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Colombia, Ecuador and Peru are among the most biodiversity-rich regions in the world, particularly in species of bamboo native to the Americas. Communities in the region have known about bamboo’s unique socioecological benefits for more than 10,000 years, including its vital contribution to several ecosystem services of provisioning, regulation and recreation. This session, hosted by INBAR, draws on the rich knowledge of local communities in the Amazon to discuss how bamboo can contribute to a new circular development paradigm, and reactivate the economy in the wake of COVID-19.

Bamboo/Guadua Ecosystem Services and Their Relationship with the Amazonian Livelihoods

Publisher: Global Landscapes Forum (GLF)

Language: English

Year: 2021

Ecosystem(s): Forests, Agricultural Land

Location(s): Latin America

HOSTS

International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR)
Servicio Nacional Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre (SERFOR)
International Fund for Agricultural Development (FIDA)
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería - República del Ecuador
Pastaza

SPEAKERS

Pablo Jácome

Regional Director for Latin América and Caribbean, International Bamboo and Rattan Organization (INBAR)
Carlos Restrepo Agudelo

Technical Coordinator, Caquetá Guadua, Colombia
Dary Aguinda

President, Kiwcha Amukina Women's Association, Ecuador
Jaime Guevara

Mayor, Mayor, Província de Pastaza, Ecuador
Maija Peltola

Country Director, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for Colombia, the Dominican Republic and Guyana
Marino Velasco

Indigenous Leader and President, Security of the Asháninka Pampa Michi Native Community, Peru
Roberto Alulima

Undersecretary of Forestry Production, Ministry of Agriculture of Ecuador
Shakira Andy

Youth, Kiwcha Amukina Women's Association, Ecuador
Ximena Londoño

Member, Colombia National Council of Guadua, Bamboo Productive Chain and its Agroindustry
Yanua Atamain

Communicator and Indigenous leader, Rio Soritor Native Community, Awajún, Rioja Province - San Martin Department, Peru