The Guatemalan Community Forestry Association Utz Che’ (meaning “good tree” in the K’iché language) is a civil association formed by community organizations dedicated to the sustainable management of their natural resources, mainly forests, forest plantations, and water sources.
Vision
Vision
The Utz Che’ Network is the legitimate representative of Guatemalan communities organized and recognized for their contribution to development through the sustainable management of natural resources and community forestry.
Mision
Mision
A network that contributes to the comprehensive sustainability of its grassroots community organizations by strengthening capacities in sustainable management of natural resources, community forestry, and local, national, and global advocacy.
Utz Che’ is established as a National Network where which represents various community, indigenous, and peasant groups, with cultural and ethnic diversity and different forms of organization, seeking social inclusion, fair and sustainable development, and respect for the human and territorial rights of the different peoples that make up Guatemala. The organizations associated with Utz Che' have different types of structures, such as Partialities, Cooperatives, Indigenous Communities, Associated Farming Companies (ECA) and Farmers' Associations of the Peoples Mam, Poqomam, Pocomchi, Popti, Achi’, Kiche’, Kaqchiquel, Q’eqchi’, Chorti’ , Q’anjob’al, Xinka and mestizos.
