Our Carbon Offset: Progress at La Tribu Nature Reserve.
As you may know, Colombie Célestine has been committed, since the beginning of its tourism activities, to offsetting its carbon footprint and that of its travelers.
This commitment to sustainable development has led to an alliance with the La Tribu Nature Reserve, located in Gilgal (Unguía, Chocó). Through this partnership, Célestine plants trees and adopts young specimens depending on environmental conditions.
If you haven’t seen our documentary “Expédition Célestine” yet, we invite you to watch it. It’s a handcrafted audiovisual project about our collaboration with the La Tribu Reserve, where we carry out CO₂ offsetting for our travelers.
Discover our journey to achieving effective and fair carbon offsetting in the Colombian Darién.
The La Tribu Reserve is lovingly maintained by professors Rudecinda Márquez and Juan Guillermo Restrepo, along with their forest ranger, Dámaso Ramos.
The La Tribu Reserve is lovingly maintained by professors Rudecinda Márquez and Juan Guillermo Restrepo, along with their forest ranger, Dámaso Ramos.
After an important sowing effort in 2018, the nursery at La Tribu resumed its annual restoration cycle to carry out the scheduled plantings for 2019.
In the first quarter of the year, La Tribu undertook the reforestation of the Memeto stream micro-basin. This stream, before reaching the reserve, crosses several livestock farms where most of the trees along the banks were unfortunately cut down, causing a significant loss of flow. Droughts have been worsening year after year.
Neighboring properties suffer droughts every year, causing major economic losses due to disease and cattle deaths. Deforestation has led to a sharp decline in biodiversity and ecological imbalance.
This shows the low resilience of pastures to extreme climate change in the region.
During June and July, they plan to transplant 45 mahogany trees (Swietenia macrophylla), 17 abarcos (Cariniana pyriformis), 20 yellow trumpet trees (Tabebuia serratifolia), as well as specimens of andiroba (Carapa guianensis), caiman tail trees (Platypodium elegans), rain trees (Samanea saman), among others.
The La Tribu Reserve is maintained through the funds of its owners and with voluntary contributions, such as those from Colombie Célestine.
If you would like to support this process of conservation and ecosystem restoration in the Colombian Darién, you are welcome to contribute. Feel free to get in touch :
E-mail:
preludiocuti@hotmail.com
quilombo75@yahoo.es
Phone:
Juan Guillermo Restrepo: (+57) 320 6744632
Rudecinda Marqués : (+57) 320 6828176