Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Land Restoration and Creation of Private Protected Areas To Promote Connectivity in the Bosque de San Antonio Key Biodiversity Area of Colombia

Grantee Name: Fundación Ecovivero

Hotspot: Tropical Andes
Location: Colombia
Amount: $92,300
Dates: Jun 2019 – Sep 2020
Keywords: Agroforestry, Conservation planning, Habitat conservation and management, Private reserves

Create 10 new private protected areas and support land restoration and reforestation on 19 hectares of habitat vital to safeguard globally endangered amphibians and to create connectivity in Bosque de San Antonio KBA. This grant also supports a technical roundtable to foster stakeholder coordination for conservation and detailed mapping for conservation planning of the KBA.

Strategic Direction : 1 Improve protection and management of 36 priority KBAs to create and maintain local support for conservation and to mitigate key threats.