MainDB: Orito Ingi Ande Medicinal Plants Sanctuary
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Orito Ingi Ande Medicinal Plants Sanctuary
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South America
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Working with indigenous communities and traditional medicine men of the surrounding area provided the knowledge to establish the protected area within the National Natural Park System.
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Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building
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Agriculture; Ecosystems; Ecosystem-based adaptation
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Colombia
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EbA
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Colombia is one of many countries relying on locally collected traditional medicines as a major resource for meeting primary health care needs. With climate change expected to increase the incidence of many diseases, the project aimed to ensure the continued provision of forest natural resources to help people cope with such impacts, through creation of a protected area specifically to preserve medicinal flora.
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Find the case study summary here:
https://unfccc.int/files/adaptation/application/pdf/27eba.pdf
IUCN. (2008). The national park system of Colombia reaches 54 protected areas:
https://www.iucn.org/content/national-natural-park-system-colombia-reaches-54-protected-areas
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Government of Colombia
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The protected area, designated in 2008, is jointly managed by indigenous communities, traditional authorities, and several government biological and cultural conservation institutions. The sanctuary covers 10,200 ha of tropical rainforests and Andean forests ranging from between 700 and 3,300 metres above sea level. With several diseases such as malaria already increasing in some countries due to climate change, the protected area helps maintain the essential ecosystem services that enable people to adapt to changing conditions, such as the incidence of disease. The protected area also helps to maintain the integrity of the Andean and Amazonian ecosystems, which provide other essential services, including drinking water.
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Created at 21/04/2016 10:38 by Roberto Felix
Last modified at 17/05/2022 16:50 by Stefan Dierks
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