Source: Instituto Nacional de Conservación Forestal (ICF-Honduras)
- The Tawahka indigenous people's needs for the preservation of their forests as a means of livelihood were attended with the opening of the "Inter-institutional Control Post" in the Krausirpi community, located in the Tawahka-Asangni Biosphere Reserve, Department of Gracias a Dios.
Thanks to the directives of President Xiomara Castro to increase protection in the forests of the Moskitia for the conservation of natural resources for the future of Honduras and the joint efforts and collaboration between the Institute for Forest Conservation and Development, Protected Areas and Wildlife (ICF), Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Armed Forces of Honduras (FF. The "Inter-institutional Control Post" was inaugurated on November 30 with the financial support of the European Union (EU). It is the first of its kind in the Tawahka-Asangni Biosphere Reserve, which previously had little or no institutional presence, leaving many of the areas that had already been deforested vulnerable, as well as the region's population.
The Honduran Moskitia has been affected mainly by the high rate of deforestation; this inaugurated post seeks to support the control and surveillance of the conservation of natural resources in protected areas. The investment for this important project is 1,168,000 lempiras and, additionally, funds from other donors such as the U.S. State Department (INL) and the conservation organization Re:Wild will be invested to equip this national asset for the benefit of the natural resources and the people of Honduras.
The checkpoint has been built with local materials and has the capacity to house 24 people, who have the basic supplies needed to stay in the reserve: drinking water system, furniture, kitchen, bathrooms and soon will have a solar panel system to meet other needs of the checkpoint.
The inauguration ceremony was attended by the Honduran State institutions involved in the protection of Natural Resources in Protected Areas, such as: ICF, Special Environmental Prosecutor's Office, Attorney General's Office and the Armed Forces; as well as international cooperation organizations: EU, WCS and Re:Wild that made this construction possible; and also, the local authorities of the Mayor's Office of Wampusirpe and the Tawahka Indigenous Federation FITH.
Enormous progress in terms of security and protection for the Moskitia, considered the "Heart of the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor".
Source: Instituto Nacional de Conservación Forestal (ICF-Honduras)