Center for International Policy

Olancho - an Ecological Mosaic

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A typical landscape
Polluted river in San Francisco de la Paz, local communities are forced to pay for potable water			Artesian well in San Pedro de Catacamas	Schoolchildren
CIP delegation is invited to have lunch with residents of Los Cortes and Quebrada Grande (Campamento)	Residents tell CIP delegates about the negative impact that illegal logging has had on their communities	Father Tamayo speaks with residents of a community displaced by illegal logging operations in the municipality of Catacamas	Abandoned logs	Road cleared to facilitate logging operations
Some 100 logging trucks are calculated to leave Olancho every day		Illegal logging operation taking place in the Cerro Galan between Jano and Guata		White stripes marking seedlings do not stop loggers from cutting down these precious trees