The Maya Mountain North Forest Reserve (MMNFR) is a diverse forest reserve measuring 36,000 acres and forms a part of the Monkey River watershed within Belize’s Maya Golden Landscape (MGL). Its proximity to the growing indigenous Mayan communities has subjected it to threats from illegal resource extraction of mahogany, cedar, bayleaf, overhunting, and deforestation from land clearance for agriculture.  In 2012, Ya’axché supported the Trio Farmers Cacao Growers Association in gaining access rights within the MMNFR. By 2014, Ya’axché pioneered the establishment of Belize’s first agro-forestry concession. The Government of Belize granted a 15-year permit to implement a cacao-based agro-forestry concession on 936 acres within the MMNFR. This concession provides security to indigenous communites livelihoods while protecting the biological values of the MMNFR, and highlights the success of community-led integrated management approaches to conservation and sustainable community development.