10 Kilometres long wildlife corridor established in Colombia

The Cerulean Warbler Conservation Corridor is uniting the Cerulean Warbler Reserve and Serranía de los Yariguíes National Park with Cerro de la Paz and the Pauxi Pauxi Reserve across a diverse landscape of coffee and cacao plantations, woodland and forest fragments to help the survival of biodiversity and migratory birds.

In order to create this corridor, ProAves has been reforesting over a wide area to create hedgerows and patches of woodland between forest patches. The reforestation program has planted native and threatened tree species, such as Guamo, Leucaena, Caracolí, Abarcos, Nacederos and Mahogany.

Crosses plantations
The corridor traverses an area of coffee and cocoa plantations, and cattle ranches. Community involvement has been crucial for the success of the project. The strong commitment of the local inhabitants has helped to not only improve the environment and the soil of the region but also to increase the profitability of its livestock and the productivity of its crops.

10 kilometre long corridor
Reforestation and corridor planning efforts began in 2006 and the corridor implementation started in April 2009. Work started from both ends of the corridor, each team starting from one of the Nature Reserves. Currently 40% of the Project has already been covered and finalized. It is estimated that the 10 km long and 1 km wide corridor will be completed with 12-24 months.

American Bird Conservancy
This project has been possible thanks to the support of the American Bird Conservancy and the joint work carried out by the municipality of San Vicente de Chucurí and ProAves. As well, the commitment of five landowners has been crucial

Couresy of Fundacion ProAves