The project that seeks to implement agroforestry initiatives with peasant communities that allocate land for the preservation and protection of the municipality’s water resources was filed with the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development. This project was established within the framework of the call for planning around water that the National Government opened.
The project was structured by professionals from the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, who carried out the institutional approach with entities such as Corporinoquia, Government of Casanare, University of Antioquia, Unitropic, Instituto Humboldt and Asojuntas of the El Morro district, to comply with each of the stages included in the initiative.
Caterine Mantilla, professional formulator of the project, explained that, if it were carried out by the Ministry of the Environment, it would be a significant advance in the recovery and protection of Yopal’s water resources, especially the Charte and Cravo Sur rivers, since, With the support of peasant communities, a forceful strategy of preservation in exchange for the development of agroforestry initiatives can be established.
There are 58 users from the towns of Alcaraván La Niata, El Charte, Mata de Limón and El Morro, who will be able to develop agroforestry initiatives with coffee, banana and corn crops, where each of them must allocate a minimum of 6 hectares for recovery and conservation of water resources.
This initiative would have a cost of $6,381,289,433, of which the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development would allocate 97% ($6,225,169,742) and the municipality of Yopal the remaining 3% ($156,119,691).
Once the project has been filed, the team of professionals from the Municipal Administration must meet the requirements of the National Government for the necessary adjustments and verify if the initiative will be included in the list of eligible that will be announced by the Ministry in the month of August.
