CONSERVATION PROJECT FOR 2 ENDANGERED SPECIES OF TREES IN MOMIL COLOMBIA

SUMMARY

This project aimed to intervene a process of reforestation through the planting of 2 species of trees that are in critical danger due to climate change and human activity, so the ECOCEANOS corporation carried out this project in order to recover part of the tropical dry forest located in the municipality of Momil,  corregimiento of Córdoba, Colombia, improving the socioeconomic conditions of the Zenú indigenous community present there, which have been for years settlements of scarce resources that subsist on what is produced by nature for the maintenance of livelihoods, the production of food, handicrafts, fishing and tourism.

The project “CONSERVATION PROJECT FOR 2 ENDANGERED SPECIES OF TREES IN MOMIL COLOMBIA” began in 2014 by the ECOCEANOS corporation with the help of the Zenú de Momil indigenous community which was the main influenced in order to intervene in the process of urban deforestation and recover tropical dry forests, while improving the socio-economic conditions of families. The project was completed in 2018 in the company of local staff, hired and trained by community leaders through resident associations, with the aim of increasing job opportunities in the areas affected by the initiative.

KEY WORDS: Water resource, climate change, environmental damage, biodiversity, native plants, reforestation, community.