Productive forest landscapes in Colombia (ProBosques II)

Overview

The project aims to ensure that forests in the Amazon regions of Meta, Caquetá and Guaviare are sustainably managed, that forest-based value chains are expanded, and that interministerial policy provisions are effectively implemented.

In collaboration with decision-makers, the project contributes to implementing policies and strategies for proper, sustainable and integrative forest management, such as a gender-equal forest extension system.

It promotes value chains and services that originate from environmentally friendly and integrative forest management. The aim is to enable people who live in and depend on the forest for their livelihood to earn higher incomes from more diverse sources. These include timber, cacao nuts, the moriche palm and honey, but also tourism. The project provides capacity development to women and young adults in particular by training them in production, processing and marketing and closely cooperates with Colombian companies which supply national and international markets with non-timber products from the Amazon, e.g. to improve traceability.

The project also improves coordination and capacity to act among the most important decision-makers. To achieve this, the project has created tools such as the online platform ‘ExpoBosques’, which links important national actors.

This project provides publicly available information and tools. Please visit the project website or contact us to find out how this support can benefit you.

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