On September 24 in the city of Brasilia, the Scientific Director of the ESC Foundation, Karina Banda, participated in the annual meeting of coordinators of thematic networks of the CYTED program. The DRYFLOR network within Area 4 "Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems" presented the advances and experiences in CYTED's first year of support.
Three years ago, the country began the field work of the National Forest Inventory headed by IDEAM and Institutes such as; Alexander von Humboldt, von Neuman, Sinchi and Invemar and allied partners as ESC Foundation for the Caribbean region. By the end of this year, it is planned to reach 50% of the establishment of the 1,924 sampling units.
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Our professional team was the one that led the research and development of the workshops that were carried out with the property owners of the community of the municipalities of Luruaco and Piojó and with the competent authorities such as the Alexander von Humboldt Institute, the Autonomous Corporation of the Atlantic and the Botanical Garden of Cartagena, thus generating the synthesis document that was accepted to declare a new protected area of 2,622.15 hectares (6,479.5 acres) in the Department of Atlántico.
The ESC Foundation participated as speaker from 17 to 20 July this year in the international workshop for the conservation of dry forests, organized by Manchester Metropolitan University, British Council, Newton Fund and the Peruvian University Cayetano Heredia, held in the city of Lima, Peru.
