The ICC in conjunction with the National Forest Institute (INAB), members of COCODES and UGAM of Santo Domingo Suchitepequez, carried out the Measurement of Permanent Mangrove Forest Plots.

Information on the dynamics of the mangrove ecosystem was generated, in order to obtain data in the field to improve sustainable management techniques, and to achieve the conservation and protection of the mangrove forests in El Triunfo, Santo Domingo, Tahuexco, Mangales and Churirin in Mazatenango, Suchitepéquez.