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MLR Forestal continues to make alliances with important sectors of the Northern Caribbean to strengthen its community relations policy. On June 25, 2022, an agreement was signed with the Martín Lutero University that will represent a new contribution in the training of quality professionals. “The process began almost at the end of last year and…

Marivel del Carmen Rodríguez Sánchez has often had to walk two hours one way and another two hours back to go to a teacher training workshop. Four hours under the sun of the North Caribbean or on slippery mud on the lonely trails that connect the San Miguel community with other towns such as Villa…

Unión La Bú is a rural community of Siuna surrounded by the Rivers Aló and El Pijibay, it is also neighboring the plantations of MLR Forestal. In this town, on April 18, 2022, the first of the community assemblies promoted by MLR Forestal was held in the areas adjacent to its operations. Lino Velázquez, an…

During the community assemblies, held in April, one of the main points was the ratification of community leaders.

Fidel Sequeira, a resident of the Bethel #2 community in Siuna, recalls that as Hurricane Eta (which hit the Caribbean in November 2020) approached, “people didn’t think anything was going to happen.” And yet, it happened. So, he joined to support his community. “I was the coordinator of the brigade that was formed with the…

The international Finance Corporation’s (IFC) eight Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability are an international reference that for companies like MLR Forestal represent a fundamental component of their environmental and social risk management. Performance Standard 6, as cited by the IFC, “recognizes that the protection and conservation of biodiversity, the maintenance of ecosystem services,…