Experiences of extensionism and training on management and conservation of mangroves in two rural communities in Artemisa, Cuba

Abstract

The purpose of this work was to value experiences training extensionists on handling of the swamp, located in the El Mambí and Loma Colorada communities of the municipality San Cristóbal, Artemisa. The investigation was developed in three stages: the participative diagnostic, the design, execution and evaluation of a training plan, the pursuit and sustainability of the actions training extensionists. They were used technical and tools of the diagnostics rural participative and of the forest extension as they were: you interview, work in group, participant and technical observations of hierarchization and consent; based on the visualization principles, triangulation and good ignorance. The results threw that among the community ones the positive attitudes prevailed in the boarding of the problem of the development, protection and conservation of the swamp; that it indicated to the own town like the favorable scenario to receive training in day schedules and with varied forms of popular instruction. The resources with smaller readiness and quality were the water and the drinkable water; and with regard to the arboreal vegetable species the promissory ones prevailed from their silvic, forestry, economy and administration for the development of the forest component. The training plan, allowed the learning of lessons with a level of appropriate knowledge on the handling of the vegetable formation of Swamp, as well as the application of the legal mark; what will allow a positive movement of the local forest culture. The persistent training necessities in the community ones will allow the long-term work to give sostenibility to the actions extensionistic at local level.