Nov 30, 2021
The Amazons are the largest rainforest in the world spanning 8
countries and comprising about 40% of all remaining rainforests in
the entire world. New species are still being discovered at least
once a week, and approximately 300 different indigenous groups call
the Amazon their home.
Meg Symington, World Wildlife Foundation Managing Director for the
Amazon project shares how they are working to keep a functional
ecosystem that provides benefits to people and nature over the long
term.
Born at the Conference of the Parties for the Climate Change Treaty
in Paris in 2015, the Heritage Colombia Project is an ambitious PFP
initiative for the next 20+ years to ensure the conversation of 20
million hectares (1 hectare = 100 acres) of natural areas by
increasing the number of protected areas, improving management, and
supporting productive activities in areas that connect these
important protected regions.
Phase 1 is currently underway with a goal to have 14 million
hectares of protected areas and corridors and five landscape
mosaics in the Amazon. They are working to raise $100 million in
donor funding which will be matched by the Government of
Colombia.
The Heritage Colombia Project is establishing the framework to
apply this model in other countries of the Amazon and
beyond.