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GUATEMALA, PETÉN
PEOPLE OF THE FOREST
Concession Leaders
These are the key contributors and stakeholders who have worked in the Maya Biosphere Reserve with the non-timber forest products and who have contributed to the growth of the community concessions. For these people, what they do day to day provides more than a paycheck. Their work defines their identity and their livelihood.
“From the moment I started my job, when I came into the office, and I began to connect with the people, I fell in love with it."
Carolina Alvarado
THE INVESTOR
The investor
Teeccino’s CEO Caroline MacDougall tells us about why the ramon seed is important to Teeccino.
The educators
THE EDUCATORS
Meet the educators and nutritionists training the scholars to work in the Peten. These individuals combined have 30 years of experience working in the Reserve and are now training their students to learn how to work with the communities.
Dean Current, PhD
Program Director for the Center for Integrated Natural Resource and Agricultural Management, University of Minnesota.
David Wilsey, PhD
Director of the Masters of Development Practice (MDP) - Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
George Annor, PhD
Assistant Professor of the Department of Food Science and Nutrition at the University of Minnesota
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