Fundación Kindicocha is a nonprofit nongovernmental organization created on June 9, 2006 in the Valley of Sibundoy in the Andean zone of the Department of Putumayo in southern Colombia. Kindicocha advances community processes for conservation and sustainable management of Andean-Amazonian biodiversity through applied research, environmental education, eco-business promotion, documentary material production, participatory environmental management, and territorial planning in five municipalities. The organization manages 12 hectares and 1445 integrated species in ecological restoration plots, reforesting with key species of wild Andean-Amazonian ecosystems. Kindicocha operates ecological micro-enterprises producing over 70 health, nutrition, art, and community-use products, while operating an Andean-Amazonian school for well-being and managing six natural reserves for wildlife study and protection.
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Protecting Cloud Forests in Colombia's Andes
Deep in southern Colombia's Sibundoy Valley, where cloud forests meet mountain grasslands, lies Casa del Oso Nature Reserve, home to the spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus). This 64-hectare sanctuary—part of Fundación Kindicocha's Alto Putumayo Botanical Garden initiative—protects 61 hectares of pristine Andean forest while 2.5 hectares of grassland await restoration.
Your support directly advances critical conservation work: expanding the botanical garden's ecological corridor, regenerating degraded grasslands, and nurturing frailejón ecosystems. These remarkable páramo plants literally transform clouds into water, sustaining life across the high Andes and cloud forests below.
Every donation brings us closer to two essential goals. First, we'll restore the grasslands and expand native forest habitat, creating vital wildlife corridors. Second, with sufficient funding, we'll upgrade the park ranger station—a crucial outpost accessed only by a challenging seven-hour trek.
Help us protect this irreplaceable landscape where nature's magic happens at the clouds' edge.
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Spectacled bear habitat expansion in Putumayo, Colombia
Fundación Kindicocha is a nonprofit nongovernmental organization created on June 9, 2006 in the Valley of Sibundoy in the Andean zone of the Department of Putumayo in southern Colombia. Kindicocha advances community processes for conservation and sustainable management of Andean-Amazonian biodiversity through applied research, environmental education, eco-business promotion, documentary material production, participatory environmental management, and territorial planning in five municipalities. The organization manages 12 hectares and 1445 integrated species in ecological restoration plots, reforesting with key species of wild Andean-Amazonian ecosystems. Kindicocha operates ecological micro-enterprises producing over 70 health, nutrition, art, and community-use products, while operating an Andean-Amazonian school for well-being and managing six natural reserves for wildlife study and protection.
Project story
Protecting Cloud Forests in Colombia's Andes
Deep in southern Colombia's Sibundoy Valley, where cloud forests meet mountain grasslands, lies Casa del Oso Nature Reserve, home to the spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus). This 64-hectare sanctuary—part of Fundación Kindicocha's Alto Putumayo Botanical Garden initiative—protects 61 hectares of pristine Andean forest while 2.5 hectares of grassland await restoration.
Your support directly advances critical conservation work: expanding the botanical garden's ecological corridor, regenerating degraded grasslands, and nurturing frailejón ecosystems. These remarkable páramo plants literally transform clouds into water, sustaining life across the high Andes and cloud forests below.
Every donation brings us closer to two essential goals. First, we'll restore the grasslands and expand native forest habitat, creating vital wildlife corridors. Second, with sufficient funding, we'll upgrade the park ranger station—a crucial outpost accessed only by a challenging seven-hour trek.
Help us protect this irreplaceable landscape where nature's magic happens at the clouds' edge.
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Colombia