TO ADDRESSING DEFORESTATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AT THREE LEVELS
The Nature Conservancy
Promoting sustainable rural development
A summary of our field work
Mexico is one of the world’s most megadiverse countries
We’re trying to keep it that way
National Level
Mexico is losing 200,000 hectares of forest annually, largely due to the expansion of livestock and agriculture. We worked at the national level to change this.
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State Level
By working at a state level we have influenced policies to push a jurisdictional approach to reducing deforestation
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Local Level
With local communities and producers, we’ve piloted sustainable projects in ranching, forestry, agriculture and agroforestry to ensure a sustainable development pathway