Eusebio Roldán technical director of the UZACHI works with pine seedlings in the group s greenhouse in Capulálpam Oaxaca

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The UZACHI Union de Communidades Productores Forestales Zapatecas Chinantecas de la Sierra Juarez is responsible for the management of all forest resources in four indigenous Zapotec and Chinantec communities Capulálpam Santiago Xiacuí La Trinidad and Santiago Comaltepec located in the Sierra Norte of the Mexican state of Oaxaca The group oversees the communally owned lands and manages the planting cutting and registration of felled trees the operation of a community run sawmill the collection of medicinal plants for commercial purposes ecotourism projects and the distribution of income to the members of the community Eusebio Roldán technical director of the UZACHI works with pine seedlings in the group s greenhouse in Capulálpam

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Location: Capulálpam, Oaxaca, Mexico
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