This project is presented due to the initiative of the Municipality of Morales, department of Izabal, who are using the services of a NGO called FUNDAECO to run it.
The main purpose is the elaboration of the Management Plan of the Municipal Forest Reservation of Morales, establishing the technical guidelines for its administration, based on its biophysical and socioeconomic characteristics. Establishing work programs plan for the reservation.
The importance of this reservation is due to it is the main source of clearwater to Morales city; also, it is a biological corridor between the both Protected Areas, "Sierra de Las Minas" and the "Montanas del Mico", with high flora and fauna diversity.
The project pretends as a main goal, to have a technical report to identify the main characteristics of the Reservation, this will content a proposal for the zonification of the land; and with this basement, to elaborate a proposal to running a work plan through many programs; and so, the Morales Municipality display a legal decree that allow the sustainable management of the natural reservation.