Colombia

Governor and Delegates

Caquetá

Governor

Luis Francisco Ruiz Aguilar

Delegates

Lorenzo Andrés Vargas Gutiérrez
Advisor
lorenzoandresvg@gmail.com

Juan Pablo Jaramillo
Secretary of the Environment and Agriculture
agricultura@caqueta.gov.co 

News from Colombia

The Amazon Platform Advances in the GCF Task Force

The Amazon Platform Advances in the GCF Task Force

Progress, partnerships, and a collective voice from Rio Branco, Brazil From May 19 to 23, 2025, a distinguished delegation from the Ecuadorian Amazon actively participated in the 15th Annual Meeting of the Governors' Climate and Forests Task Force (GCFTF), held in the...

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Happy World Environment Day

Happy World Environment Day

Thanks to all our jurisdictions, communities, and partners - we look forward to continuing to work hard together to build a New Forest Economy that protects people, planet, forests, and the climate.

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The most important part of the deforestation reduction strategy that we have been implementing in the department of Caquetá is our efforts to reclaim the ancestral knowledge of ethnic and peasant groups related to forests, as well as aligning the different national, territorial and institutional planning tools with sustainable forest management to generate a forest economy framed in green growth. Together, the efforts of the national, regional, departmental and local government are aligned to reduce deforestation with the support of the international community, NGOs and, most importantly, the civil society of the Department.”

–Lorenzo Andrés Vargas Gutiérrez, Advisor to the Governor of Caquetá

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