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Ecotourism training.
© Claudia Ayala/Fundación Trópico

Promoting EcoTourism and Agrobiodiversity in Alto Calima and Páramo del Duende, Colombia

Grantee Name: FUNDACIÓN TRÓPICO

Hotspot
Tropical Andes
Location
Colombia
Amount
$70,327
Dates
Mar 2019 – Jul 2020
Keywords
Agroforestry, Community-based conservation, Indigenous People, Livelihoods, Tourism

Building on a previous CEPF grant that established the Río Bravo Forest Reserve, this grant will fund the preparation and implementation of an ecotourism plan, community training in ecotourism, implementation of agroforestry plots relying on native species and traditional knowledge, and strengthening of local project management capacity.

Strategic Direction :

4 Promote and scale up opportunities to foster private sector approaches for biodiversity conservation to benefit priority KBAs in the seven corridors.

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