Floresta Mexico was founded in Oaxaca, Mexico in 1995. Beginning with the establishment of tree nurseries, the programs in Mexico have been largely based around hands-on and communal work and success.  Floresta’s program in Mexico is known locally as Misión Integral. Misión Integral is Oaxacan-led and managed, as Floresta recognizes that no community development project can succeed without the ownership of the local people. Today, Floresta Mexico (Misión Integral) is working in 42 communities, serving hundreds of families.

In 2007, Floresta continued partnership with Mision Integral in the five Oaxacan municipalities of Santo Domingo Nuxaa, San Andres Nuxino, Santa Ines Zaragoza, San Juan Tamazola, and Nochixtlan. A spirit of innovation and experimentation among the communities was evident in several new, successful projects implemented during the course of the year, including tomato and mushroom farms, a fish raising project, and the construction of numerous ecological latrines and water harvesting systems.

• 45,603 trees were planted across 95 acres of land to counter deforestation, bringing the lifetime total of trees planted through Floresta Mexico to 300,826.
• 35,670 seedlings were produced in local tree nurseries for reforestation and agroforestry efforts.
• 97 new microenterprise loans, in the total amount of $9,633, were granted to program participants. 840 previously granted loans were repaid, in the total amount of $9,867.
• 3 new agroforestry farms were established.  On these farms, trees are grown alongside food and other cash crops for the purpose of establishing mutually beneficial relationships that enrich the soil and improve crop yields.
• Floresta constructed 17 new fuel efficient stoves for rural farmers, helping to improve air quality, lower the risk of respiratory illness, and significantly decrease the amount of wood needed for cooking and heating.
• 22 new family gardens were established, in which a variety of vegetables and fruits were grown.  Harvests provide families with improved nutrition and an additional source of income.
• 6 new cisterns were constructed, providing communities with ready access to water for household use and to help grow their family gardens and tree nurseries.
• Floresta established 4 new mushroom farms and a new tomato greenhouse to improve the local diet and give farmers an alternative source of income.
• 74 new ecological latrines were built. These latrines provide sanitary, environmentally-friendly systems of waste management in which potentially toxic waste is contained and converted to safe, organic fertilizer.

Lifetime totals
Trees planted: 300,826
Seedlings grown: 452,167
Loans granted: 312