Daniel Velasquez

Fundación Senderos is a local NGO based in La Mucuy, Mérida, Venezuela, working to develop resilient rural communities through nature-based solutions, including regenerative agriculture, bioconstruction, and biochar production. The organization promotes regenerative culture through agrifood-focused solutions rooted in the local community. Its work has benefited rural schools and farmers through biomass management strategies and a local bioeconomy approach. Its community headquarters, Casa La Lumbre, was inaugurated in 2022 as a center for applied learning and experimentation in sustainable rural habitat, low-carbon construction, permaculture, and environmental sanitation. In 2025, the NGO inaugurated the ‘Biofábrica,’ a community-scale facility designed to transform agricultural and forestry residues into Biochar-Based Fertilizers (BBF) for coffee farms, while also serving as an operational, educational, and demonstrative hub for regeneration and dMRV implementation