Conexión Jaguar

HUMAN
FELINE COEXISTENCE

This is how this
Initiative works:

Together with Panthera and the environmental authorities, we conduct See more

education and accompaniment processes in the communities where ISA and its companies are present to promote the coexistence of the jaguar with productive systems such as crops and livestock, which prevents retaliatory hunting.
These projects can be

THIS IS HOW IT WORKS

Diagnosis

We identified the risks to livestock and how conflicts with jaguars could be avoided.

Awareness-raising

We developed workshops on the importance of the feline for the region's ecosystems.

Implementation

We execute anti-predatory strategies, which seek to protect the most vulnerable animals.

LEARN MORE ABOUT PANTHERA'S WORK IN COLOMBIA

IT IS POSSIBLE TO LIVE WITH FELINES ON LIVESTOCK FARMS

Rafael Hoogestejin,

Director of the jaguar/livestock coexistence program of Panthera

SIMACOTA, SANTANDER

In 2019, thanks to the implementation of anti-predator strategies in Simacota (Santander), we promote through workshops with the community the coexistence between humans and jaguars that share territory..

Through camera trap monitoring we were able to see three jaguar specimens: two females and one male..

INSTALLATION OF PILOT RANCHES

INSTALACIÓN RANCHOS PILOTO

SIERRA NEVADA DE SANTA MARTA​

In the company of the Arhuaco people and with the authorization of the spiritual authorities, we conducted three awareness and environmental education workshops on the ecological importance of big felines and the management of human-feline conflict due to predation by domestic animals.

INSTALLATION OF RANCH

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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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