Coordinadora de Comunidades y Asociaciones por el Desarrollo Integral del Pueblo Ch'orti (COMUNDICH)
Organization name
Coordinadora de Comunidades y Asociaciones por el Desarrollo Integral del Pueblo Ch'orti (COMUNDICH)
Organization link
https://www.facebook.com/Comundich-Comundich-109824909707768/
Organization type
NGO
Country
Current focus/area
Indigenous rights Land use Territorial management Environmental rights Human rights Litigation Advocacy Forests Environmental protection Biodiversity Wellbeing Food sovereignty Food security
Description/notes
Coordinadora de Comunidades Ch’orti (COMUNDICH), or Communities for Integrated Development of the Ch’orti Region is systematizing legal claims by communities for recognition of their ancestral rights to their territories, developing a plan to strengthen a Communal Lands Working Group in Guatemala, and conducting research into the importance of the recognition of collective land tenure and indigenous peoples food sovereignty and security.
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Compendium source
15° 47' 0.60" N, 90° 13' 50.88" W