Trio Farmers Cacao Growers Association growers are able to maintain sustainable livelihoods through the sale and marketing of organic Belizean cacao, honey and vegetables.

Ya’axché’s Protected Areas Management program conducts monitoring of bird and mammal species within the concession to track wildlife ecosystem health and inform decision making within the concession.

The Maya Mountain North Forest Reserve Concession utilizes climate smart agriculture such as agro-forestry and Inga-alley cropping. Both of these methods combine agriculture with conservation of trees to create a sustainable land-use system, which increases carbon sequestration and crop yield. In addition, Inga-alley cropping uses species such as Inga edulis and Inga fueillei (leguminous, nitrogen-fixing trees) to improve soil health and reduce use of herbicides. With the preservation of permanent shade trees, and the planting of temporary shade trees and fruit trees, the cyclical production of the farm provides a sustainable yield that maximizes all products on the land. Planting Inga trees in rows supports a healthy yield of integrated fruit trees that are nurtured by the improved soil fertility provided from Inga species. This system reduces the amount of land needed for planting and provides valuable secondary uses like firewood, mulch and pest control.

The establishment of a nursery supports high yield local cacao varietals, fruit and timber species to encourage growth of climate smart agroforestry farms. This ensures sustainability and productivity of agroforestry plots and supports promotion of these methods to new farmers.

The Maya Mountain North Forest Reserve makes up a vital part of the Monkey River Watershed, which supports livelihood of many communities. The prohibition of pesticides and herbicides through organic farming ensures maintenance of water quality to support aquatic species and provide healthy water to communities.

Ya’axché supports indigenous farmers of the Trio Farmers Cacao Growers Association (TFCGA) with training on climate smart agricultural methods such as agro-forestry, Inga-alley cropping, organic farming and beekeeping.  Training in proper climate smart agricultural techniques ensures that the agroforestry concession is providing benefits to both humans and nature.

It is a local micro-finance institution developed and owned  by the people aimed at providing microcredit to local groups and individuals to support ecological friendly project.

Remits 30% of its annual profits and surpluses to the Forest Protection Fund to support conservation and charitable projects.

The aim of grouping the households into cooperatives is to ensure that all the households produce are being purchase and commercialize through the work of the cooperative. This is to ensure that cooperative members can sell their produce at a higher price. Also the cooperative will make savings through the Biodiversity Community Trust (BCT) and microcredit will also be given to the cooperative to carry out investment activities. At this stage all the benefits (100%) will go back to the cooperative for reinvestment. To ensure continuity of the cooperative, The Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF) through her Social Business Division (Silver Back Company Limited) will then buy all the produce from the cooperative at a price higher than  the cost price  so that the cooperative can make some profit. 

We offer free hatchery tours to all of our guests who stay at Rimba. Here we explain to them why hatcheries are necessary for Pulau Sibiu and the processes involved. They hear in detail about how turtles naturally nest and the natural threats they need to avoid to ensure survival. 

We explain to them how we pay above market value for the eggs to encourage locals to sell them to us and how this money is funded by groups or individuals. From here it is up to the guests whether they would like to financially support the project by adopting a nest. 

It is never a "hard sell" but the question normally arises - "how is this funded?" We explain that in return the "adoptive parents" receive a video of their nest hatching, t-shirts and a certificate of adoption.

By providing a free educational service of a hatchery tour we are raising awareness about the turtle's struggles while at the same time offering tourists a way to support conservation. 

Through our social media pages we schedule a post a few times a year asking for donations from guests and supporters. We ask for materials which could be used in conservation club such as arts and crafts materials. We specify that items such as glitter are not required as they are not environmentally friendly. We also ask for them not to be brought specifically for us but items that are no longer needed that could use a new home. We receive paint, glue, fabrics etc. This helps us stick with our ethos of re-using. Items that would normally have gone in the rubbish bin are now re-used by the kids to create something meaningful.