Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Improved Management and Protection of La Planada Nature Reserve, Colombia

Grantee Name: Resguardo Integrado Pialapi Pueblo Viejo

Hotspot: Tropical Andes
Location: Colombia
Amount: $91,940
Dates: Jan 2023 – Nov 2023
Keywords: Buffer zones, Capacity building, Community-based conservation, Conservation planning, Gender, Habitat conservation and management, Indigenous People, Land tenure, Land use planning, Legal support, Protected Areas, Tourism, Governance

Expand protection and improve management of La Planada Nature Reserve and its buffer zone. To improve management of the reserve, this project aims to strengthen governance, provide environmental education, improve communications capacity, market ecotourism, develop a gender policy and prepare a sustainable financing strategy. The project will enable expansion of protection into surrounding habitats by conducting species inventories, land tenure studies and local planning.

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.

Improved Management and Protection of La Planada Nature Reserve, Colombia

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