Community+Organizations+-+Group+A

** April 16,2010 **

 * ====** Loma Quita **====
 * 1) ====** Loma Quita Espuela The beginning **====
 * 2) ====** What **====


 * 1) ====** Loma Quita espuela is a program that focuses on preserving,protecting and managing the natural recourses of the LQE Scientific protected **====


 * 1) ====** "The scientific reserve is in danger so we wanted to create a program that transforms the agriculture into organic products that better the economy". said Jesus Morena **====
 * 2) ====** Its partner is the Dominican Department of Environment and natural recourses **====
 * 3) ====** Programs **====


 * 1) ====** Education **====


 * 1) ====** teach children about the plant and how to take care of it **====
 * 2) ====** They teach the farmers not use chemical fertilizer,herbasize or petasize this help keep the forest clean and healthy **====
 * 3) ====** Environmental protection **====
 * 4) ====** Scientific Research **====
 * 5) ====** Loma Quita Espuela means "hill removes spur" in Spanish **====
 * 6) ====** Why **====

[[image:http://blaskarm.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/800px-lacanja_burn.JPG?w=400&h=300 width="160" height="120" caption="Forest being cut down"]]

 * 1) ====** It was started because the price of the cocoa beans went down. **====
 * 2) ====** The farmers started herding cattle instead of growing cocoa plants because they needed more money **====
 * 3) ====** They had to cut down there cocoa plats to make room for growing grass to feed the cattle. **====
 * 4) ====** When there was still no enough room they had to start cutting down the rain forest. **====
 * 5) ====** Purpose **====


 * 1) ====** to solve Environmental problems **====


 * 1) ====** They protect the forest from illegal poachers and loggers **====
 * 2) ====** They grow and then distribute local quality trees **====
 * 3) ====** Protect the cocoa tree. **====
 * 4) ====** They teach the farmers not use chemical fertilizer,herbasize or petasize this help keep the forest clean and healthy **====
 * 5) ====** to solve Economic problems **====
 * 6) ====** Where **====


 * 1) ====** The Loma Quita Foundation is located in the Dominican Republic **====
 * 2) ====** Results **====


 * 1) ====** thanks to there foundation they half of the rain forest had regrown and recovered. **====
 * 2) ====** This is also the largest rainforest remaining. **====
 * ====** Talamanca Project **====


 * 1) ====** What **====


 * 1) ====** Talamanca project is a simple exercise in people helping people **====
 * 2) ====** It also protects animals and living organisms **====
 * 3) ====** Talamanca is critically important to biodiversity conservation, and is in a designated "biodiversity hotspot" region identified by Conservation International. **====
 * 4) ====** talamanca-Bribri Indian Reserve in Costa Rica rehabilitate cacao plantations to increase productivity, protect biodiversity and create a regional market for carbon. **====
 * 5) ====** Farmers are learning to manage cocoa production on their farms according to sound ecological production principals that promote biodiversity(animal life) while at the same time assure a sustainable source of family income. **====
 * 6) ====** Programs **====


 * 1) ====** Education ** [[image:http://www.cocoatree.org/assets/images/pictures/edandfarmer.jpg width="125" height="72" caption="Farmers working on a cocoa tree"]] ====


 * 1) ====** Where CATIE teach local farmers how to design diverse shade canopies for their cocoa farms **====
 * 2) ====** small farmers are learning sustainable cocoa farming in a program conducted by CATIE **====
 * 3) ====** Indigenous farmers in Talamanca are learning the best ways to grow cocoa sustainably **====
 * 4) ====** Agroforestry experts help the farmers determine the best mix of tree crops for sustainable growing to assure a consistent income from their fa rms. **====
 * 5) ====** Farmers learn to manage their farms and maintain their cocoa trees using low-cost "machete technology"- harvesting ripe cocoa pods weekly while cutting away pods with any sign of disease to prevent it from spreading. **====
 * 6) ====** Where **====


 * 1) ====** The Talamanca Reserve is located in San Gerardo de Rivas,Costa Rica **====
 * 2) ====** On the South Caribbean **====
 * 3) ====** Why **====

====** The cocoa plants that they grew became a barrier for the rain forest so that it would be protected **====
 * 1) ====** It is an area that still harbors a rich diversity of plant and animal life. **====
 * 2) ====** Talamanca Initiative has facilitated an innovative reforestation effort to preserve native tree species and biological corridors **====
 * 3) ====** Talamanca is critically important to biodiversity conservation, and is in a designated "biodiversity hotspot" region identified by Conservation International. **====
 * 4) ====** There was a massive flud when it passed people made a community organization trip and that was the birth of the talamanca project **====
 * 5) ====** Purpose **====
 * 1) ====** Talamanca Initiative has facilitated an innovative reforestation effort to preserve native tree species and biological corridors **====
 * 2) ====** The purposr of the talamanca project was to protect the rain forest and the life within it **====
 * 3) ====** When **====


 * 1) ====** The talamanca project was started in June of 2003, **====
 * 2) ====** Who **====


 * 1) ====** Peter S. Aborn, DDS, started the talamanca project **====
 * 2) ====** Goals **====


 * 1) ====** 1. ATTEND PATIENTS IN COMMUNITIES NOT ACCESSIBLE TO OTHER VISITING HUMANITARIAN GROUPS OR CCSS DOCTORS 2. PROVIDE EXPANDED SERVICES TO CORRECT SEVERE DENTAL PROBLEMS 3. INTRODUCE NEW PROCEDURES TO RESTORE FUNCTION, SMILES AND SELF ESTEEM. **====
 * 2) ====** Results **====

[[image:http://holeinthedonut.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/costa_rica-rain_forest.jpg width="154" height="114" caption="The recovered rain forest"]]
>>> **Bibliography:** //** equatorinitiativ **//**. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Apr. 2010. ** //Loma quita espuela foundation//. //national Geographic//. Web. 9 Apr. 2010.** .
 * "Talamanca Project." //The Cocoa Tree//. N.p., 2003. Web. 8 Apr. 2010. .** **