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Equator Initiative Case StudiesLocal sustainable development solutions for people, nature, and resilient communities
Colombia
SERRANIAGUACORPORATION
Empowered live
Resilient nation
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UNDP EQUATOR INITIATIVE CASE STUDY SERIES
Local and indigenous communities across the world are advancing innovative sustainable development solutions that wo
or people and or nature. Few publications or case studies tell the ull story o how such initiatives evolve, the breadth
their impacts, or how they change over time. Fewer still have undertaken to tell these stories with community practition
themselves guiding the narrative.
To mark its 10-year anniversary, the Equator Initiative aims to ll this gap. The ollowing case study is one in a growing ser
that details the work o Equator Prize winners – vetted and peer-reviewed best practices in community-based environmenconservation and sustainable livelihoods. These cases are intended to inspire the policy dialogue needed to take local succ
to scale, to improve the global knowledge base on local environment and development solutions, and to serve as models
replication. Case studies are best viewed and understood with reerence to ‘The Power of Local Action: Lessons from 10 Years
the Equator Prize’, a compendium o lessons learned and policy guidance that draws rom the case material.
Click on the map to visit the Equator Initiative’s searchable case study database.
EditorsEditor-in-Chief: Joseph CorcoranManaging Editor: Oliver HughesContributing Editors: Dearbhla Keegan, Matthew Konsa, Erin Lewis, Whitney Wilding
Contributing WritersEdayatu Abieodun Lamptey, Erin Atwell, Toni Blackman, Jonathan Clay, Joseph Corcoran, Larissa Currado, Sarah Gordon, Oliver Hughe
Wen-Juan Jiang, Sonal Kanabar, Dearbhla Keegan, Matthew Konsa, Rachael Lader, Patrick Lee, Erin Lewis, Jona Liebl, Mengning Ma,
Mary McGraw, Gabriele Orlandi, Juliana Quaresma, Peter Schecter, Martin Sommerschuh, Whitney Wilding, Luna Wu
DesignOliver Hughes, Dearbhla Keegan, Matthew Konsa, Amy Korngiebel, Kimberly Koserowski, Erin Lewis, John Mulqueen, Lorena de la Pa
Brandon Payne, Mariajosé Satizábal G.
AcknowledgementsThe Equator Initiative acknowledges with gratitude the Serraniagua Corporation, and in particular the guidance and inputs o Césa
Franco Laverde, Director. All photo credits courtesy o Serraniagua Corporation; © Juan David Ramírez ( page 8, Pipreola jucunda). Ma
courtesy o CIA World Factbook and Wikipedia.
Suggested Citation
United Nations Development Programme. 2012. Serraniagua Corporation, Colombia. Equator Initiative Case Study Series. New York, NY
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PROJECT SUMMARYSerraniagua Corporation works to ensure the connectivityo protected areas throughout Colombia’s CordilleraOccidental mountain range, a key component o theChocó-Manabí Conservation Corridor. The group connectsthe conservation corridors o the Tatamá National Park and Serrania de los Paraguas (renowned or their highbiodiversity and species endemism) through a series o 60community-managed and seven state-managed naturereserves, and encourages a high level o participation on thepart o local and indigenous communities in environmentalplanning processes or these areas.
Working through a broad stakeholder base, includingcocoa, coee and sugar producers, ecotourism operators,environmental groups, rural schools, and women’sassociations, this dynamic social network is leveraged toprotect the biodiversity and ecosystems o the surroundingregion in a manner that also respects the livelihood needso the local population.
KEY FACTS
EQUATOR PRIZE WINNER: 2008
FOUNDED: 1996
LOCATION: El Cairo and surrounding region
BENEFICIARIES: Rural communities, farmers & producers
BIODIVERSITY: Network of 60 community nature reserves
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SERRANIAGUA CORPORATIONColombia
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Background and Context 4
Key Activities and Innovations 6
Biodiversity Impacts 8
Socioeconomic Impacts 8
Policy Impacts 9
Sustainability 10
Replication 10
Partners 11
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he Serranía de los Paraguas Mountains and the Tatamá National
ark in Colombia are two important eco-regions that orm part o
he Cordillera Occidental mountain range and the Chocó-Manabí
Conservation Corridor. The high level o biodiversity, species
ndemism and connectivity in these regions has made them the
ocus o signicant conservation eorts. The Serranía de los Paraguas
s covered with montane rainorest, which serves as an important
watershed or surrounding communities. The mountains are home
o thirty dierent nationally endangered animal and plant species,
ncluding the gold-ringed tanager (Bangsia aureocincta), cauca guanPenelope perspicax ) and the spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus).
erraniagua Corporation (Corporación Serraniagua) promotesivil society-managed nature reserves, encouraging the active
articipation and management o local and indigenous community
takeholders in the ecoregion. The organization is involved in
articipatory processes to develop environmental management
lans or the Serranía de los Paraguas, and its connection to
he management plan o the Natural Tatamá National Park. The
rganization also owns and manages a 700-hectare protected area,
he Cerro El Inglés Natural Reserve. It is the largest privately owned
eserve in the Cauca Valley, an area with the highest endemism and
iodiversity in Serranía de los Paraguas. As part o its connectivity
trategy, 12 civil society reserves in the Valle de Cauca and Chocó
epartments are developing harmonized management plans to
nsure habitat connectivity and sustainable livelihoods.
rimary goals o the association are the genuine empowerment
local communities and the eective integration o local
takeholders into decision-making processes. The ultimate objective
s community input into the governance o local lands and territory
nd into policymaking in the area o resource management. The
ssociation brings together a diverse base o stakeholders, including
roducers o cocoa, coee and sugar, as well as ecotourism
entures, environmental groups, rural schools and women’s
ssociations. This dynamic social network is leveraged to advance a
comprehensive communications program that employs comm
radio, newsletters, environmental murals, educational videos,
community tours. Serraniagua Corporation operates at both the
and regional levels, employing a zone-based connective stra
or land use planning, social networking (grassroots comm
mobilization), and the creation o productive agricultural sys
that link local producers into equitable market supply-chains.
Conservation and agro-ecosystems in the Andes
Conservation and sustainable livelihoods work takes place in
corridors o the Andes where the predominant ecosystems
high Andean orests, Andean orests (on the eastern slope), Andean orests and secondary orests. The Tatamá Paraguas cor
contains the greatest wealth o threatened and endemic spec
the continental Pacic region o Colombia. Several o these sp
are the ocus o Serraniagua Corporation conservation e
The organization is also active in a number o agro-ecosyst
notably including cocoa and coee, ruit orchards, and timber
landscapes that contain palm ruit, plantains, avocadoes, and bo
Coee agro-ecosystems oten contain shade trees like guamo
carbonero, which are staple oods in the regional diet.
Bridging policy and practice
The association was ounded in 1996 to ll a number o poland socioeconomic voids. The organization was initiated
communities within the Serrania de los Paraguas mountain cor
but beneted rom the support o environmental conserva
NGOs and corpocuencas, state organizations with public
private involvement in watershed protection. One o the prim
project catalysts was that local communities had extremely lim
opportunities to participate in the development o land-use pol
As a result, there was little local ownership o government policie
the ground and a good deal o distance between prevailing p
rameworks and the realities o resource management activities a
Background and Context
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rassroots. Other gaps which the association ormed to address were
lack o awareness on the state o local biodiversity and ecosystems
specically, the growing threats and drivers o biodiversity loss
and a lack o documentation on zoning. To address these issues,
he organization set out to help land owners improve their spatial
wareness and understanding o the territory (and connectivity
etween adjacent areas) and to better equip communities with the
ools needed to orm alliances, lobby government and participate in
ecision-making processes.
Community protected area network
erraniagua Corporation uses a connectivity strategy to link
ommunity protected areas, local landowners, surrounding
municipalities, and areas protected within Tatamá National Park.
he strategy aspires to the protection and conservation o species
within the important wildlie corridor by creating and promoting
ustainable production networks in the agricultural sector, in
municipal plans, in park administration, and in community-based
nterprises. The association aims to combine respect or local culture
nd with a strong conservation ethic. Culture and conservation are
nked through the promotion o traditional and customary resource
management practices and land management systems.
The association has successully ostered a rare link betw
community practitioners (armers and producers), local and nat
government authorities, and the biodiversity science commu
This multi-stakeholder model enables equitable territorial plan
which in turn produces a strategic vision that is inormed by so
science and research, is guided by the needs o the local popula
and which helps to extend the policy objectives o governm
authorities. Serraniagua Corporation emphasizes accurate
collection and the application o cartographic tools, econneeds assessments, and biological surveys in the manageme
the Serrania de los Paraguas region. These tools are the ounda
o land-use planning and coordination activities.
Serraniagua Corporation is guided by our overarching object
namely: i) saeguard biodiversity in strategic ecosystems
expanding protected areas and sustainably managing the a
orestry systems that connect Tatamá Natural National Park wit
Paraguas Mountains; ii) implement sustainable production mo
with armers in the region; iii) secure support rom a numb
dierent stakeholders; and iv) increase protected areas or end
and threatened species.
“The villages of the world have the right to inform themselves, to participate in every decisio
that concerns their common destiny. The world’s leaders have a duty and a responsibility to liste
to community voices and to the groups that safeguard the environment.”
César A. Franco Laverde, Director, Serraniagua Corporation
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Key Activities and Innovations
ounded in 1996, Serraniagua Corporation connects the
onservation corridors o Tatamá National Park and Serrania de los
araguas through a series o 60 community-managed and seven
tate-managed nature reserves. The organization maintains a
ision o sustainable development that improves the quality o lie
or local inhabitants while also respecting and protecting regional
biodiversity. The community-based network evolved in response
o a need or greater stakeholder input into natural resource
overnance and more detailed documentation o local biodiversity.
ringing together both rural and urban populations, Serraniagua
Corporation carries out participatory land management planning
nd has pioneered an eective and inclusive community-based
ature reserve model.
he association oversees a diverse base o stakeholders, which
ncludes producers o cocoa, coee and sugar, as well as ecotourism
entures, environmental groups, rural schools and women’s
ssociations. This dynamic social network is leveraged to protect the
biodiversity and ecosystems o the surrounding region in a manner
hat also respects the livelihood needs o the local population. A
omprehensive communications program employs community
adio, newsletters, environmental murals, educational videos, and
ommunity tours. Two important partners in their work are the
Colombian Network o Associations o Civil Society Nature Reserves
which brings together more than 600 civil society reserves across
he country) and the Association o Producers o San Jose delalmar (a community-based organization o cocoa, palm, avocado
nd banana producers that aims to protect natural orests and
watersheds).
Protected area network
erraniagua Corporation brings together community-based and
private protected areas to promote biodiversity conservation and
he protection o threatened species in the region. Protection o
he Serrania de los Paraguas wildlie corridors requires connectivity,
which has necessitated the involvement o community, public (s
and private land owners, as well as a number o dierent produce
resource user groups. The association coordinates activities betw
these stakeholders, developing landscape level conservation p
that connect public protected areas (such as municipal watersh
community protected areas, and national protected areas (
as Tatamá National Park-Serrania de los Paraguas). Importa
Serraniagua Corporation is also the proprietor o Cerro El In
a natural reserve that conserves the majority o threatened
endemic species within the conservation corridor. Building out
this ‘conservation epicenter’, the association has ormed a core
o natural reserves in the region that include 60 private rese
which represent more than 2,250 hectares across ve municipaand two departments.
Agriculture, tailored production plans and seed exchan
The conservation corridor where the Corporation operates co
a sizable area o dierent ecosystems, altitudinal ranges and
uses. Serraniagua Corporation promotes harmony between t
ecosystems and production landscapes to ensure the conserva
o local culture, native arm species and biodiversity. The Corpor
promotes a range o landscape management tools, inclu
biological conservation corridors, living ences, the enrichm
and diversication o coee plantations, strategic reoresta
with indigenous tree species, the operation o community nurseries, organic ruit orchards, and more. Farmers working
the organization develop individual production plans thro
agro-orestry systems where dierent species o plants are gr
and coexist. Secondary crops are added to production landsc
dominated by cocoa and coee cultivation. In cocoa landscapes
most common secondary crops include palm o chontaduro, bo
avocados, and bananas, while in coee landscapes the most com
secondary crops include guamo, ruit trees, plantains, and wa
and cedar trees. Some members o the Serraniagua Corpora
also work in apiculture and honey production. The organiza
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acilitates learning exchanges between communities, where armers
xchange seeds that orm the basis o local agricultural diversity and
ood security.
Environmental research and education
erraniagua Corporation works with local universities to carry out
esearch on ecosystem unctioning, biodiversity and health, and on
ndividual species living within the Cerro El Inglés reserve. Long-erm agreements are in place with these educational institutions to
nsure ongoing support with research, environmental assessments,
nd biological monitoring. The association carries out environmental
ducation programs with schools throughout the region. A
rogram called Herederos del Planeta (“Heirs o the Planet”) targets
children and youth and aims to ensure the strong oundation
conservation ethic in uture generations. The Herederos del Pla
group has grown into a national movement that orms part o
RED Colombiana de Reservas Naturales, a Colombian netwo
community-based natural reserves. In partnership with two reg
radio stations (El Cairo Estereo and Palmar Estereo), Serrania
Corporation oversees environmental education programming
instructional shows that promote conservation and the sustain
use o natural resources in the region. On average, the organizatransmits more than 260 programs per year. Included in
programming are reports on the progress o existing projects
plans or new initiatives. Bulletins and promotional videos are
developed and distributed on an ongoing basis to improve p
awareness on its programming.
“Aside from a profound respect for all forms of life, our organization understands that biodiversi
is linked to cultural diversity, where traditions of land management, food security, and genet
diversity reside. And so, the only way to guarantee biodiversity is to guarantee the cultures th
guard it, the people who understand that we cannot impose on the planet a singular logic th
markets what is not tradable or replaceable.”
César A. Franco Laverde, Director, Serraniagua Corporation
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Impacts
BIODIVERSITY IMPACTS
The association maintains a strong commitment to biological
monitoring, documentation o biodiversity, and land use planning
based on these studies. As a partnership o community managed
nature reserves, the association has registered 343 species o birds,
6 species o mammals, 79 species o amphibians, 20 species o
eptiles, three species o snails, 24 species o insects and 646 species
o plants. Over 500 community sites have received direct technical
ssistance on biological monitoring tools. These trainings regularly
nclude learning tours, reorestation and conservation workshops,
nd agricultural conerences. Biodiversity conservation and
ecosystem management have also been mainstreamed into school
urriculums by way o a partnership the association has cultivated
with teen rural schools.
erraniagua Corporation has created a biodiversity database or the
egion, lling an important void in available mechanisms to identiy
priority species and conservation interventions. Collected data is
used to identiy uture conservation targets and land use plans. As a
esult o inormation gathered through the biodiversity database, the
egion was names an Important Bird Area (IBA). Collected data has
lso helped to drive expansion o (and coordination between) the
60 participating protected areas. More knowledge and inormation
on the state o key resources and species has translated to more
eective and balanced land management strategies.
Monitoring o biodiversity impacts is done through species
egistration. The group has steadily expanded its conservation
orridors and the number o ocially designated protected areas.
ince its inception, Serraniagua Corporation has integrated more
han 3,000 hectares o community nature reserves into the Tatamá-
Paraguas regional network o private natural reserves. Cerro El Inglés,
he group’s proprietary natural reserve has itsel expanded by 500
hectares. At least ten new plant species and two new amphibian
pecies have been ound within the reserve and its associated areas.
Ten endemic or threatened species are currently under protection
within the reserve.
Among the many key species protected in the region are a num
o birds, including: Empress Brilliant (Heliodoxa imperatrix ); Puthroated Woodstar (Calliphlox mitchellii ); Gold-ringed Tan
(Bangsia aureocincta); Munchique Wood-Wren (Henicorhina neg
Black-and-gold Tanager (Bangsia melanochlamys); Velvet-p
Coronet (Boisonneaua jardini ); Multicolored Tanager (Chloroc
nitidissima); Fulvous-dotted Treerunner (Margarornis stella
Purplish-manted Tanager (Iridosornis porphyrocephalus); C
winged Manakin (Machaeropterus deliciosus); Indigo Flowerpi
(Diglossa indigotica); Glistening-green Tanager (Chloroc
phoenicotis); Black-chinned Mountain-Tanager ( Anisogna
notabilis); Gray-and-gold Tanager (Tangara palmeri ); Tanager
(Oreothraupism arremonops); Crested Ant-Tanager (Habia cris
and Beautiul Jay (Cyanolyca pulchra).
SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS
The primary beneciaries o this project include campesinos
their amilies, those living within the conservation corridor, pr
owners o the natural reserves, eco-agricultural armers, produ
associations, community environmental education groups,
indirectly, those living on indigenous reservations in the region
positive socioeconomic impacts have been varied and widesp
The association has been at the oreront o creating a market i
region or organic agriculture, providing local armers with a rel
and steady source o income and an outlet or their produce
association has also catalyzed a number o sustainable produc
groups – producer ederations and cooperatives – including in
areas o cacao, coee, sugar and ecotourism. These networks pro
otherwise economically marginalized armers with colle
bargaining power and market access benets that were previo
unattainable. Out o these producer ederations and coopera
have emerged a number o ‘environmental deenders’; local lea
who, above and beyond championing environmental conserva
and proper stewardship o local resources, have been abl
successully advocate or technical assistance and the provisio
social services.
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Serraniagua Corporation is not only an environmental network,
but a social network that aims to improve communication and
collaboration between land owners, eco-agricultural armers and
ustainable producer groups. Average amily and producer group
ncomes have improved by an average o 25 percent rom Serraniagua
Corporation activities. But while many o the benets rom the
nitiative all in the category o more traditional socioeconomic
gains – greater household incomes, more jobs, improved market
access, etc. – an even greater number o the benets are non-monetary and include the strengthening o the social abric (which
makes collective action possible), a sense o pride and belonging
or armers and those working in agricultural production sectors,
community empowerment, and the kind o capacity development
hat comes rom peer-to-peer learning and exchange. Three new
community associations have been ormed since the project began.
Serraniagua Corporation itsel employees teen individuals, and
has created more than 100 indirect jobs through its programming
and activities. The president o the board is a woman, as are a
ignicant percentage o the operational team. Gender equality, the
empowerment o women’s groups and the promotion o the rights
o local communities are central preoccupations o the initiative.
Among the more notable socioeconomic impacts has been ocial
ecognition o 60 civil society (community) nature reserves, as well
as a management plan that outlines conservation and sustainable
production activities and interventions within the geographical
area this network covers. Within the greater management area,
more than 500 project sites have received direct rural technical
assistance, where local community members participate in learning
ours, capacity building and training, agricultural conerences
and workshops, and environmental and reorestation training.
Through this on-site training – and by way o other program
– the association has actively (and successully) promoted org
agriculture, ostered receptive markets or organic products,
created production ederations in cocoa, coee and sugar.
POLICY IMPACTS
Serraniagua Corporation has contributed to the ormulation
regional territorial regulation plan or 2000-2010 as well as a 22002 development plan or the municipality o El Cairo. The g
also contributed to the participatory environmental managem
plan o the Serrania de los Paraguas. The association has bee
active participant in contributor to the debate on new prote
area legislation in Colombia, both through the rst protected a
congress o Colombia and the eighth Inter-American private
conservation congress in 2008.
The association is a ounding member o the La RED Colo
Verde and occupies the presidency o its board. In addition to
post, the organization participates in Mesa Local Noste del Sist
Departamental de areas protegidas del Valle de Cauca (The L
Committee on Protected Areas or El Valle de Cauca) and ovethe Technical Secretariat o the local system o protected areas in
José de Palmar—Chocó. Serraniagua Corporation provides tech
support to surrounding municipalities and assists in the ormul
o the management plans within these areas.
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Sustainability and Replication
SUSTAINABILITYong term social and organizational sustainability are dening
eatures o Serraniagua Corporation. The association maintains
n ocial headquarters – which oversees projects and program
ctivities – has a dedicated, permanent sta, and works with
ustainable production groups on long term business plans. The
roup is also in the process o creating an endowment that will
nsure the sustainability o its projects. Since 1996, the scope o
he association’s operations has expanded. In its rst two years,
he association was ocused geographically on the regional river
asin and programmatically on protected areas, natural reserves,
erritorial mapping, and environmental planning. Since that time,erraniagua Corporation has transitioned rather organically into the
reas o social services and social networking, namely through the
stablishment o producer networks. Campesinos and their amilies
acked resources and capacity, leading to an emphasis on sustainable
roduction methods and networking. It was through this evolution
hat a conservation organization became inused with an emphasis
n sustainable production.
erraniagua Corporation emphasizes the role o building local
apacity in establishing public consensus and, in turn, catalyzing
ollective action. Capacity building is a undamental component
the association’s long-term strategy. Investments into local
apacity building have paid dividends or community solidarity,he sense o community ownership o project activities, and
articipatory management. Particular investment has been made in
outh programs as a way o educating and empowering the next
eneration o conservationists and organic armers. Local producers
coee, corn, cocoa and brown sugar have been empowered to
onnect with one another and improve their collective purchasing,
argaining and marketing power.
he association maintains a connective conservation strategy
hat prioritizes environmental, social and economic sustainability.
Equitable and sustainable production systems or local produ
are central to this strategy and all association operations.
association aims to build and oster an identity among its mem
and target population o communal interests and communal suc
and achievement. This group ethos has slowly supplanted indiv
prot motives, replacing it with a spirit o collaboration that
strengthened social cohesion and the sustainability o conserva
interventions in the region.
REPLICATION
Serraniagua Corporation is celebrated regionally and nationally
model o successul community-based conservation. The associahas been invited to participate in various regional orum
inormation exchange and peer-to-peer transer o best prac
including the Inter-American Conservation Congress. Addition
it has served as a progenitor organization, spawning o
community-based activities and grassroots collaborative e
The organization has developed and implements a communica
strategy that includes community radio, newsletters, street art
murals, interest groups meetings, web-based campaigns and mo
holds annual General Assembly meetings or its national assemb
regional organizations, as well as or its various social, environm
and production networks across the conservation corridor.
The replication o best practices has been carried out primthrough two national networks: RED Colombiana de Rese
Naturales, through which organizations and associated groups s
experiences on issues o conservation and sustainable produc
and La RED Colombia Verde, which brings together commu
based organizations and sustainable producers. RED Colombian
Reservas Naturales holds an annual assembly where members
discuss lessons learned rom implemented initiatives and wher
successes and challenges experienced by landowners, produc
groups and organic armers within the reserve can be sh
Serraniagua Corporation is a noted leader in this space and is
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“With a shared ethic of respect for the planet, we can create common solutions and lead b
example in showing how to coexist with nature”
César A. Franco Laverde, Director, Serraniagua Corporation
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urrent chairman o the board o this group. La RED Colombia Verde
arries out workshops and ‘learning days’ that allow or the exchange
experiences and learning with dierent associated groups within
he eco-region.
PARTNERS
erraniagua Corporation is a consortium of smaller, community-
ased organizations within the Chocó and Valle regions. There isubstantial overlap with an umbrella organization called, Herederos
e Planeta, an inter-generational group that ocuses on producer
ederations, cooperatives and sustainable production groups.
erraniagua Corporation and Herederos de Planeta work together
with municipalities and town associations to provide technical
ssistance to campesinos, to small producers associations, and to
ooperatives within the Valle and Chocó.
he organization maintains an alliance with the Tatamá National
ark administration and with regional corporations. Serraniagua
also a part o the RED Columbiana de Reservas Naturales. Other
artners include:
Asociación RED Colombiana de Reservas Naturales de la
Sociedad Civil: conservation and sustainable production on
public and private land.
National coordination o Herederos del Planeta, construction o
social and organizational tissue.
• GREEN NETWORK de Colombia: Columbian network o amic
community-based sustainable producers: acilitates produc
initiatives and sustainable markets
• Fondo Para La Acción Ambiental y la Niñez: (Youth Fund
Environmental Action) initiates public calls or youth
environment projects
• Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF)
• CVC: Corporación Autonoma Regional Del Valle de Cau
Codechocó: regional environmental authorities who promconservation initiatives within their areas o infuence
• The municipality o San José Del Palmar
• Alliance or Conservation in Latin America
Between 2003 and 2005, Serraniagua Corporation impleme
a Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) project t
Development and Implementation o Private Nature Reserve
Serranía de los Paraguas. The aim was to promote a netwo
private reserves in the Tatamá-Paraguas Conservation Corridor,
included preparing needs assessments and management plan
twelve private reserves. The grant also supported small sustain
agriculture projects aimed at maintaining orest cover to prom
connectivity between private reserves and the development
marketing plan to promote eco-riendly products made by arm
involved with the project. The total size o this grant was
152,945.
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FURTHER REFERENCE
Serraniagua Corporation Photo Story (Vimeo) vimeo.com/15965410
‘Serraniagua, motor de conservación’ (Vimeo) vimeo.com/25426546
Video page o Corporación Serraniagua (Vimeo) vimeo.com/serraniagua
Corporación Serraniagua website: serraniagua.org.co
Corporación Serraniagua Facebook page: acebook.com/serraniagua
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