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Rights to Natural Resources of Afro-Colombians in Choco

Countries:
Start project:
  • 2016
Donors:
  • Kerk in Actie
Partners:
  • Fondo Patrimonio Natural de Colombia

Afro-Colombian people of the Choco forests and mangroves of the Pacific shore in Colombia have been fighting to secure their land rights and benefits of the natural resources within their territories. The current UN Climate Change debate on deforestation of tropical forests has opened a new opportunity for rural communities to consolidate land rights and also to access international funds related to global climate benefits and carbon finance.

This project is placed in a vision towards the future of sustainable forests in the Choco region in which ecosystems are functioning and contributing to diverse type of environmental services including climate stability from reductions in deforestation. The vision includes local communities benefiting from their natural resources, strengthening their economic base through incomes from carbon finance mechanisms for avoided deforestation initiatives (REDD+ type of project), and options to access low carbon economies including energy efficiency alternatives.

ICCO has been supporting Climate and Forests initiatives in the Department of Choco in Colombia as part of a strategy to consolidate land rights and access and control of natural resources.

Fondo Patrimonio Natural is a current partner of ICCO and COCOMOPOCA was a partner in the previous MFSII cycle.

Hosts for Peace: Schools of Gastronomy, Tourism and Hospitality

The project contributes to the livelihoods improvement of disadvantaged, displaced and demobilized young people and small holder farmers ...

Countries:
Project started:
  • 2018
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MANQ'A Cali Quinta y Sexta cohorte (KIA 2018)

In Colombia, disadvantaged youth from socially problematic neighborhoods will be trained as qualified cooks to promote healthy, traditional ...

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Project started:
  • 2018
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Manqa Gastronomic School 2018 - Cali

In Colombia, disadvantaged youth from socially problematic neighborhoods will be trained as qualified cooks to promote healthy, traditional ...

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Project started:
  • 2017
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