DELFINES CUPICA REDD+
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Published 26. Oct 2021 by JESSICA_LoPEZ
DELFINES CUPICA REDD+ takes first place in the BIBO Award - EL ESPECTADOR

This project is being carried out in Bahía Solano and Juradó, Chocó, Colombia, and seeks to protect 103,000 hectares of tropical rainforest, as well as the species of flora and fauna that inhabit the territory. Its development is thanks to the commercialization of carbon credits, leveraged in the Colombian carbon market, and emerged as a solution to the social and environmental needs of the northern Pacific coast, a region with the highest levels of multidimensional poverty and unsatisfied basic needs in Colombia.

This is the second recognition received by DELFINES CUPICA REDD+ and its communities, after being number one in the 'Forests and Flora' category in Premios Latinoamérica Verde 2019. (DELFINES CUPICA REDD+, winner in the category Forests and Flora by Premios Latinoamérica Verde).

Its recognition in the BIBO Awards is due to the social and environmental impact it has had in recent years. The protection of forests and the work of the community councils as forest custodians have been of great importance in achieving important results in terms of improving the quality of life of nearly 7,000 people.

"This recognition is very important for our community council, as it reflects that we have done well in our activities for the environment and its conservation. We continue to work for environmental conservation and the most important thing is the awareness that the communities now have of the climate changes that are taking place," says Jhuver González, president and legal representative of the Los Delfines Community Council.

Since its inception, the project has been aligned with 13 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) such as the end of poverty, improvement of education, climate action, among others, and it favors actions to strengthen territorial governance, participatory reforestation, community oversight, strengthening of the agricultural sector and economic diversification with local ecotourism.

The structuring of the project, carried out by BIOFIX BIC, is based on the environmental mitigation mechanism called REDD+, which seeks to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.

"It is a source of pride to have this recognition because this is an environmental and economic project, where we bet on the development of the people and the conservation of forests with reforestation processes," says Carlos Andrés Hurtado, legal representative of the Community Council of Cupica.

Both BIOFIX BIC and the Community Councils that participate in its development, are proud of this recognition given by BIBO - EL ESPECTADOR, as it is a way to encourage initiatives in favor of the environment and the development and improvement of the quality of life of the communities that are custodians of the extensive Colombian forests.