August 22, 2020. In a joint work between BIOFIX, the General Community Council of the Northern Pacific Coast of Chocó "Los Delfines" and the Cupica Community Council, located in the municipalities of Bahía Solano and Juradó, Chocó, Colombia, DELFINES CUPICA REDD+ was proposed, a project that has reduced and offset nearly three million tons of CO2e, has conserved 103,000 hectares of native forests and seeks to improve the quality of life of more than 7,000 people.

This project, which is currently in the implementation phase, 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.

In addition, deforestation has reached 0.8% annually, putting at risk food security, territorial governance and the ecosystem services provided by humid and very humid tropical forests in one of the globally recognized biodiversity hotspots, which contribute to reducing vulnerability to the effects of climate change.

The structuring of the project, carried out by BIOFIX, is based on the environmental mitigation mechanism called REDD+, which seeks to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, supported within the framework of the voluntary carbon market created in Colombia, which enables large distributors, traders and users of fossil fuels to neutralize the impact generated by their economic activities on the environment and apply the carbon tax exemption.

Both the Community Councils and BIOFIX proudly celebrate the recognition of being among the best in Latin America and leading the category Forests and Flora.

The main reason for its selection in the category Forests and Flora is its alignment with 13 of the Sustainable Development Goals such as: End Poverty, Zero Hunger, Health and Wellbeing, Quality Education, Gender Equality, Life of Terrestrial Ecosystems and Climate Action, among others. (See: How the Delfines Cupica project is aligned with the SDGs).