The first step of Rainforest2Reef’s work within the Selva Maya is to halt the further logging and degradation of the rainforest. However, this is only the first step – Rainforest2Reef is also committed to making pro-active conservation an economically viable and self-sustaining enterprise for communities by promoting environmentally-friendly, income-generating businesses within the corridor.

One example of our projects to promote environmentally friendly businesses is our tree-planting enterprise in Pustunich.

Treeplanting in Pustunich.

The people of the Pustunich ejido (a local community of 150 families) have struggled with crushing poverty for decades, but a tree-planting project with Rainforest2Reef is offering new hope to both the community and their rainforest home. With a grant from the Michael Lee Environmental Foundation Rainforest2Reef is kick-starting a project to plant hundreds of thousands of trees which can be harvested and sold in future years. Rainforest2Reef is sponsoring the project and providing the seedlings, training, and in-country support needed to make it successful.

To see a video of this project, click here.