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23 July 2024 Colombia

Campesino communities’ knowledge and its contribution to "Forests for a just future"

Men, women, youths and children from the Colombian Amazon together consolidate a very valuable worldview. Nevertheless, their knowledge remains undocumented and unrecognized even if it has contributed to the conservation of this strategic ecosystem, this is especially true for campesino communities.

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25 May 2024 Colombia

Voices from the landscape: Locally-owned solutions for thriving and resilient landscapes

Hope thrives as local champions rise, transforming their forests and landscapes. Join us in exploring their inspiring stories and solutions in "Voices from the Landscape."

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09 April 2024 Colombia

Meet the Winners of the First “Young Views from the Amazon” Photo Contest

In 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.

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18 January 2024 Colombia

Fire, Earth, Water and Air: Stories about participative productive restoration in Solano

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

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21 September 2023 Colombia

From and for youth: Young leaders from the Amazon outline their priorities

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.

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01 September 2023 Colombia

How are local communities preparing for energy transition

The course "Challenges and opportunities in energy transition and the autonomy of communities in Caquetá" began a few days ago in Florencia. This initiative gathers 18 organizations and communities from the region. Almost 30 persons from different municipalities, including campesino and indigenous representatives, as well as women, youths, students and LGBTIQ movements participated in this dialogue.

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