Asproabibe - Abibe Agroforestry Producers Association

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Non-profit Community Organization, which seeks to contribute to forestry and agrosilvopastoral dynamics through the implementation of Forest Harvesting with Sustainable Forest Management and good agricultural practices. There are 36 producers who have 992 hectares under forest management and have a resolution authorizing forest exploitation for 5 timber species by Corpouraba.

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

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Location

Country

Colombia

Municipality

Apartadó

HeCo priority landscape

Pacific - Caribbean Transition

The problem we are solving

Consolidation of the forest value chain that provides opportunities to the communities of the town of San José de Apartadó 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)

Peasants and traditional inhabitants

Expected Impact

Promote the conservation of forests through sustainable use under the community forestry model, by promoting the use and consumption of legal wood, which in turn allows generating economic alternatives for the communities that inhabit these forests, and allows consolidating means sustainable living

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

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24 months

Duration of the project

Scaling up

Maturity / stage of development

Sustainability of the project

Implementation of good forest management practices, accompanied by equitable and fair distribution of benefits to communities

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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