The Yoro Biological Corridor

Yoro Biological Corridor is the first forest corridor to reach the official submission process for legal protection status, making use of a unique forest protection law … which could make it the first officially protected biological forest corridor in Central America and world example for tropical forests.

Yoro Biological Forest Corridor in Yoro, Honduras:

What is a Biological Forest Corridor?

A territorial planning unit composed of legally protected natural areas and a connection area between them, which provides a set of environmental goods and services; And provides spaces for social agreement to promote investment in the conservation, and the management and sustainable use of natural resources and biodiversity, in order to contribute to improving the quality of life of its inhabitants without undermining its natural environment.

Location

Yoro, Honduras
Total area: 12,603 km2.
Territorial limits: North, Department of Atlántida; South, Departments of Comayagua; Francisco Morazán and Olancho; East, Department of Colón; West, Departments of Cortés and Santa Bárbara.

Legals

Agreement No. 632/2015 Biological Corridors of Honduras.
General Environmental Law 104 -1993.
Forest, Protected Areas, and Wildlife Law, Decree # 98-2007, Article 67 — Establishment of Biological Corridors.

The Yoro Biological Corridor is made possible by the engineers, conservation scientists, and coffee growers that are active in developing the Yoro Model. This website was created to inform those interested, collect support, and urge people in power to take the necessary actions to help get these programs off-the-ground and addressing climate change.

The Yoro Model is a model of producing coffee designed to restore and conserve forest on private lands (coffee farms) that is currently being demonstrated and refined in Yoro, Honduras.

The Yoro Model

The first forest corridor in to reach the official submission process for legal protection status, making use of a unique forest protection law.

The Forest Corridor

Plants, animals and people are all intrinsic to biodiversity protection in the Corridor, which provides critical habitat for forest-dwelling species.

The Biodiversity

The Yoro Biological Corridor (YBC) enables local communities work together and improve living conditions via stable green employment; With a special emphasis on women, youth training & forest conservation.

The Community

The Yoro Biological Corridor and website is managed by the engineers, conservation scientists, and coffee growers active in developing The Yoro Model.

The Team

Videos are supplied by various stakeholders and illustrate the model and its on-the-ground activities..

Videos

Key scientific studies and presentations pertaining to the Yoro Biological Corridor and associated Yoro Model activities.

Published Research