PGIS: a tool contributing to the empowerment and governance of communities for the benefit of...
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Session 24: Strengthening Grassroots Engagement in Agricultural and Rural Development (ARD) Policy Processes
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PGIS. Tool that contributes to empowerment and governance of communities for the benefit of sustainable development
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PGIS: EXPERIENCE IN COLOMBIA
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Anaime - Chili páramo Complex
Delimitation
• Facilitators: Watershed Research Group
Tolima University• Support: CORTOLIMA, Semillas de Agua• Stakeholder: Anaime – Chili Comunity,
civil society, government sector
private sector, academy
Localization of study area
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• South America• Colombia• Tolima Departament• Cordillera Central: Buffer
betwen Los Nevados and Las Hermosas Parks
• Anaime – Chili Paramo
• Area: 57197 has
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Anaime –Chili Paramo
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PGIS. METHODOLOGY > Empowerment, governance
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Key Take-Aways
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• PGIS is a functional tool which contributes to the empowerment and governance in communities that have been marginalized in decision-making concerning the development of a region.
• PGIS optimizes planning, spatializes agricultural and livestock activities in a region, in line with sustainable development, providing validity to the process.
• PGIS can recover and preserve the history and traditions of the communities, both in the productive sector, and cultural.
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