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Community Conservation to Reduce Threats in Serranía de los Paraguas, Colombia

Grantee Name: Corporación Serraniagua

Hotspot
Tropical Andes
Location
Colombia
Amount
$143,200
Dates
Dec 2024 – Nov 2025
Keywords
Buffer zones, Capacity building, Climate adaptation, Communication, Community-based conservation, Conservation finance, Conservation planning, Education, Fire management, Gender, Habitat conservation and management, Networks, Private reserves, Protected Areas, Restoration, Ecosystem resilience, Governance
Reduce threats, support women’s empowerment, and strengthen management for biodiversity conservation in Serranía de los Paraguas of Colombia. Promote legal protection and management improvements in Cerro El Ingles Nature Reserve, establish a payment for ecosystem services scheme, and strengthen capacity for fire management, habitat restoration, patrolling, environmental education and communications. Promote sustainable funding, women’s leadership training, and integration of gender considerations for partner organizations.
Strategic Direction : 1 Strengthen protection and management of 52 priority KBAs to foster participatory governance, green recovery from COVID-19, climate change resilience, species conservation, and financial sustainability.

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