Increasing Coffee Production in the Department of Yoro, Honduras According to coffee industry projections, in order to keep up with consumer demand, an area nearly the size of Honduras and…
As coffee demand for coffee increases, forests in Central America are cleared to make way for coffee farms. As a region, Central America is the second largest coffee producer after…
David King, USFS Northern Research Station (dking@fs.fed.us) Here I describe the activities during my recent trip to Honduras. The objectives of the trip were to 1) foster further cooperation between…
El Corredor Biológico de Yoro presenta una solución para resolver la principal amenaza de los parques nacionales, el bosque nublado y las cuencas hidrográficas que proveen agua municipal y energía…
The Yoro Biological Corridor is a public/private sector initiative of the Honduran Forest, Park and Wildlife Services (Forest Conservation Institute) and the 11 municipalities of the Department of Yoro, Honduras. …
The establishment of the Yoro Biological Corridor Initiative by the government of Honduras was officially announced by Ángel Matute, director of the National Institute for Forest Conservation Protected Areas and…
Here is some background on how Cooperative COMISUYL is contributing to its members and the community as a whole. It is important to note that we are in the initial…
Young women at Cooperative COMISUYL are setting a new standard of environmental stewardship for the coffee sector. Co-Director of Quality Control, Tatiana Santa Maria, and Operations Manager of the Off-Grid…
UMass/UNAH Program Gaining Enthusiasm Based on Foundation of Completed Research and Implementation of a New Development Model for Proposed Yoro Biological Corridor Initiative UMass, MDI, and US Forest Service representatives…
Coffee producers Doña Thelma with her daughter Orbeli (Operations Manager of the Processing Facility) and Cindy Dubon (responsible for export control and public relations) The local youth of the town…