Del Potencial a la Acción: OMEC y Conservación Inclusiva en Colombia

The Consejo Comunitario General Los Riscales manages approximately 31,469 hectares of biodiverse ecosystems in the Gulf of Tribugá, Colombia. Through a combination of ancestral knowledge, collective land titles granted in 2002, and strategic alliances, the community has implemented sustainable fishing and agricultural practices and established the Distrito Regional de Manejo Integrado (DRMI) Golfo de TribugáCabo Corrientes to protect marine resources. Despite facing threats from the proposed Puerto de Tribugá deep-water port, illegal logging, and armed conflict involving the ELN and AGC, the community maintains a strong conservationist vocation driven by spiritual identity and food security. While the community is open to the OECM framework to increase international visibility and funding, they emphasize that such recognition must be a collective decision and respect their autonomy.

• The Consejo Comunitario General Los Riscales manages a collective territory of approximately 31,469 hectares in the Gulf of Tribugá, benefiting about 770 Afro-descendant families (roughly 3,300 people).
• To protect marine ecosystems, the community collaborated with Codechocó to establish the Distrito Regional de Manejo Integrado (DRMI) Golfo de TribugáCabo Corrientes in 2014, covering about 60,183 hectares of marine territory, including 2,700 hectares of mangroves.
• The community has implemented a REDD+ project that was audited by the VERRA international standard in 2023, verifying the conservation of 780 hectares of forest and the capture of approximately 180,000 tons of CO between 2014 and 2020.

APA

Castro, L. G., & Matallana-Tobón, C. L. (2025). Del Potencial a la Acción: OMEC y Conservación Inclusiva en Colombia. WWF International. https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/1816/Colombia_CS_Consejo_Comunitario_General_Los_Riscales.pdf

Chicago

Castro, Luis Guillermo, and Clara L. Matallana-Tobón. Del Potencial a la Acción: OMEC y Conservación Inclusiva en Colombia. WWF International, 2025. https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/1816/Colombia_CS_Consejo_Comunitario_General_Los_Riscales.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{castro2025del, author = {Castro, Luis Guillermo and Matallana-Tobón, Clara L.}, title = {{Del Potencial a la Acción: OMEC y Conservación Inclusiva en Colombia}}, institution = {WWF International}, year = {2025}, month = dec, url = {https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/1816/Colombia_CS_Consejo_Comunitario_General_Los_Riscales.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }