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MLR Forestal cocoa: quality of origin and first-rate processes for an export product
Cocoa and teak are like inseparable brothers that live and grow on MLR Forestal’s lands located in the North Caribbean. Inseparable because they are planted in association, which is an innovative method that this reforestation company is validating in Nicaragua and consists of placing the cocoa next to the teak to take advantage of the…
MLR Forestal’s gender policy: inclusion and equality
Many of the small teak plants pass through Lucía García’s hands that later become towering trees on the lands of MLR Forestal. She has been working in the nursery area since the beginning of the company and proudly says that this is her first work experience. “Before starting here there was no work, so I…
Eleven young Mayangnas are now collaborators of MLR Forestal
From signed agreements to fulfilled promises. For eleven young Mayangnas, this first of May was different. They celebrated International Workers’ Day as active collaborators of MLR Forestal. “We generate employment for our neighboring communities, but also through the relationship agreement with the Mayangnan indigenous communities it was established that the company is going to give…
MLR Forestal advocates for the protection of the white-faced monkey, a species at risk
A few days ago, a white-faced monkey was sighted in one of the farms of the MLR Forestal company in Siuna. However, the joy of finding this native animal of the forests of Central America and the most northwestern part of South America was clouded by the situation in which it was observed. “It was…
The militiawoman from Waswalito and MLR Forestal
An image always tells a story and, on some occasions, it becomes part of history. This happened with the photograph known as La miliciana de Waswalito, captured by photojournalist Orlando Valenzuela in 1984. In that portrait, which in those years became a symbol of the Sandinista Popular Revolution on a global level, a smiling young…
MLR Forestal participates in the Regional Cocoa Strategy
MLR Forestal, as the main agroforestry company in the North Caribbean of Nicaragua, is one of the key actors in this consultation process . MLR Forestal, as part of the Nicaraguan Cocoa Commission, Comcacao, associated with the Central American and Dominican Republic Cocoa Committee, Sicacao, participates in the consultation for the construction of the Regional…