USAID’s Tierra Dorada [Golden Land] Activity (TDA) aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, promote biodiversity conservation, and foster legitimate livelihoods in Colombia by supporting socially and environmentally responsible ASM practices and providing alternative sustainable economic opportunities.
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Tatiana Ramos Maza is the chief of party of Alliance for Root Causes and Opportunities Activity (ARCO). She is an international development leader with over 30 years of experience managing sustainable development projects. She joined Chemonics…
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USAID/Colombia’s Amazon Alive Activity (Amazon Alive) responds to Colombia’s recent surge in deforestation and loss of biodiversity by improving environmental crime prevention and prosecution and strengthening forest conservation and management.
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This final report describes the project’s activities, approaches, and results achieved, and recommendations for the sustainability of these achievements.
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For almost a decade USAID has worked with Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities to protect their way of life. Learn how the pacific forest communities in Colombia are safeguarding the most biodiverse rainforests in the world.
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This case study details the process, added value, and lessons learned from using applied political economy analysis as a tool to think and work politically on the Chemonics-implemented USAID/Guatemala Biodiversity Project.
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Luis Fernando Jara is a forestry and climate change expert with 40 years of experience in project design and management, capacity building, and development of the forestry sector across the climatically diverse regions within Colombia, Costa…
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The USAID Regional Program for the Management of Aquatic Resources and Economic Alternatives strengthened coastal-marine resource management and biodiversity conservation while improving the livelihoods of local populations.
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Staff from the USAID Colombia Natural Wealth program and the Colombia Rural Finance Initiative discuss how each project designed their activities to be inclusive of indigenous communities.
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In Northern Antioquia, Colombia, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID/Colombia) is implementing an ambitious honey production program to improve the livelihoods of more than 300 families in five mining municipalities.
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Development works here because great people work here. We’re excited to introduce you to our team.
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Alejandro Arrivillaga is a biologist with more than 25 years of experience with complex, multi-country biodiversity conservation and sustainable resource management projects, in government and non-governmental settings. Alejandro has a proven scientific record and experience with…
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