environmental custodians

MAPLE Chile and the communities began to plant native trees, create buffer zones and agroforestry plots, and harvest water through infiltration lines and rooftop rain collectors, with the desire to restore quality of soils and water and protect the biodiversity and medicinal plants in remnants of forests and wetlands in their lands. In the hopes to have their own sustainable native tree plant supply, the community-managed school created the first tree-nursery in 2016, and since then, two more community-run nurseries have followed. Together they have founded Budi Anumka (www.budi-anumka.org), an indigenous environmental association, whose mission is to restore Lake Budi’s biodiversity through a community-managed network of tree nurseries and biocultural conservation corridors, jointly by several communities. 

Regenerative Agroforestry and Water Harvesting

Start Date: 2014

Community Partners: Llaguepulli, Allipen, and Malalhue-Chanko Communities, Lake Budi, Chile.

Donors and Allies: Chile Ministry of Environment; Municipality of Teodoro Schmidt; Chile Forest Service (CONAF); Huelemu Agroforestry Experimental Center.

Community Tree Nursery Network

Start Date: 2015

Community Partners: Llaguepulli, Allipen, Malalhue-Chanko Lake Budi Communities, and Budi Anumka Environmental Association, Lake Budi, Chile

Donors and Allies: The Bay and Paul Foundations; Fundacion Kennedy, Fundación Núcleo Nativo; Latin American Travel Association, Sacred Fire Foundation, Cultural Survival-Keepers of the Earth Fund; Friends of MAPLE.

Lago Budi Wetland Inclusive Conservation

Start Date: 2019

Community Partners: Budi Anumka Environmental Association and Traditional Custodians, Lake Budi, Chile.

Donors and Allies: The Bay and Paul Foundations; Fundación Kennedy, Centro de Ecología Aplicada, Fundación Núcleo Nativo, Indigenous Peoples Program at the U. of Chile School of Math and Physical Sciences.

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