Conexión Jaguar

Environmental awareness and education workshop in Amalfi

In line with objective 4 of the Conexión Jaguar Program – to raise awareness and generate consciousness about the deterioration of the environment and the loss of biodiversity on the planet – on October 2 and 3, we carried out, together with INTERCOLOMBIA, the environmental awareness and education workshop in the La Manguita area, in the municipality of Amalfi (Antioquia). This took place within the framework of the Third Rodando en Bicicleta (Riding a Bicycle) Short Film Festival, which this year focused on three themes: bicycle, mining, and jaguar.

The objective of the workshop is to raise awareness and educate attendees about climate change, its main causes, and consequences, and how actions can be taken at the household level to mitigate its effects.

The workshop was aimed at the students of the Pueblo Nuevo Educational Institution and other members of the community and was held in two sessions with the participation of more than 100 people. The importance of biodiversity and the role of the jaguar as an umbrella species and as an indicator and protector of ecosystems and water was explained.

The context of the Conexión Jaguar Program and how it contributes to biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation was also described.

For more information about the festival, please visit https://www.facebook.com/RodandoEnBicicleta/

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Memorandum of understanding

To perform reforestation or forest protection activities

  • Agroforestry systems
  • Silvopastoral systems
  • Commercial plantations
  • Assisted Natural Regeneration
  • Ecosystem restoration
  • Forest conservation
  • Others associated with the reduction of pressure on forests, such as ecotourism and environmental education.

Minimum desirable areas

  • Reforestation: 1.500 hectares
  • Conservation: 10.000 hectares
  • Projects that have started their activities in a period of less than 4 years.
  • Non-existence of land restitution claims
  • Not being reported on international or national watch lists
  • For reforestation projects: Not having cut down the forest to plan
  • For conservation projects: Existence of forest with verifiable threat of deforestation
  • To be located in the strategic areas of the Jaguar Corridor and ISA's presence (Colombia, Brazil, Chile, and Peru).
  • In Chile, our focal species is the puma
  • To have the documentation supporting the ownership of the land, contracts or agreements that prove their rights over the areas.
  • To have the necessary resources or sources of financing to implement planting, cultivation, or conservation activities.
  • Authority to make decisions as owner or representative of project owners
  • Willingness to provide project information in an agile manner
  • Willingness to commit to the Program through carbon credits
  • Willingness to sign agreements with allies
  • Generate a positive impact for the environment, the community and biodiversity.
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