranges of elevation. PAG’s main development objective is to manage the sustainable growth and protection of the park by implementing a master management plan that includes the active participation of the municipalities and communities in the target region.

The key to park protection is to instill a conservation mentality with the adjoining community populations, and empower them to be able to co-habitate socially and economically without destroying their natural resources.

2008 Achievements:

The AFE-COHDEFOR (Forestry Development Corporation of Honduras) awarded PAG second place as the best managed park in Honduras, out of 32 protected areas. B) PAG signed a fourth consecutive five year agreement with the forest service to continue to manage the Cerro Azul Meambar National Park. This agreement will be valid until 2012. c) 40,000 energy and wood trees for reforestation purposes were planted this past year and a nursery with 65,000 trees was started. e) Ten pilot bio digester plants for the treatment of organic disposals and production of bio gas were installed. f) PAG started the design of a scientific investigation station to be installed in the park in 2009. This station will provide a center for university students to carry out scientific investigations of the plant and animal life in the park.