Yac, the black caiman, and the premiere of its plasticine miniseries
07/10/2024
As part of efforts to strengthen the Forest and Carbon Monitoring System (SMByC), led by IDEAM with support from FAO Colombia and the GCF–Visión Amazonía Project, the plasticine miniseries “FAO–IDEAM Monitoring League” premiered in Bogotá.
Chapter 5: Yac explains Participatory Community Monitoring
25/09/2024
This episode highlights the crucial role of local communities as guardians of natural forests. Through Participatory Community Monitoring, communities use their traditional knowledge to identify changes and threats to biodiversity, generating valuable data for decision-m...
Chapter 4: Yac and the causes and drivers of deforestation
24/09/2024
From Paraíso Amazónico in Caquetá, Yac, the orchid, and the bees illustrate how the GCF–Visión Amazonía Project is transforming Active Deforestation Centers into Forest and Biodiversity Development Centers. Through the Forest and Carbon Monitoring System, the project ide...
Chapter 3: Yac and the Forest and Carbon Monitoring System bulletins, alerts and reports
22/09/2024
From Solano, Caquetá, Yac, and La Orquídea explain how IDEAM's Forest and Carbon Monitoring System generates bulletins, reports, and alerts to show the dynamics of deforestation in Colombia. The system publishes annual deforestation figures, quarterly early warning bulle...
Chapter 2: Yac explains the Forest and Carbon Monitoring System
21/09/2024
Yac, the black caiman and reporter for the Forest and Carbon Monitoring System, together with his friend Orquídea, explains the system’s role and importance. Through technological innovations and a multidisciplinary technical team, IDEAM produces reports, bulletins, and ...
Chapter 1: Yac integrates the FAO-IDEAM Monitoring
20/09/2024
In this new installment, Crax introduces Yac, the black caiman, a character from the GCF- Visión Amazonía Project, implemented by FAO together with MinAmbiente and Ideam, with funding from the Green Climate Fund. The project seeks to reduce deforestation in the Amazon bi...
Indigenous Women's Day
04/09/2024
On September 5, we commemorate International Indigenous Women's Day, recognizing their valuable contribution to society and the environment. They possess ancestral knowledge that is fundamental to the sustainable management of forests.
Gender equality in the GCF-Visión Amazonía Project
14/06/2024
The GCF- Visión Amazonía Project recognizes the contributions of both women and men in climate change mitigation and adaptation. To implement its Gender Action Plan, the project has established 28 indicators and targets, guided by five key strategies: participation, capacity building, well-being ...
Complaints and Conflict Resolution Mechanism GCF-Visión Amazonía Project
11/06/2024
The GCF–Visión Amazonía Project is committed to transparency and access to information, encouraging communities to share their opinions, suggestions, and any concerns related to the project. Communities may submit information requests directly to members of the Project C...
NDFyB capacity building Mapiripán
21/12/2023
The GCF-Visión Amazonía Project held a capacity-building workshop in Villavicencio, Meta, for the Mapiripán Forest Development and Biodiversity Center.
Capacity building NDFyB Solano
20/12/2023
The GCF-Visión Amazonía Project held a capacity-building workshop in Florencia, Caquetá, for the Solano Forestry and Biodiversity Development Center.
Capacity building NDFyB Paraíso Amazónico
13/12/2023
The GCF-Visión Amazonía Project, together with Corpoamazonía and the SINCHI Institute, held a capacity-building workshop at the Amazon Experimental Center in Mocoa, Putumayo, for the Forest Development and Biodiversity Center of Paraíso Amazónico.
Food Day and the GCF project
27/10/2023
The GCF-Visión Amazonía Project recognizes and supports indigenous and peasant practices of using the forest as a source of diverse, fresh, and nutritious food in a sustainable manner that respects biological and cultural diversity, since trees not only provide food but ...
GCF-Visión Amazonía and its contribution to reducing deforestation in Colombia's Amazon region
17/05/2023
In 2020, the GCF awarded Colombia $28.2 million to implement the project “REDD+ Colombia 2015-2016 Results-Based Payment,” which seeks to contribute to reducing the direct and indirect causes of deforestation and forest degradation in the Amazon Biome.
Project: ‘REDD+ Colombia Results-Based Payment 2015-2016- GCF-Visión Amazonía’
12/07/2022
For its fight against deforestation in the Amazon, the Green Climate Fund approved US$28 million for Colombia to finance the REDD+ Colombia 2015-2016 project, which seeks to combat deforestation in the Amazon Biome.