SDM 2017 COLOMBIA

The San Antonio Forest/KM18 is a key biodiversity area located in Valle del Cauca, Colombia, that holds a great variety of ecosystems and land uses, which makes it an important source of many services used by the associated cities and rural settlements. This productive and biodiverse landscape faces many threats, such as habitat loss, fragmentation, overpopulation, and climate change. However, these threats are not properly quantified, and neither information on the resilience of the SEPLS nor monitoring tools are available. The main objective of the project is to assess the resilience level of the SEPLS and to provide an accurate and useful evaluation that ultimately helps the communities better understand and strengthen their relationship with nature. To accomplish this, the project will apply the Toolkit for Indicators of Resilience, which includes a preparatory stage to obtain current information about the SEPLS, the communities and local stakeholders, followed by an assessment workshop where the indicators of resilience will be applied. In a follow-up phase the results of the workshop will be evaluated and used as a participatory planning tool that strengthens and empowers the communities.