FBC fist partnered with World Land Trust with the 2018 expansion in Selva Verde. Since then, WLT has been a constant supporter of FBC, raising funds for the 2020 expansion in Rancho Verde and supporting management of the reserve from 2019 to 2023.
Rainforest Trust first supported FBC with the 2020 expansion in Rancho Verde and, more recently, the 2022 expansion in Peñon del Caballo. RFT's support has been vital for the expansion and the management of El Silencio.
Biodiversa Foundation is our partner organisation based in the U.S. We work together in the aim of developing mirror educational and research projects in both countries.
Since 2011, when IUCN-NL awarded a Small Grant for the Purchase of Nature to purchase the original El Silencio Natural Reserve and, a second grant for the 2018 Selva Verde expansion, it has been an inconditional partner of FBC. Thanks to IUCN-NL we have been acquainted with most of our current partners, for which we could not be more grateful.
Since 2020, ABC has been as increible partner and supporter of El Silencio Natural Reserve. ABC supported the 2020 Rancho Verde expansion, then a pilot migratory bird monitoring, the agroforestry pilot unit implementation and, recently, the 2022 expansion in Peñon del Caballo.
The Colombian clothes industry Tennis S.A. gave a generous donation of 260 ha to complete the purchase of 482 ha of forest and 37 ha of productive land of their property for the 2018 expansion in Selva Verde. They also agreed to sell their land at a very reasonable price for conservation, for the 2020 expasion in Rancho Verde and the 2022 expansion in Peñon del Caballo. In 2022 they produced a new clothes line based on the jaguar and donate part of their earnings to support FBC.
WCS has been partner of FBC since 2014 in the framework of the Wildlife Project, sponsored by Ecopetrol. Several activities, such as the nursery construction, restoration within El Silencio, monitoring of the Blue-billed curassow, conservation agreements with landowners and community work have been carried out with their support.
Fundación Natura and the GEF-Magdalena-Cauca VIVE project supported several implementations in El Silencio and partner plots in Barbacoas, as well as with the Bocas de Barbacoas fishermen community.
TNC first partnered with FBC in 2014 to work in the Barbacoas area, when we designed the document to support the declaration of Barbacoas as a Regional Public Protected Area. Afterwards, in 2017, we carried out the Adaptation-based measures in the Barbacoas weltand project, in which we strenghthened and built capacity of the Bocas de Barbacoas fishermen community in plant nurseries and reforestation. TNC also contributed to the provision of quality water in the community in 2019.
Corporación Autónoma Regional del Centro de Antioquia
Corantioquia is the regional environmental authority in the Barbacoas area. FBC has partnered with Corantioquia since 2010 for the update of the managent plan of the Barbacoas wetland complex. Later on, FBC and Corantioquia worked closely for the declaration of Barbacoas as a Regional Protected Area in 2017. As a permanent stakeholer in the Barbacoas PA, FBC is eyes and ears for the environmental authority and contributes to its environmental goals in conservation and avoided deforestation.