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2010 SEED Award Winners, [unep.org], November 3 | |||
"BOSQUE HUMEDO BIODIVERSO" is a business initiative headed by a local NGO that uses fruit and pulp as ingredients for the local cosmetics and food industries. The use of non-timber products will reduce deforestation of tropical forests and local families will benefit from collecting value-added goods. This helps develop alternative income sources and promotes the sustainable management of local [[biodiversity]]. | |||
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2009 SEED Award Winners, [United Nations Environment Programme], May 12 | |||
A national NGO and local community associations are engaged in an initiative to reverse environmental degradation and social exclusion produced by illegal and uncontrolled mechanized mining. A mining certification process and capacity building program have been created created. More than 1000 artisan mines are now following social and environmental criteria. | |||
"Camarones Sostenibles del Golfo de Morrosquillo". The partners of this project are a community-based organization, a local NGO and a small business which are aiming to establish a cooperative enterprise that includes families of traditional fishermen in the Morrosquillo Gulf, farming shrimp in a way which produces zero emissions. | |||
'''2007''' | '''2007''' | ||
New national park created in Colombia’s Amazon, [WebWire], August 31 | |||
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Sustainability initiatives
Ecovillages
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Initiatives by topic
Biodiversity
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Food
Solar cooking resources in Colombia
Interwiki links
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