Alexis Conneely
Conservation in Colombia
Conservation in Colombia – creating a nature reserve and organic community garden – a biodiverse location
Colombia, Covid-19 and living rural
Where in Colombia – Department Boyaca: 20 minutes from Chinavita
- The neighbouring lands – treehouse setting – chemicals – damage water supply and wildlife
- The solution – buying the land – the contract – Gofundme page
- Civil Society Nature Reserve
Colombia eco-systems radically transformed – opportunity to build sustainability into its entire infrastructure
News articles
- Covid-19 – Colombian coffee industry –
- World Environment Day
The next few weeks
LOCATION
FILMS AND ARTICLES DISCUSSED
To protect a biodiverse location in Colombia and create a nature reserve andorganic community garden open to the public. Time is of the essence, so we need to act quickly!
Colombian legislation defines this type of nature reserve as “a part or as the whole of the area of a property that conserves a sample of a natural ecosystem and is managed under the principles of sustainability in the use of natural resources”.
In Colombia, any person who owns a rural or natural property can register a natural reserve as long as they demonstrate that they have the interest and commitment to conserve a sample of one or several natural ecosystems and, at the same time, develop sustainable production activities with low environmental impact and friendly to biodiversity. It does not matter the size of the reserve as long as it represents a sample of natural ecosystem.
Yet due to the COVID-19 pandemic, laborers may be prevented from working the harvest.
It’s another blow to the Colombian coffee industry, which is the third largest in the world.
The foods we eat, the air we breathe, the water we drink and the climate that makes our planet habitable all come from nature.
Yet, these are exceptional times in which nature is sending us a message:
To care for ourselves we must care for nature.
It’s time to wake up. To take notice. To raise our voices.
It’s time to build back better for People and Planet.
