Equipment for Community Forest Fire Fighting Brigades.

Equipment and materials were delivered in May to the community forest fire fighting brigades in the ejidos of 24 de Febrero l, the Santa Isabel-Maravillas, in the municipality of Villa Corzo.

This is part of the collaboration between the AMBIO Cooperative and the Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature (FMCN), through its program "Fund for Fire Management and Restoration (FOMAFUR)".

The porpuese of the project is to strengthen local capacities for the protection of natural resources, in this case, through the prevention and combat of forest fires. With these actions, approximately 2,178 hectares of predominantly forest land are being protected, all located within the “La Frailescana” Natural Resources Protection Area (APRN).