The creation of intercultural biodiverse seed banks is an innovative proposal that responds to the necessity to enhance processes such as the restoration of degraded forest areas and the adaptation to climate change in communities in the Amazon region.
The project "Indigenous knowledge in the Caquetá River: strengthening the management of climate change adaptation initiatives" began in April 2023 and it is an alliance between Tropenbos Colombia and the Natural Heritage Fund for Biodiversity and Protected Areas and financed by the Climate Alliance and Land use Climate and Land Use Alliance (CLUA).
By promoting climate-smart landscapes, the Working Landscapes programme will contribute to climate change mitigation, adaptation, improved livelihoods and environmental integrity, which are crucial to achieving the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Forests and trees in well-managed landscapes have the potential to contribute significantly to climate change mitigation and adaptation, while supporting people’s livelihoods and sustaining agricultural value chains.
Within the framework of an agreement with Nia Tero, Tropenbos Colombia has started to accompany the teaching processes of the Solano education institutions. Through this process we hope to strengthen teaching practicesans contribute with the construction of an intercultural framework and to improve the connection of schools with the territory. This way we promote the well-being of students in contexts of cultural diversity and also some administrative processes aimed at strengthening educational autonomy.
Tropenbos Colombia has designed a methodological strategy to strengthen the sociocultural aspects of the monitoring and restoration processes carried out by WWF in Calamar. The implementation began on April 2021; at least 10 workshops have taken place so far. We can already see some changes among the relationship between the community and the forest.