🍃 Exciting news from Campeche, Mexico! 🌿
Last week, the Katab ejido became the first to sign a contract for Corredor Campeche, a Pachama Originals project.
Located in the municipality with the highest deforestation rate in Mexico this year, this project will restore and conserve 10,570 hectares, including reforestation in 150 hectares, planting 6 different native species.
We had the honor of joining the incredible Toroto team for this important milestone in our indigenous Free, Prior and Informed Consent process.
A few highlights from the field pictured below!
🌳 Ejido members eagerly lining up to sign after a unanimous vote in favor of the project. Toroto later helped ensure all workers were formally registered with social security, giving many access to benefits for the first time.
🌳 Eleazar Abraham Beh Miss from Toroto explaining the revenue that would go directly back to the community across the unique project types.
🌳 Ejido members outlining the activities, timelines and equipment they would need for site prep and planting.
🌳 Education on our whistleblower program, empowering the community to raise any grievances.
🌳 Our planting team walking along the border of the reforestation area, with the Pachama team capturing additional drone footage to assess land suitability for project expansion.
This visit encapsulates all that makes high-integrity projects successful: a deeply engaged community, rigorous measurement, and crucial funding to get the project off the ground (thank you, Mercado Libre!), without which none of this would be possible.
Vamos!
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