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Harvested Bananas

Aerial view of mining damage in El Bagre, Antioquia.

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The Untold Losses of Informal Mining

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Hyenas Thrive in Conservation Lands

Equitable distribution of household chores for girls and boys

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Disrupting Harmful Gender Norms

Students from the CYCC participate in a hands-on class to learn about watershed management. With the support of Aguas y Aguas de Pereira, a CYCC partner organization, the youth learned how to measure water parameters by measuring flow velocity (number of liters of water passing through during one second), flow width, and flow depth.

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Colombian Youth Committed to Environmental Leadership and Conservation

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Community Service: Youth in Action

Through the Colombia Forests and Wetlands Support Program, USAID/Colombia and the U.S. Forest Service are implementing the Colombia Youth Conservation Corps (CYCC). The CYCC trains rural youth by providing them with personal, professional, and natural resource management skills and tools that enable them to enter the labor market, diversify their livelihoods, and become environmental leaders in their territories.

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Training Colombian Youth in Natural Resource Management

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Strengthening the Capabilities of Female Firefighters

Magda is Colombian firefighter, who represents all female firefighters throughout the world. These women are leaders, environmental protectors, and first responders.

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Encouraging Female Firefighters in Colombia

Two women stand proudly with two berry trees as they engage in a reforestation project

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Reforestation in Urban Areas

Man stands amongst rubbish in recycling centre

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Local Recycling Drive

women feeds her two goats

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Surviving in Drought-Prone Areas

Female stands smiling holding tree in one hand as she prepares to do reforestation project in Zimbabwe

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Community Volunteer Participating in Reforestation

Group of women in Zimbabwe conducting gulley reclamation

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Gulley Reclamation

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Transporting Mangrove Seedlings by Boat