REDD+ BCBM Project
An initiative aimed at protecting and conserving the forests of the collective territory. The project promotes environmental, social and organisational actions that contribute to the well-being of the communities.
It seeks to strengthen territorial governance and develop sustainable strategies to protect natural resources, conserve biodiversity and improve living conditions.
What REDD+ means
REDD+ is the international mechanism for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation. It recognises the work of those who look after the standing forest: instead of felling it, communities receive support to sustain their own productive alternatives and keep the territory's forest cover.
In Bajo Calima the project is linked to the Community Council's self-government, so that decisions about the forest are taken in the territory's own bodies.