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The moorlands are ecosystems of high value because of the environmental services they provide, especially the regulation and conservation of water resources. They are located approximately between 3,100 and 4,000 meters above sea level. Their temperatures are low and generally very humid, due to frequent rains and fog. They are ecosystems with the highest solar irradiation in the world, home to the richest mountain flora on the planet, generating large water basins that guarantee water supply for human beings.
Faced with the pressure of production and economic development, these ecosystems are seriously threatened by depredatory practices such as mining, cattle ranching and agriculture, causing degradation of these valuable soils.
The Project
The Project
In response to this problem, the project is aimed at carrying out research, education and community participation actions for the conservation, restoration and protection related to the ecosystem services of the world’s moorlands, especially the Sumapaz Paramo in Colombia, with the strategic perspective of optimizing actions that allow the protection and sustainable management of water resources, favoring the economic and environmental sustainability of the moorland.
The Purpose
The Purpose
To mitigate the impacts generated by the identified problems, as well as to promote actions aimed at addressing climate change, the protection of water resources and the conservation of these Paramo ecosystems, FINCASTOIL proposes to carry out an interrelated set of activities grouped into four strategic axes of intervention, which integrally, allow overcoming the current situations of conflict in the territory of the Sumapaz Paramo, namely: research, education, participatory ecosystem restoration and strategy for the efficient use of water resources.
Value proposition
Value proposition
FINCASTOIL is committed with donors to promote the protection of the Sumapaz Paramo in Colombia, for which it carries out the following actions:
Project Benefits
Project Benefits
The project is an excellent opportunity to conserve and protect the water resource, fighting against climate change, highlighting the following aspects:
•Research processes that guarantee the scientific nature of the intervention in this type of ecosystems.
•Community education to generate long-term impact on the conservation and protection of the moorland and its resources.
•Participatory ecosystem restoration to improve the environmental services provided by the moorland.
•Strategy for the conservation and efficient use of water, which facilitates the sustainability of this resource for millions of people.
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