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Our aim is to promote sustainable development and eco-tourism in Honduras, especially to help poor small farmers and communities who live on hillsides.
FunaVid owns land and an educational and research center. This is used, is association with CURLA (part of the National Autonomous University of Honduras), for research, classroom teaching, and practical demonstrations, and also as a base for outreach assistance. The teaching is based on scientific research, but also incorporates local knowledge.
We believe in a ‘White Water to Blue Water’ approach. If we stop erosion in the watersheds of the rivers (the white water), we stop washed down sediment going in the sea (the blue water). The sediment is smothering the coral reef. Saving the reef will benefit eco-tourism and fishing. Slash and burn farming causes the erosion, but leaves the farmers poor.
Our aim is to promote sustainable development that is good for local communities, the environment and the economy. We teach Inga alley cropping as an alternative to slash and burn farming. It will simultaneously alleviate poverty, reduce erosion, and save forests as the farmers will be able to farm the same plot continuously and so will no longer need to burn more forest.
