Farmers from Samac reading a poster about birds of the Sierra Sacranix.
| Farmers from Samac reading a poster about birds of the Sierra Sacranix. |
To raise environmental awareness among local indigenous communities, PROEVAL RAXMU carries out popular activities in rural villages. In slide presentations we inform about birds and their habitat,
bird monitoring, birding tourism, and conservation. Waterproof posters in Maya
Q'eqchi' language, Spanish, and English, inform local people and visitors about
the local avifauna.
Communities and landowners at the three continous effort monitoring sites Ik'bolay, Sacranix, and Yalijux maintain tourism programs focussed on nature, including birdwatching. PROEVAL RAXMU Bird Monitoring Program helps to promote the birding sites by producing local bird checklists, brochures, and posters. Use the following links to see some examples from our monitoring sites:
Community outreach in the Yalijux mountain
Community outreach in the Sacranix mountain
Community outreach in the Ik'bolay region and Laguna Lachuá National Park
The PROEVAL RAXMU bird census takers are highly skilled in identifying and finding birds, especially by their calls and songs. This ability makes them excellent local birding guides. All three bird monitoring sites are being promoted as birding hotspots in Guatemala, which provides additional income to local farmers:
www.cayaya-birding.com/Destination.html
http://www.chelemha.org/birding.htm
To raise awareness for conservation among the Guatemalan and international society, PROEVAL RAXMU produced postcards of Guatemalan birds, which are distributed in hotels and bookstores.
PROEVAL RAXMU informs the Guatemalan society and local conservation stakeholders about conservation activities in local meetings and congresses.
PROEVAL RAXMU stand during the X Congress of the Sociedad Mesoamericana para la Biología y la Conservación, Antigua Guatemala, November 2006.
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