Foundation for the Environmental Conservation,
the Human Health, the Social Development of Maya Communities
in Poverty of Yucatan Peninsule, Mexico
OUR OBJECTIVES
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GENERAL OBJECTIVE
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Generate new knowledge for the conservation of health and the environment, in particular water quality, contributing elements for
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sustainable development from a multidisciplinary point of view, that increase the capacities of society, in order to reach decent levels of well-being,
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which are reflected in the human rights of access to safe water for human consumption, the right to a healthy environment, the right to health,
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in a context of equity and in accordance with international development policies, within a framework of globalization and under the effects of
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climate change.
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Specific Objectives
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Humanistic component
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Generate the empowerment and development of society's capacities for the conservation and preservation of the environment, the prevention of diseases
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of greater prevalence and impact on the public health of the region through educational strategies. To promote the integral development of the human being
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as an axis for family and community development in a framework of equity.
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Scientific component
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Develop multidisciplinary qualitative and quantitative research on public health and the environment, with importance in water quality under conditions of extreme vulnerability to the levels of
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pollutants currently in existence, for the protection of women and men, especially children and the elderly in the communities Rural and urban.
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Perform diagnostics and monitoring of water quality, promote territorial ecological management policies for environmental conservation, food production based on sustainable agriculture
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without the use of carcinogenic agrochemicals for Local Development.
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Develop interventions for the conservation of health and the environment, through community participation.
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The research will be supported by methodologies with an innovative multidisciplinary scientific approach, using strategies for the design of indicators and instruments for the analysis of biological, sociocultural, geographic and environmental databases, which allow us to integrate and offer new proposals for human development and Environmental conservation
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Educative component
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Design programs according to the culture of each human group to generate disease prevention strategies including various cancers, due to environmental pollution.
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Promote the production of food with agroecological foundations and agroforestry systems free of agrochemicals, with a sustainable management of natural resources.
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Implementation of participatory community workshops, with focus groups, community assemblies, in order to take advantage of local knowledge and those generated
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from research (educational videos, brochures, leaflets, etc.) to strengthen local knowledge and collective self-determination for community development .
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Management
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Develop bonds of commitment, respect and trust with local authorities and international organizations.
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Maintain a constant academic update of the members of this foundation, as well as the link with national and international groups that allow
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us to integrate our society according to global development policies.
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