[{"bbox": [96, 151, 1134, 205], "category": "Text", "text": "resources to own large extensions of land, to enclose and to \"clean\" them, took advantage from the lack of institutional presence in former conflict areas."}, {"bbox": [96, 216, 1134, 351], "category": "Text", "text": "These facts highlight the importance of complementing peace-making objectives with State building efforts to avoid environmental damage. The signature of the Peace Agreement put an end to the armed conflict, but not to the structural conflict of occupation of land and resources between different interest groups in the territories, which negatively affects indigenous, afro descendent communities and smallholders and, in particular and disproportionately, women."}, {"bbox": [96, 361, 1134, 417], "category": "Text", "text": "**Identification of main stakeholders and corresponding institutional and/or organisational issues (mandates, potential roles, and capacities) to be covered by the action:**"}, {"bbox": [96, 426, 1134, 561], "category": "Text", "text": "The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MADS), responsible for the “Pact for sustainability” of the National Development Plan and in particular, its Directorates of i) Forest and Strategic Ecosystems and ii) Climate Change and Risk Management, together with the Office of Green Businesses and the sub-Directorate of education and participation will be key in ensuring national appropriation and execution as well as gender integration in the national policy implementation."}, {"bbox": [96, 572, 1134, 654], "category": "Text", "text": "The Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (IDEAM), under the Ministry of Environment, is responsible for the management of scientific, hydrological, meteorological data and the functioning of the Group of Forest and Carbon Monitoring System."}, {"bbox": [96, 663, 1134, 746], "category": "Text", "text": "The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) responsible for capacity building (agricultural and forest value chains), also coordinates incentives and credits for the Forest sector. The Rural Women's Directorate is in charge of implementing the sector's gender policy."}, {"bbox": [96, 756, 1134, 839], "category": "Text", "text": "The Agency for Rural Development, attached to MARD, is the entity responsible for managing, promoting and financing agricultural and rural development, for the transformation of the territories and programs with regional impact."}, {"bbox": [96, 848, 1134, 903], "category": "Text", "text": "**National Natural Parks** is responsible for the administration and management of the System of National Natural Parks and the coordination of the National System of Protected Areas, closely related with the deforestation policy."}, {"bbox": [96, 913, 1134, 995], "category": "Text", "text": "**The Presidential Advisory Office for Women's Equity (CPEM)** is responsible for ensuring the coordination and coherence of gender policies and support the design of programs and projects to promote gender equality and empowerment for women."}, {"bbox": [96, 1005, 1134, 1088], "category": "Text", "text": "**Corporaciones Ambientales Regionales (CARs)** are sub-national environmental authorities, responsible for the implementation of the environmental policy in the territories of their jurisdiction. They will be fully involved in the program under the green businesses and their contribution to rural/forest extension services."}, {"bbox": [96, 1098, 1134, 1177], "category": "Text", "text": "The Municipal Councils of Rural Development (CMDR) and the Sectional Councils of Agriculture (CONSEA) represent participation mechanisms that allow the articulation of the agricultural policy with the territorial realities."}, {"bbox": [96, 1191, 267, 1217], "category": "Text", "text": "**Non-state actors:**"}, {"bbox": [96, 1228, 1134, 1391], "category": "Text", "text": "The National Federation of Wood Manufacturers (FEDEMADERAS) represents the forestry, wood and furniture sector of the country and connects entrepreneurs and reforestation producers, processors, manufacturers and marketers of furniture and wood products, including suppliers of goods and services for this sector, and the ethnic communities responsible for and collective owners of the natural forest. It supports good practices throughout the timber production chain and promotes plans, programs, strategies and actions to increase the competitiveness and productivity of companies in the sector."}, {"bbox": [96, 1400, 1134, 1560], "category": "Text", "text": "**Indigenous and afro descendent communities and representing bodies:** more than half of the forest areas, whether protected or not, are habitat and coincide with the territorial rights of indigenous and afro-descendent communities. Representatives of the organisation of indigenous peoples of the Colombian Amazon (OPIAC), the National Organisation of Colombian Indigenous (ONIC), small holders' organisations as the National Association of Peasant Reserve Zones (ANZORC) and National Association of Peasant Users (ANUC) will be key stakeholders of the action."}, {"bbox": [1037, 1680, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 9 of 28"}]