ABOUT SMA:
Mexican Partners

SMA provides funding, regrants, technical support and other services to the following partner organizations:

Consejo EcoRegional Sierra Tarahumara A.C. (CESTAC)

CESTAC promotes biocultural conservation and sustainable community development in the Sierra Tarahuamra.     CESTAC is composed of a group of biologists, natural resource specialists, and indigenous leaders, guided by a regional forum of indigenous leaders and an inter-institutional board of directors.    CESTAC currently works with the National Commission for Natural Protected Areas, Local Municipio Governments, and other agencies, with projects serving 15 ejidos and communities in five municipios in the Sierra.  

Programs of CESTAC include:
BioCultural Mapping and Community Conservation Planning in
Training of Indigenous Leaders and Program Assistants
Protected Area Planning
Local and Regional Community Development Planning
Watershed and Riparian Area Restoration
Bilingual Environmental Education

Contacts:  
Julio Baldenegro, President
Tel (614) 410-3107
Email:  escanjul@yahoo.com.mx

Martin Chazez (Also Known As Makawi)
Tel (614) 410-3107
Email:  towimakawi@yahoo.com.mx

Tierra Nativa A.C.

Tierra Nativa is dedicated to defense of indigenous land and to protecting the human rights of indigenous leaders under threat for defending the rights of their communities.
Tierra Nativa provides legal and technical assistance to communities and serves as a liaison with state and federal land, justice, and environmental agencies in order to resolve conflicts over lands, protect community rights to democratic processes regarding communal land and forest management, and to assure the security and peace in the region.

Contact:
Juan Rios Vega, Executive Coordinator
Calle 20a #2609
Colonia Pacifico
Chihuahua, Chihuahua 31030
Tel (614) 410-5551
Email:  juan_bhaigia@hotmail.com

Ramiro Castellano Lozano, Agrarian Affairs Coordinator
Tel (614) 410-5551

Buwi Nicuruma Raramuri    
(Fierce Pheasant Defenders of the Raramuri)

Buwi Nicuruma Raramuri is a group of over 100 indigenous leaders in the Municipio of Bocoyna who are dedicated to helping their communities confront their priority problems such as poverty, environmental degradation, loss of agricultural productivity, hunger, and desertification provoked by a 15 year perennial drought caused by Global Warming and regional deforestation.   The group is also committed to preserving traditional indigenous culture.

Contact:  Luz Elena Villalobos, President
San Juanito, Municipio Bocoyna, Chihuahua