Established on February 24, 2026, the area—which is the largest protected area in Caldas—plays a fundamental role in the regulation and provision of water for 5 municipalities.
The formalization of the country’s first eight Indigenous Territorial Entities marks a new Indigenous-led land governance model that encompasses 15% of the Colombian Amazon region.
The area spans Orinoquian ecosystems alongside the Guaviare River including subtropical forest, savannahs, and important bodies of water such as the Veradal Lake.
Thanks to the joint work between Indigenous authorities, the Colombian government, and civil society organizations, a new, first-of-its-kind, formalized territory will safeguard Indigenous Peoples in Isolation (known as PIA based on the Spanish acronym) in a biodiverse region of the Colombian Amazon.
Gran Vaupés is the largest Indigenous Reserve in the Vaupés department of Colombia. This expansion covers a territory with dense Amazonian primary forests protected by the ancestral practices of the Indigenous Peoples of the Gran Vaupés Reserve.
We celebrate the establishment of the Alto Calima Regional District of Integrated Management in Colombia’s Valle del Cauca on May 27th, 2024, safeguarding 44,982 acres (18,204 hectares) of biodiverse ecosystems at the confluence of the Colombian Andes and Pacific.
We celebrate the expansion of the Atuncela Regional District of Integrated Management which occurred May 27th, 2024, in Colombia’s Valle del Cauca. Atuncela was expanded by 3,262 acres (1,320 hectares) of shrubland transitioning to humid tropical forest.
Four indigenous reserves located alongside the Amazon river, bordering Perú, have been expanded.
While on the way to the Gaia Amazonas Foundation’s first Intercultural Dialogue event this past October between Indigenous authorities, the Colombian government, and civil society organizations, Andes Amazon Fund Program…
Andes Amazon Fund celebrates the creation of Las Siete Sabias-Esperanza de Vida, a new protected area in Chocó, Colombia. Sieta Sabias conserves 75,116 acres (30,398 ha) of tropical rainforest along…