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Centro de Educación y Tecnología para el Desarrollo del Sur (CET-SUR, NGO)
Principal activities:
- reactivation of the use of areas around the
house as sites for the maintenance and development of biodiversity;
- protection of the forests as genetic
resources conservation areas within the communities;
- increasing the autonomy of rural communities
to maintain, reproduce and develop local PGR;
- documentation of indigenous knowledge on
biodiversity;
- implementation of trials on the comparison
of local and modern varieties of various crops (PVS).
The project works with Mapuche communities in
the area around the city of Temuco. The Mapuche people have a long tradition
of management of both agro- and natural biodiversity. The aim is to
support and reactivate this management. The project uses a systems
approach in the documentation of biodiversity and the related indigenous
knowledge. It also uses a systems approach in the development of ways to
support the farmers’ management of biodiversity.
Contact details:
CET-Clades
Casilla 200
Temuco, CHILE
tel/fax: +56 - 45 - 248 835/248 796
email: cettco@ctcinternet.cl
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