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The German government has funded national and regional pro-jects executed by WWF on its own and in partnership with other ins-titutions. These funds come from the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the Ministry of Environment (BMU), the Bengo program of the Federal Ministry for Economic Coo-peration and Development (BMZ), and the Amazon Conservation Vi-sion program.

MARISELA HOLDS A TREE SHE RECENTLY PLANTED IN A FORESTED AREA OF HER FAMILY FARM (30% OF THE FARM HAS STANDING FOREST). MARISELA AND HER FAMILY ARE PART OF A REFORESTATION PROJECT IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CALAMAR, IN THE DEPARTMENT OF GUAVIARE, COLOMBIA.

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Guainía

Vichada

Casanare

Meta

Arauca

Vaupés

Guaviare

CaquetáPutumayo

Amazonas

Brasil

Venezuela

Perú

Ecuador

AMAZON REGIONORINOCO REGION

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Promotion of protected areas as natural solutions to halt climate change through the Declaration of REDPARQUES, presented during the United Nations Climate Chan-ge Conference (COP 21 in Paris) and ratified by 18 Latin American countries.

Intercultural inclusion in the REDD+ program (Reducing Emis-sions from Deforestation and Fo-rest Degradation). This approach has facilitated the adoption of a ho-listic management proposal so an-cestral peoples in Colombia, Ecua-dor, and Peru can achieve a full life, as well as the promotion of con-servation processes based on the cosmovision and collective rights of indigenous communities.

Three protected areas in Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador with pilot programs to strengthen local communities’ capacity for climate change adaptation:

Funding for research and the pu-blication of the Atlas of Conserva-tion Opportunities in the Amazon Biome, a document that provides key information for decisionmakers in the Amazon biome about con-servation opportunities that would help maintain the functionality of the world’s largest tropical forest and its ecosystem services.

Development in the Colombian Orinoco region of new methods for smart land-use based on cli-mate planning criteria that help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and halt biodiversity loss. The Sus-tainable Use Map for the Colombian Plains, is a document that guides land-use planning in risk-prone tro-pical savanna ecosystems.

Alto Fragua Indi Wasi Natural National Park, Colombia.

LLanganates-Sangay Ecological Corridor, Ecuador.

Tabaconas Namballe National Sanctuary, Perú.

An exchange among producers from the Paraguayan Pantanal and the Colombian Orinoco region.

300 families of the Colombian Orinoco and Amazon regions opt for productive alternatives based on the sustainable use of biodiversity.

Three formal agreements among governmental organizations and private stakeholders to help resolve territorial conflicts.

HOATZIN (OPISTHOCOMUS HOAZIN)

IN LAGUNA NEGRA, NEAR SAN JOSÉ DEL GUAVIARE,

DEPARTMENT OF GUAVIARE, COLOMBIA.

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This year, we began the Parks and Peace project, which will run until 2022, to improve the management effectiveness of protected areas by reducing the causes of deforestation and degradation in Colombia. The project’s objective in the short run is to promote participative and sustainable landscape management. In the long run, it aims to reduce deforestation and degradation in strategic natural areas and to build peace in three priority sites in six protected areas. To achieve these goals, we work with local, regional, and national governments and organizations like the Colombian national parks authority (PNN).

We also work on new proposals for savanna floodplains, highlands, and peatlands, as well as at the regional level in the Amazon.

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AERIAL VIEW OF THE NUEVO TOLIMA RANGE, NEAR SAN JOSÉ DEL GUAVIARE, DEPARTMENT OF GUAVIARE, COLOMBIA. THE RANGE MARKS THE NORTHERNMOST

BORDER OF THE COLOMBIAN AMAZON.

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W O R K W I T H ?The interest and involvement of the German government in these initiatives has suppor-ted and promoted partnerships with natio-nal and local institutions, the participation of different sectors, and the commitment of

public and private stakeholders:

Essential Partners:Regional Environmental Authorities (CAR), municipal governments, and campesino communities.

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Protected Areas, Protected Communities

The First Steps of Project Society, Nature, and Peace (SONPAZ)

The savanna floodplains of the Orinoco region are only one of many kinds of savannas in the region. They are, however, exceptional. They are only found in the departments of Arauca and Casanare, in Colombia, and throughout the year they experience flooding (8 months) and drought (4 months). There are similar ecosystems

in the Paraguayan Pantanal, so WWF has advanced processes for producers and ranchers in both countries to share their experiences and identify and replicate good practices that guarantee the conservation of ecosystems, their ecosystem services, and the livelihoods they provide to local communities in the long term.

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Exchanges that Favor Sustainability in Colombia and Paraguay

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