Category Archives: SATIIM’s work currently streams through three programme areas:

Environmental Stewardship

The Environmental Protection Program fosters community management of the environment. SATIIM is coordinating a network of community forest rangers in both Belize and Guatemala who are creating a regional system of environmental data. The organiz...

Sustainable Development

The Community Development Program recently focused on creating an Indigenous model of food sovereignty and sustainable development. As a result of UN- and EU-funded pilot projects, the combination of modern sustainable soil and Mayan practices...

The Human Rights Program

The Human Rights Program is designed to empower SATIIM’s member communities – and ultimately all people in Belize and those with similar struggles across the globe – for full participation in their societies. In Belize, SATIIM’s legal su...

The Institutional Sustainability Program

The Institutional Sustainability Program is cultivating a diverse, sustained base of support for SATIIM’s work, particularly as it creates applicable models of Indigenous empowerment and networks for other groups around the world. ...