REDD+ BCBM Project
An initiative to protect and conserve 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 keep the forest standing: instead of logging, communities receive support to sustain their own productive alternatives and maintain the territory's forest cover.
In Bajo Calima the project is linked to the Community Council's self-government, so decisions about the forest are made by the territory's own bodies.