The Honduran non-governmental Vida Environment and Development Foundation has under its custody, after a decade of existence, 300,000 hectares of protected areas. The foundation has 400 conservation, protected area and environmental education projects underway.

Its primary purpose is to halt the deterioration of the forests in Honduras, which each year loses 120,000 hectares of tree-covered areas, foundation vice-president Carlos Calderón told Tierramérica.

With the support of the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Canadian government, the Vida Foundation is also working with municipal governments to preserve six watersheds in the north, south and west of Honduras.