PROBOSQUES project in Colombia

The first phase of the ProBosques project was implemented from January 2020 to October 2023, during these 3 years the project supported the Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and environmental authorities in reducing deforestation by promoting Sustainable Forest Management in Meta and Caquetá working with forest users and implementing actions so that they benefit from its sustainable use. , implementing measures through local, ProBosques I was the first phase of the German cooperation project to reduce deforestation in Colombia through sustainable forest management in the departments of Meta and Caquetá, in the Amazon. It supported the Ministries of Environment and Agriculture, regional environmental authorities and other national institutions. It worked along three lines: strengthening forest value chains by training MSMEs and producer associations, improving regional governance through the forest roundtables of Meta and Caquetá, and improving the framework conditions to implement CONPES 4021 of 2020, including a forest extension service for natural forests.