JIBA FILMS
Jiba Films, Cafiesencia EMMY AWARD WINNER project for the production of the Maricao Forest Documentary where high school students from the Urban Superior High School of Maricao and the Laura Mercado Agroecological School of San Germán were taught how to film a professional documentary. Students also learned about the Nature, Community and History of the Forest and its surroundings. JIBA means mountain/forest in the native indian tainos language. The documentary was directed by Roberto «Tito» Otero.
Forest Communities Conversations
Prior to the passage of the hurricanes of 2017, Cafiesencia carried out eight conversations in communities near our protected areas thanks to a grant from the USDA Forest Service: Aguirre, Boquerón, Capetillo, Carite, Guilarte, Río Hondo, Susúa and Toro Negro…
National Register of Historic Places
Observation Tower in San Germán
Fish Hatchery in Maricao
Touristic Coffee Route
In January 2016, Cafiesencia released the results of the Touristic Coffee Route Feasibility Study: Central West Part of Puerto Rico, which results are very encouraging…
Cafeicanto
CafeiCanto was an agroforestry project that surged from the proposal called Shade Grown Coffee Farmers as Bird Custodians: Multiplying social, environmental and economic opportunities for farming communities in Puerto Rico…
Trees and Corals
By the end of 2011 Cafiesencia was awarded a grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to develop the Arboles y Corales, (Trees and Corales) Project: Empowering Women Through Sustainable Agribusiness…
Caminos del Café
In 2009 the Puerto Rican Foundation for the Humanities, awarded Cafiesencia a grant funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities to carry out the project “Caminos del Café” (The Coffee Trails) – the first series…
Rural Community Tourism
Jointly with the Community Board of Rio Prieto, Yauco and the Municipality of Yauco, Cafiesencia helped design the Río Prieto Community Tour emphasizing in the coffee culture hertitage. The feasibility of such a Project was cofirmed in the “Puerto Rico Coffee Route Feasibility Study” conducted by Cafiesencia.
Coffee Haciendas: Historical Landscape
Since its origins, Cafiesencia identified the great contributions of Dr. Luis Pumarada O’Neill and his works in the coffee haciendas inventories and publications. It has been visiting the haciendas and…