A natural approach to reforestation: gold mine

spoils, carbon credits and rural development

Luis Gonzalo Moscoso Higuita

Antioquia, Colombia;
~45,000ha degraded
by gold mining

12 years ago

Thomas (2014). Gold rush: Forest

devastated by mining is reborn. Nature
511:155

Today

>120 native tree species

Jaguars, sloths, primates
1,292ha ~ >150,000USD/year
Average emissions of 90,000
Colombians

Pauxi pauxi

Dipterix oleifera

No

hemos creado ni inventado nada; hemos

observado con mucha atencin y encontrado
cosas que siempre han estado y estarn en
la naturaleza, de la que hacen parte muy
importante los nativos o pobladores de la
regin
We did not create or invent anything new;
only with much attention we have observed
and applied things that have always been
there in nature, of which the natives
populations are an integral part

M.Sc. LUIS GONZALO MOSCOSO HIGUITA

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