TEN YEARS OF ACHIEVEMENT AT EL PILAR: FIRST FEATURE: Management 1992-2002

Appendix IV: Collaborative Organization
El Pilar Team

El Pilar Team Organization:
El Pilar Program
~ UCSB Main Office: Anabel Ford Director
1. Coordinate interdisciplinary research projects as well as activities, agendas and meetings for El Pilar
2. Assist in and manage team research, development, and coordination for El Pilar and the Maya forest internationally.

~ Belize Advocate: Anselmo Casta–eda Regional Environment
1. Presentation of the El Pilar conservation model in the context of the analyses of Mesoamerican biological corridors.
2. Promotion of the El Pilar model among key government and NGO officials involved in culture and nature.

~ Guatemala Advocate: JosŽ Antonio Montes International Law
1. Regional and international analyses of legal and political structure for management of shared cultural and natural resources.
2. Research and drafting of legal position papers for regional distribution and formal documents for agreements.

Community Participation
~ Amigos de El Pilar: Lakin/Chikin (Belize/Guatemala)
1. Community based organization promoting local participation in the management and benefits related to the conservation of resources at El Pilar.
2. Actively involved in expanding participation in conservation, especially the youth
3. Maintain cross-border community projects at El Pilar.

Community Accompaniment
NGO Program Partners: Community and Conservation Management
~ Help for Progress/Belize: Elias Awe, Rick August, Melanie Santiago
1. Asset building for rural community development in the Maya forest.
2. Social and environmental advocacy for community programs.
3. Linkage empowerment between rural communities and local government as well as local and international NGOs

~ Canan K'aax/ Guatemala: Mario Mancilla, Ramon Zetina
1. Resource conservation management and environmental research in coordination with community participation.
2. Environmental research inventory, monitoring.
3. Management linkage for communities and resource conservation.

~Table of Contents~

Executive Summary | Under the Canopy | Towards Formal Protection | An Expanding Network | Parallel Paths in the Maya Forest | Creating El Pilar | The El Pilar Experience and Tourism Potential | Investments at El Pilar | What Lies Ahead: Resilience with Challenges | Acknowledgments

~ Appendices~

Appendix I: Draft El Pilar Management Plan | Appendix II: CoCEP Members | Appendix III: Ten Years Asset Building of El Pilar | Appendix IV: Collaborative Team Organization | Appendix V: Timelines of El Pilar | Appendix VI: A History of the Reserve Development | Appendix VII: Acronyms | Appendix VIII: Statutory Instrument for El Pilar | Bibliography