Community Tourism Network, Izabal, Guatemala
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This community tourism project we started in 2006 with the goal of medium term that will generate economic resources and jobs, that can address basic health and education.
Our current goal is to involve neighboring communities because we believe that together achieve the sustainable development of the Maya communities of our region. The experience of the core zone of the Rio Dulce National Park is an example of encounter and dialogue between indigenous communities and the authorities responsible for conservation of protected areas, worthy of note. The satisfaction of land rights and environmental rights has been made possible by the willingness of both parties. These good practices have been based primarily on developing and strengthening the Participatory Management of Protected Areas, involving three lines of work:
· Maintenance reorientation to support productive patterns now settled communities, with technical assistance to them.
· Training of local communities for their active involvement in plans for protected area management, agreed in a participatory manner.
· Regularization of the legal situation of the communities settled in the protected area, based on a bill of rights and obligations, and a protocol for monitoring compliance.
Environment and Tourism
Rio Dulce National Park showing the topography of the region through its breathtaking landscapes, such as the Golfete, births of hot springs, and a cannon that extends approximately 15 km. This National Park is a must for visitors to the Lake Izabal and the Department of Alta and Baja Verapaz, for its biodiversity and its landscape.
Tourism is an economic activity that has grown in recent years in Guatemala. The aim of the Ecovillage Network is to reduce the environmental impact of conservation by strengthening our capabilities. The main tool is the impetus to a business of providing services to visitors interested in natural and cultural attractions of biotopes, namely tourism.
Environment:
Guatemala is divided and organized into the following departments: Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Chimaltenango, Chiquimula, El Progreso, Escuintla, Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Izabal, Jalapa, Jutiapa, Peten, Quetzaltenango, Quiche, Retalhuleu, Sacatepéquez, San Marcos, Santa Rosa , Solola, Suchitepéquez, Totonicapán and Zacapa.
Rio Dulce which is south of the city of Puerto Barrios, Izabal Department. In their environment there are beautiful beaches and exotic locales that offer visitors an ideal haven for an unforgettable vacation. A perfect place for fishing, diving, skiing and all kinds of watersports. In addition, it also features archaeological sites and places to get in touch with nature.
Rio Dulce is the gateway to the Caribbean Sea. Born in Lake Izabal. Rio Dulce is considered the longest river in Guatemala, about 30 miles long. Following its course, the river narrows and passes through the Towns of Borders and padding, and later passes through a spectacular steep ravine covered by thick vegetation and fauna of the jungle.
In the inland lakes, formed by the former river bed Chocón Machacas, is the beauty of nature magnified, sheltering in the streams that interlock, the cow manatee or sea. We are at the heart of the nature reserve "Protected Biotope Chocon Machacas" created for the conservation of this endangered species.
It can be reached only by water from Borders, Livingston and Puerto Barrios.
The tour of the area is an unforgettable experience for any nature lover, enjoying in the jungle, the observation of more than 130 species of birds, 31 mammals, and flora.
Rio Dulce, the only place where manatees live in the interior of a pond
Maya:
More than half of Guatemala's population is indigenous. Our community is the Q'eqchi ', that we, along with other indigenous people, direct descendants of the ancient Maya. We are proud of our cultural heritage, and maintain, as we sent our ancestors, customs and traditions to reap the Q'eqchi Maya land and speak to our gods.
Religious holidays in our actions have an important place to dance the Dance of the Deer and Mayan ceremonies.
The deer dance is a religious ritual that requires us to prepare the costumes and the participation of 23 people. Commemorates, the dance of the Spanish conquest, and thus participate in the dance: 8 Spanish, 8 deer, 2 monkeys, 2 tigers, 1 hunter, the wife of the hunter and dog.
Mayan ceremonies can only be performed by Mayan priests and their apprentices. The ritual allows us to relate with nature and the gods, and call for improving our crops, our personal protection, and prevent problems in our daily lives and in the community.
· Culture:
One of the elements that are unique to Guatemala, is the living culture of the indigenous population. It is experienced every day in every corner of the country, especially in the western region. The colors, traditions, languages, rituals and customs of the country are caused by the 23 ethnic groups living in Guatemala. Each clings to its ancestral roots and are distinguished by their costumes, each very unique and specific to each population. "Vibrant," "kaleidoscopic," and especially "authentic" are adjectives that clearly describe life in the highlands. Guatemala's geography is dominated by Santos names superimposed on the traditional indigenous names: San Francisco Panajachel, Santiago Atitlan, San Pedro Carcha, San Jose Poaquil and complicated Chichicastenango, which in turn illustrates the syncretism between Indian and Christian traditions.
· Society:
Guatemala is the most populous country in Central America. Guatemalan society is, since the Spanish conquest, divided into two groups: first the Indians of Mayan origin, who constitute half of Guatemala's population, live mostly in the less fertile highlands on the other hand, the "Ladino "mestizo descendants of Spanish and essentially urban.
Guatemala is divided as mentioned above in 22 administrative departments, each headed by a governor appointed by the president. The largest city is Guatemala City and its population is over 2,300,000. Other major cities include Puerto Barrios Quetzaltenango, and Antigua Mazatenango.
· Ecology:
Guatemala has one of the most important biological treasures of the world. It is the habitat for 10% of all recorded species on the planet. This includes 19 ecosystems, 300 microclimates and 33 volcanoes, five of whom are active. Tourists visiting Guatemala travel from a cloud forest to the beaches of black sand on the Pacific coast within minutes. There are 93 protected areas and 25 classified as special protected areas, ranging from mangroves on both coasts to mountain cloud forests.
All this adds up to 1.4 million hectares in the Maya Biosphere Reserve, one of the most important ecological reserves in this hemisphere.
Nature reserves: flows into the Caribbean Sea lies the Rio Dulce National Park, considered one of the places of great beauty and diversity of flora and fauna of Guatemala. Where lies our Ecovillage, Lagunitas.
In the inland lakes, formed by the former river bed Chocón Machacas, this beauty is magnified, sheltering in the streams that interlock, the cow manatee or sea. We are at the heart of the nature reserve "Protected Biotope Chocon Machacas" created for the conservation of this endangered species.
The tour of the area will be an unforgettable experience for any nature lover, enjoying in the jungle, the observation of more than 130 species of birds, 31 mammals, and flora.
· Vegetation:
The soil is very fertile, is the most important of Guatemala, whose main activities are agriculture and livestock. In the lowlands of Guatemala is the most characteristic flora of tropical areas. In mountainous regions dominated by oaks at lower elevations, giving way to pine forests from the 2135 meters. Orchids (see Catleya) and other exotic flowers grow abundantly throughout the country. ome of minerals available to the country, although not all sufficiently exploited, are iron ore, petroleum, nickel, lead, zinc and chromite, have been discovered deposits of uranium and mercury. The region of El Peten provides timber and medicinal tree species like the rubber tree, sapodilla, ebony, mahogany and rosewood, the wood and its products are used for both local consumption and for export
· Ecosystem: The tour of the area will be an unforgettable experience for any nature lover, enjoying in the jungle, the observation of more than 130 species of birds, 31 mammals, and flora.
· Renewable energy: lack of electricity, has been resolved with the installation of solar panels.
· Agriculture: Agriculture, which employs about 55% of the workforce, remains the primary economic activity in the country.
Agriculture in Guatemala is twofold: coffee, bananas, cotton and sugar cane produced in large farms in the Pacific coast, are destined for export to oppose these small estates properties that are devoted to crops unproductive for local consumption (maize, beans, rice, wheat) and livestock.
We must mention the importance of forestry is a sector of the economy, the jungles of Guatemala produce wood for cabinet, balsam, chicle (used in the manufacture of chewing gum) and oils.
· Water management: The lack of clean water, have been solved with the abstraction of water from wells and rainwater.
- Information Technologies :
In collaboration with the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain), we have developed an information system adapted to our needs and capabilities. Based on cellular services and low cost tools derived from the "Web 2.0", the information system allows us to:
- Marketing and organizing the tourism activity (without intermediaries) to the satisfaction of our guests.
- Promote our region and our cultures in the world, through social networks. Visit us and become our friend on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1770297648
- Be informed of the latest technology and methods aimed at sustainable development.
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