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Conserving the Forests of La Amistad International Park through the Promotion of Traditional Medicine in Three Communities of Naso Ethnicity – Phase II
Grantee Name: 
Asociación de Practicantes de Medicina Tradicional Naso
HOTSPOT
Mesoamerica
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$19,635
DATES
Sep 2006
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Feb 2008
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CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Mesoamerica
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$19,635
DATES
Sep 2006
-
Feb 2008

Maintain traditional knowledge on the use of medicinal plants in Naso indigenous communities as a means of offering an incentive to maintain forest cover. The grant supports training of Naso youth by Shamans, and development of tourism packages to visit medicinal plots and demonstrate traditional dances and costumes.

Strategic Direction: 2 Connect critical areas through economic alternatives