In Colombia's critically endangered Tropical Dry Forest, our foundation equips rural schools and farming communities in the Magdalena Valley with camera traps, bioacoustics, and high-end optics to monitor and protect endangered wildlife, including the rediscovered Magdalena Tinamou, while donating our authored biodiversity books to rural classrooms
Colombia's Tropical Dry Forest preserves under 8% of its original cover. In the Upper Magdalena, threatened species like primates and the Magdalena Tinamou survive in fragments. Being cryptic, local schools and farmers are unaware of their presence. This lack of knowledge leaves vital refuges vulnerable to wildfires, unmanaged logging, poaching, and critical habitat fragmentation that endanger their long-term survival.
We helped rediscover the Magdalena Tinamou in 2023 after 230 years and authored 3 biodiversity books. We will run 20 expeditions for 360 rural youth and farmers using our spotting scopes, bioacoustics, and camera traps. By tracking wildlife, teaching in living classrooms, and donating books to rural schools, we turn scientific findings into local pride and lasting community conservation agreements to protect this habitat.
When a farming family or student observes native wildlife through optics or camera traps on their land, the dry forest transforms from brushwood into living heritage. By empowering over 360 community members across 20 expeditions, we foster local pride, train citizen scientists, and establish grassroots conservation pacts with landowners to safeguard vital biological corridors for future generations.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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