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Foundation president, Harvey Fineberg, and chairman emeritus and co-founder, Gordon Moore, discuss the Statement of Founders’ Intent with staff.

Fundacion para la Conservacion y el Desarrollo Sostenible

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First Grant

2016
Total Number of Grants

4
Cumulative Grant Amounts

$5,350,000

Focus Areas
Environmental Conservation

ColombiaOverflight_Courtesy of Avecita Chicchon

La Fundación para la Conservación y el Desarrollo Sostenible (FCDS) promotes peacebuilding through land use that promotes environmental protection and sustainable development, especially in the Colombian Amazon.

The Foundation's work with local communities and organizations and state authorities at the local, regional and national levels includes the following strategies:

Environmental and sectoral territorial ordering,
Formalization of land tenure,
Conversion to sustainable production practices from the use and conservation of biodiversity,
Strategy for prevention and management of social and environmental conflicts
Maintenance of connectivity corridors,
Declaration and management of protected areas,
Analysis of cumulative and synergistic impacts of different interventions in the territory, for example vials and
Participatory and environmental justice, among others.