Bees of Silence – Abejas del Silencio
The bee project in El Silencio Natural Reserve has been running since November 2022 and is a joint project of Fundacion Biodiversa Colombia and Yiehitson Correa, an expert in bee management. The primary aim of the project is to set up and manage multiple apiaries and stingless bee stations within the reserve for the production of honey, beeswax and propolis. This is part of our strategy to generate nature friendly sources of income that contribute to the financial sustainability of the reserve.
El proyecto de abejas en la Reserva Natural El Silencio se ejecuta desde ...
Agroecología y bosques análogos – Agroecology and analogous forests
Equipo - Team
Comunidad de Bocas de Barbacoas, guardabosques y vecinos de la RNSC El Silencio
Fundación Biodiversa Colombia: Fernando Arbeláez, María Catalina Giraldo, Diana Isabel Jiménez Restrepo, Juan Carlos Coral, Ingrid Romero, Julio Cesar Marín, y Marisol Santos Acevedo.
Community-based Restoration At El Silencio Natural Reserve
Since 2016, FBC and its allies have been building capacity and supporting the local fishermen community of Barbacoas with a tree nursery and forest restoration. The aim is to provide a source of income through nature conservation to improve their livelihoods.
For this project, we partnered with Fundacion Natura Colombia in 2020 to actively restore 5 ha of grasslands to create a corridor to connect two forest patches and build a new plant nursery (see map of Natura restoration areas). In addition, our experience in assisted restoration techniques will be applied to ...
Seeds of Heritage / Embodying Reconciliation
The Seeds of Heritage Project and Embodying Reconciliation's work are initiatives that address reparation with vulnerable groups through their Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Declaration and planning of a protected area in the El Sapo wetland complex, Nechi Basin, Antioquia
The “El Sapo” wetlands and surrounding forest are strategically important for the conservation of threatened ecosystems in the low Cauca river valley. The habitat of many species includes wetlands and surrounding forests...
Biodiversity of ectomycorrhizal (EcM) fungi associated with tropical lowland forests in Colombia, Amazonia
The ectomycorrhizal fungi (EcM) diversity appears to be high diverse in tropical rainforests. However, it is poorly understood ...
Soundscapes as monitoring tool for conservation and restoration efforts
In megadiverse areas, species composition at different guilds is thought to be sensitive to changes in ecosystem attributes. Whenever mechanisms maintaining high diversity ...
Spider Monkey Conservation Project in Colombia
Photo: Andrés Felipe Aponte
Team
Alba Lucía Morales: Project coordinator
Ecological and economic benefits of timber and non-timber species plantations (2015-2020)
Colombia is one of most biodiverse countries in the world with an estimated 53 % of its territory as forested areas. Despite this, conservation status of Colombian forests is jeopardized...
Declaration of a Regional Protected Area in Barbacoas (2014)
The Barbacoas wetlands and surrounding forest are strategically important for the conservation of the West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus). The habitat of this species includes wetlands along the...
Conservation of Blue-billed curassow (2014-2017)
The blue-billed curassow Crax alberti (Cracidae) is a Colombian endemic and critically-endangered bird species (Stiles 1998). It inhabits humid and deciduous forests, cloud forests lowlands including the foothills of the...
Community-based conservation program of Amazon river turtles with indigenous and communities of Colombia and Peru
Despite the amazing biodiversity of Amazonian fauna, many native populations have been critically reduced towards their extinction over the last decades; this is the case of the three species of Amazon River turtles...
El Silencio Natural Reserve and Research Station
Since 2006, Fundación BioDiversa Colombia has been working in the Middle Magdalena Valley to develop conservation projects on three endangered species: the river turtle (Podocnemis lewyana) and silvery-...
