Conexión Jaguar

Jaguar captured by hidden cameras in rural area of Valledupar

After the installation of 24 camera traps in an area of 70.000 hectares in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, a jaguar was observed for the first time in Arhuaco territory in a rural area of Valledupar.

Through the cameras it was possible to observe the biological and spiritual corridor of the jaguar, considered the largest feline in the Americas and classified as a near-threatened species on the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

The recording in camera traps is part of an initiative led by ISA and ISA Intercolombia through the sustainability program Conexión Jaguar and developed by the Fundación Herencia Ambiental Caribe, which seeks the formulation together with the Arhuaco people of a conservation project in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.

The presence of jaguars has also been evidenced in the area, thanks to their tracks. Photo: ISA.

These projects aim to implement actions for the preservation and sustainable management of forests to protect biodiversity, contribute to climate change mitigation and generate benefits for rural communities in the cultural and sacred territory.

The cameras also captured the presence of the blue-billed curassow (Crax alberti), a critically endangered species, and the Margay leopardus wiedii, considered a near-threatened species.

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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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