{"id":3527,"date":"2025-10-14T22:31:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T22:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altuslatam.org\/guatemala\/utz-che\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T18:32:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T18:32:53","slug":"utz-che","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.altuslatam.org\/en\/guatemala\/utz-che\/","title":{"rendered":"Utz Che&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3527\" class=\"elementor elementor-3527\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce60e12 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ce60e12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-555f8cf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"555f8cf\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAsociaci\u00f3n de Foresteria Comunitaria de Guatemala.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a967dc8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a967dc8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d84ad9 elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"5d84ad9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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data-id=\"d79396f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-403bab5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"403bab5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e6ed92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e6ed92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Areas of Work:<\/strong> Western, Southern, and Northeastern regions of Guatemala.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c93d6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c93d6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Quantitative Data:<\/b> The Utz Che\u2019 Community Forestry Association of Guatemala (meaning &#8216;good tree&#8217; in the K\u2019ich\u00e9 language) is a civil association formed by community organizations dedicated to the sustainable management of their natural resources, primarily forests, forest plantations, and water sources.<\/p><p>Utz Che\u2019 is constituted as a National Network that brings together diverse community, indigenous, and peasant groups, with cultural, ethnic, and organizational diversity, seeking social inclusion, fair and sustainable development, as well as respect for the human and territorial rights of the different peoples that form Guatemala. The organizations associated with Utz Che\u2019 have different forms of organization such as Parcialidades (Ancestral Land Holdings), Cooperatives, Indigenous Communities, Peasant Associative Enterprises (ECA), and Peasant Associations of the Mam, Poqomam, Pocomchi\u2019, Popti\u2019, Achi\u2019, Kiche\u2019, Kaqchiquel, Q\u2019eqchi\u2019, Chorti\u2019 , Q\u2019anjob\u2019al, Xinka peoples, and Mestizos.<\/p><p>More than 28 grassroots community organizations, protecting over 74,280 hectares of forests.<\/p><p><b>Services Offered:<\/b> The services offered by our community tourism initiatives are: Lodging, food service, Event Hall, Hiking, Canopy\/Zipline, Birdwatching, Mountain Biking.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98977a9 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"98977a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-information\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Contact Information:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a0179a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5a0179a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc7dc7b elementor-icon-list--layout-inline elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"dc7dc7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items elementor-inline-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-Profile\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><strong>Nery Mat\u00edas<\/strong> <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:nery09matiazramos@gmail.com\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-envelope1\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">E-mail<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/asociacionutzche.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-globe\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Website<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/utzche.org\" target=\"_blank\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-facebook-1\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Facebook<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utz Che&#8217; Asociaci\u00f3n de Foresteria Comunitaria de Guatemala. Areas of Work: Western, Southern, and Northeastern regions of Guatemala. 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