The president, Padre Tamayo and co-organizers of the March discussed the marchers’ main seven demands:

1. Suspend new logging operation permits.
2. In order to guarantee impartiality and better accountability, allow different sectors of society to participate in monitoring and supervision of logging operations –process known as “social auditing”
3. Create a forestry commission to control the logging industry.
4. National Congress should declare Olancho’s forest in a state of emergency.
5. Investigate property titles of private property and common lands together with the National Agrarian Institute (INA).
6. Design an awareness and education campaign about the real value of the forests for the residents of Olancho.
7. Clean up COHDEFOR’s regional offices together with an evaluation of the personnel.

After an hour and forty minutes of discussions and negotiations, they agreed to establish the “Instancia de Compromiso Ambiental” comprised of two commissions, to analyze and discuss the various demands made by the movement with the advent of the March for Life. One of the commissions is made up of five government officials, headed by the secretary of agriculture and livestock, Mariano Jiménez. Another commission represents the interests of the environmentalists and is composed of eight members and is led by Padre Tamayo. The meetings will take place at the National Human Rights commission and will be supervised by the human rights commissioner. The commissions will take place at least every fifteen days and minutes will be drawn up and signed by both sides and a witness of honor.

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BACKGROUND
CIP’S OBJECTIVES IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE MARCH FOR LIFE
A PRELUDE TO THE SECOND MARCH FOR LIFE, JUNE 24-30, 2004
HIGHLIGHTS
CIP'S EVENTS
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS POST-MARCH
PROGRAM STAFF AND COLLABORATORS
CIP’S STRATEGY AND NEXT STEPS FOR THE PROGRAM