In northern Colombia, between the Caribbean Sea and the Magdalena River, rise the Montes de María. On its fertile slopes you can still hear the sound of the indigenous gaitas and the African drums, the traditional poems sung by the decimeros, the roar of the jaguar, the yowl of the howler monkey and the song of the crested guan. Life in this region resists with amazing intensity and color the memory of social strife. One of the last relics of the tropical dry forest of Colombia.
The diversity and richness of this beautiful and unique region depends on the multiple vital flows that cross its extensive territories. From the streams that nourish these lands with water where rain is scarce, to the bees that produce honey while they pollinate the forest and the crops, and the roads traveled by the burros that carry the food from the fields.
The need to protect this ecosystem has forged a human fabric of farmers, scientists, artists and ranchers. A human group that collaborates to conserve and extend the so-called "conservation corridors". Corridors of fertile forest that guarantee the habitat of the endangered cotton-headed tamarin, the agouti, the ocelot, the black spider monkey, and the mythical armadillo. Corridors that allow life in this region to continue to flourish so that communities can continue to harvest yam, beans and cassava.
By preserving the forest, we also preserve the cultural traditions of the Montes de María.
By conserving the forest, we forge a social fabric of solidarity, fabrics that give peace.
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