Asobogua

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We are an ethnic, non-profit Community Organization that seeks to positively impact the forests of the collective territory, through Sustainable Forest Management; through the development of technical and legal activities that have been implemented in a traditional way in the use of forests and their ecosystem services.

Created on Mar 09, 2024 and updated on Mar 12, 2024

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Instrument type

Location

Country

Colombia

Municipality

Guapi

HeCo priority landscape

Pacific - Coastal Marine

The problem we are solving

Consolidation of the forest value chain that provides opportunities to the communities of the Guapi Abajo community council to improve their livelihoods through the harvest, processing and marketing of timber forest products under criteria of legality and sustainability

The solution proposed

Support the forest management of the community organization in the legal and sustainable use of forests through the implementation of reduced impact techniques and generating added value to products from the forest

Impact

Target group(s)

Afro-descendant people

Expected Impact

conserve the forests of the Guapi community council below through sustainable forest management, providing economic alternatives to the people who live there through the commercialization of timber products from the forest

SDGs

No poverty
Gender equality
Decent work and economic growth
Climate action
Life on land

Estimated Impact

In the municipality the highest impact of the project is on with a score of 0.

Funding & development

Currently looking for

US$25k - 150k

Value

Grant

Instrument type

How the money will be used

Training of technical and associative capacities, Purchase of machinery for the adaptation of a transformation center that allows adding value to wood, marketing and commercialization strategy

Due to security reasons, we are not allowed to display more detailed financial information. Please contact the Project Developers directly in order to obtain detailed information.

24 months

Duration of the project

Scaling up

Maturity / stage of development

Sustainability of the project

Forest management plan approved by the environmental authority for 10 years, for the implementation of good forest management practices, accompanied by equitable and fair distribution of benefits to the communities. Authorization for the legal and sustainable use of native species under the authorized volumes that allow conserving the structure and conservation of the forests of the community council

Replicability of the project

Possibility of expanding forest management areas that allow the incorporation of new work areas and benefited communities, as well as forest areas under sustainable use and management

Progress and impact tracking

There is an environmental and social monitoring plan

Project Developers

This project has 1 project developer.

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