Making knowledge work for forests and people
Together we can achieve sustainable management of tropical forestlands for the benefit of people, conservation and sustainable development.
More informationIn the second half of 2023, Tropenbos Colombia invited young people from the Colombian Amazon to participate in the photography contest "Young Views from the Amazon" aimed at people between 14 and 26 years old. More than 60 photographs were received from the 6 departments that make up the Colombian Amazon.
Fire, Water, Earth and Air are essential elements to understand our world. Through this short documentary series, produced in collaboration with youths from Solano (Caquetá), we follow in the agency of these elements to discover a series of stories related to Productive Participative Restoration in the Amazon rainforest. The stories take place in the context of participative processes and dialogue of knowledge platforms promoted by Tropenbos Colombia. They allow us to see how local communities are strengthening their territory and promoting a message of restoring nature amidst a devastating panorama of large-scale deforestation that is taking place in the Amazon
After participating in a youth exchange in June 2023, youth leaders from the Amazonia in Bolivia, Colombia and Suriname proposed three strategic actions to be included in programmes in the region. The actions relate to knowledge, inclusion and incidence and well-being.