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Plant nurseries of the Impulso Verde Network obtain ICA registration and mark a milestone for ecological restoration in Colombia

Plant nurseries of the Impulso Verde Network obtain ICA registration and mark a milestone for ecological restoration in Colombia ©Photo 1: Seedling developed by the Ecoturagro community plant nursery association, Impulso Verde Kuaspue Foundation 2025. Impulso Verde begins 2026 with a strategic advance for community ecological restoration and the preparation of the territories for the implementation of Law 2173. At the end of 2025, the Impulso Verde Kuaspue Foundation confirmed the obtaining of registration with the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) by five indigenous and rural associations that make up its Network of Community Plant Nurseries in…

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BioExpo 2025 Came Alive with the Soundscapes: Music of the Plants Experience

BioExpo 2025 Came Alive with the Soundscapes: Music of the Plants Experience ©Soundscapes: Music of the Plants – Casona Museo Taminango, Impulso Verde Foundation, 2025 Pasto, December 2025 From December 2 to 5, the Casona Museo Taminango transformed into an immersive setting for Soundscapes: Music of the…

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How Indigenous Communities in Nariño Are Creating Sustainable Economic Alternatives?

How Indigenous Communities in Nariño Are Creating Sustainable Economic Alternatives? In the department of Nariño, Indigenous communities and rural women are transforming their ancestral knowledge into natural cosmetics and foods. Thanks to these initiatives, the region is becoming a national reference in sustainable economy.…

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Community forest restoration to conserve the Golden Mountain Eagle in the Farallones de Cali

Community forest restoration to conserve the Golden Mountain Eagle in the Farallones de Cali ©Sighting of juvenile Spizaetus isidori in Farallones de Cali. Bertulfo Bermúdez, 2025 October 30, 2025 In the rugged landscapes of the Farallones de Cali National Natural Park, in the heart…

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In the Farallones de Cali, the mountain eagle inspires community restoration

In the Farallones de Cali, the mountain eagle inspires community restoration Photo: Luis Felipe Quintero Santiago de Cali, May 30, 2025. High up in the Farallones of Cali National Natural Park, where the fog settles over the Andean forests, the echo of the majestic flight…

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Indigenous Women Transform Cereals into Economic Autonomy and Hope

Indigenous Women Transform Cereals into Economic Autonomy and Hope Nariño, June 5, 2025 From the Fundación Impulso Verde, in alliance with the RAJA Foundation and the NGO Humy, we have been promoting productive solutions that strengthen the economic autonomy of indigenous women in the southern…

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Singing plants

Singing plants Santiago de Cali, 17 January 2025 Plants, as living beings, can transmit electrical frequencies that in turn become musical notes, chords between sounds and silences that, depending on the stimulation, allow for a unique concert experience. This is the experience called the Music…

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Great Results for Impulso Verde at COP 16

Great Results for Impulso Verde at COP 16 Photo: Fundation Impulso Verde Santiago de Cali, november 1, 2024 Confirming that “we are truly the Green Impulse* of Colombia” is the banner of results left by the participation of the Colombian-French NGO in the world’s largest…

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A Green Impulse* during the global event of COP16

A Green Impulse* during the global event of COP16 An interactive experience of plant music will be presented, along with environmental education projects and alternatives to deforestation and restoration of the Andean High Forest Conversation on Landscape Restoration through the silvopastoral system in Nariño, in…

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Nariño united to plant trees and leave a green legacy for the planet!

Nariño united to plant trees and leave a green legacy for the planet! Fourth “Sembratón”, Carlosama municipality, Macas village with the Asociación Indígena de la Mujer Emprendedora .To honour the Pachamama and Inti Raymi, thousands of trees were planted in the fourth “Sembratón”; a massive…

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Ecosystems of the Páramo and the Andean forests

Ecosystems of the Páramo and the Andean forests The wasteland The páramo is a high mountain ecosystem located in the Andes of South America, between the upper limit of the high Andean forests and the lower limit of the eternal snows (between 3,000 and…

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Reforestation exchange in the Amazon

When dialogues meet: exchange in the Amazon on reforestation Photographs: Juan Carlos Valencia M. Last July, three French-Colombian NGOs organized a meeting between communities from the Amazon, Caribbean and Andean regions. The objective was to exchange best practices in reforestation and biodiversity protection. Meeting for…

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Organization of a silvopastoral system presentation seminar

Organization of a seminar to present the silvopastoral system in Pupiales. On March 25, the Fundación Impulso Verde Kuaspe organized a seminar to present the silvopastoral model to representatives of the ASOPROLECHE cattle ranchers’ cooperative in the municipality of Pupiales (78 ranchers). We invite Professor…

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Vegetable oil training for Impulso Verde Nursery Network

Vegetable oil training for the Green Impulse Nursery Network El equipo Impulso Verde por fin tuvo la oportunidad de visitar la Red de Viveros en el Sur de Nariño después de ocho meses de confinamiento debidos a la pandemia. The Impulso Verde team finally had…

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World Honeybee Day – May 20th

World Honeybee Day – May 20th May 20 was declared World Bee Day by the United Nations in 2018, reaffirming the commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) taken in 2015, and in particular SDG 15 “Life on Earth”. Fundación Impulso Verde is committed to…

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Participación en el concurso de los Premios Latinoamérica Verde

Participation in the Latin America Green Awards competition Impulso Verde Colombia participated in the 2020 edition of the Latin America Green Awards. The project presented aims to preserve the moorland ecosystem and water resources in the Colombian Andes. In Colombia, 60% of the water consumed…

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Instalación de colmenas comunitarias en los Andes

Installation of community beehives in the Andes El proyecto de apicultura comenzó en octubre de 2019 con las 4 asociaciones comunitarias de Aldana, Cumbal, Potosí y Guachucal. The Impulso Verde team selected a qualified beekeeper for the construction of the hives, the rearing of queens…

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Visit of the French Development Agency (AFD)

Visit of the French Development Agency (AFD) At the end of 2018, the three French associations, Up2green Reforestation, Envol Vert and Forestever, decided to organize themselves into a consortium to respond to a call for proposals from the French Development Agency (AFD) and present a…

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Agreement with Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia (UNAD)

Agreement with Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia (UNAD) La Fundación Impulso Verde Colombia y la Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia (UNAD) firmaron un convenio de cooperación interinstitucional para el desarrollo de actividades académicas, investigativas y de desarrollo rural. This agreement will strengthen actions…

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