Colombia

Colombia has 61.3 million ha of forests, accounting for 54% of the country's total land area. Enduring deforestation rates are attributed to the extension of Colombia’s agricultural and livestock frontier, illicit crops, population displacement, infrastructure development, mining and wildfires.

Colombia

FCPF 2023 Annual Report

The 2023 Annual Report spotlights the groundbreaking emission reductions payments made over the past year to Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Indonesia, and the Lao PDR. Combined with Mozambique’s emission reductions payments to date, Carbon Fund results-based payments now total $53.2 million, with that number expected to increase to at least $300 million in the coming year.

48.2
Population
millions
1,110
Land Area
1,000 sq. km
292.1
GDP
$ billions
52.7
Forest Area
% land area
0.4
Deforestation
avg. annual %, 2000-2015
23.1
Terrestrial protected areas
% of total land area

ER Program Details

Country Focal Points

Juilian Lee (World Bank)
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