Forest Connectivity, Conservation and Sustainable management in Colombian Amazon landscapes - Life Amazon (WB-P500481)

Countries
  • Colombia
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Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
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Project Status
Approved
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Bank Risk Rating
A
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Voting Date
May 15, 2026
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Fund for Life and Biodiversity, represented by Fiduciaria Colombiana de Comercio Exterior - Fiducold
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Sectors
  • Agriculture and Forestry
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Investment Type(s)
Loan
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Investment Amount (USD)
$ 24.28 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 24.28 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 24.28 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Aug 22, 2026

Disclosed by Bank Jun 11, 2024

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to the development objective is to improve biodiversity conservation, connectivity, and forest governance in selected Colombian Amazon landscapes.

The Colombian government has prioritized the protection of the Amazon region and has launched a multi-sectoral strategy to stop deforestation at zero by 2030, promoting forest management and restoration with a focus to maintain and restore connectivity, improving the well-being of local communities, and fostering the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services; contributing to peacebuilding processes in the region. The proposed operation aligns with such strategy fostering a structural transformation from deforestation hotspots to inclusive sustainable development nuclei, considering local knowledge and strengthening community governance. All the interventions will be aligned with government goals and commitments related to climate change mitigation, adaptation, restoration, and biodiversity conservation.The project will include a set of integrated interventions that will allow to protect and restore connectivity between protected areas, indigenous territories, and forest reserve areas, contain deforestation, recover degraded areas, and implement sustainable livelihoods and production alternatives for timber and non-timber forest products. Policy and enabling conditions will strengthen community and institutional governance as an essential pathway to the needed transformations that the project aims to move forward. The proposed project will address the systemic challenges related to the loss of forests, biodiversity, and ecosystem services in the Colombian Amazon with an integrated approach that combines conservation, restoration, and sustainable use with a connectivity purpose, through four components: Component 1 - Conservation of high biodiversity areas under different protection regimesComponent 2 - Sustainable production and restorationComponents 3 - Governance and policies for conservation, restoration, and sustainable developmentComponent 4 - Project management, monitoring, knowledge and communications

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World Bank
Ana Maria Gonzalez Velosa
Senior Environmental Specialist

Borrower/Client/Recipient
Fund for Life and Biodiversity - Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
René Hernández Bolaños
Administrative and Financial Deputy Secretary
Rthernandez@minambiente.gov.co
Fiduciaria Colombiana de Comercio Exterior – Fiducoldex

Implementing Agencies

Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
Daniela Duran
Head - International affairs office at Ministry of Environment of Colombia (interim)
DDuranG@minambiente.gov.co

Amazonian Scientific Research Institute - Sinchi
Luz Marina Mantilla Cardenas
Director
luzmarmantilla@sinchi.org.co

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