How do the Páramos store water? The role of plants and people
Lead Research Organisation:
Royal Botanic Gardens
Department Name: Natural Capital and Plant Health
Abstract
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Planned Impact
Our project's high level goal is to safeguard the sustainable use of the Northern Andean Páramos and so ultimately improve the livelihoods and wellbeing of people living in Colombia and other Andean countries. The proposed research, which aims to substantially enhance current understanding of the Páramos' socio-ecological system, forms a core step towards this goal. The project aims to achieve measurable impact in terms of real changes in people's knowledge, skills and behaviours associated to the Páramos.
Stakeholder groups which we have identified and targeted are:
1.The Páramo Guantiva-la Rusia local farming communities, who rely on the Páramo for their livelihood, will benefit from this project by learning more about their role and impact on the functioning of the Páramo, information which could help support their decision making.
2. The Páramo Guantiva-la Rusia local decision makers, who have a direct impact on the local economy and sustainable use of the Páramo, will benefit by learning about the role of plants and people in the functioning of the Páramo. They will also benefit from the land cover and Páramo status maps and the Páramo valuation the project will produce which will help them in their decision making.
3. Colombian early career scientists and students and who are seeking opportunities for exchanges in expertise within Colombia and between Colombia and UK through collaborations and training. Through the field work bursaries we will be providing opportunities for Colombian early career scientist and students to join the project's activities and so expose them to the expertise of UK and Colombian senior scientists. They will also gain skills and knowledge through informal and formal training that will occur during the planned field campaign and workshops. The four months research visits to the UK offered to 2 Colombian early career scientists will further enhance the exchange of expertise and skills and facilitate international networking.
4. The Colombian community of practitioners and researchers who are interested in Drone technology and are keen to exchange drone experiences through an informal national drone network. This community will benefit from sharing with the UK experiences and from evaluating the collected drone imagery collected by the project.
The project will also be relevant to a variety of other stakeholder groups who will be: for example, national and international NGOs who are concerned with the preservation of the Páramo, or who are interested in the welfare of the local communities; regional and national decision makers and policy makers who are concerned with the sustainable use of the Páramo within the context of the national green economy agenda; private companies for whom the Páramo is a resource of genetic diversity, water or minerals; and the general public (Colombian and UK).
Stakeholder groups which we have identified and targeted are:
1.The Páramo Guantiva-la Rusia local farming communities, who rely on the Páramo for their livelihood, will benefit from this project by learning more about their role and impact on the functioning of the Páramo, information which could help support their decision making.
2. The Páramo Guantiva-la Rusia local decision makers, who have a direct impact on the local economy and sustainable use of the Páramo, will benefit by learning about the role of plants and people in the functioning of the Páramo. They will also benefit from the land cover and Páramo status maps and the Páramo valuation the project will produce which will help them in their decision making.
3. Colombian early career scientists and students and who are seeking opportunities for exchanges in expertise within Colombia and between Colombia and UK through collaborations and training. Through the field work bursaries we will be providing opportunities for Colombian early career scientist and students to join the project's activities and so expose them to the expertise of UK and Colombian senior scientists. They will also gain skills and knowledge through informal and formal training that will occur during the planned field campaign and workshops. The four months research visits to the UK offered to 2 Colombian early career scientists will further enhance the exchange of expertise and skills and facilitate international networking.
4. The Colombian community of practitioners and researchers who are interested in Drone technology and are keen to exchange drone experiences through an informal national drone network. This community will benefit from sharing with the UK experiences and from evaluating the collected drone imagery collected by the project.
The project will also be relevant to a variety of other stakeholder groups who will be: for example, national and international NGOs who are concerned with the preservation of the Páramo, or who are interested in the welfare of the local communities; regional and national decision makers and policy makers who are concerned with the sustainable use of the Páramo within the context of the national green economy agenda; private companies for whom the Páramo is a resource of genetic diversity, water or minerals; and the general public (Colombian and UK).
Publications
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(2020)
Identifying and mapping individual plants in a highly diverse high-elevation ecosystem using UAV imagery and deep learning
in ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
| Title | Poster: Frailejones del Complejo de Páramos Guantiva - La Rusia |
| Description | Poster illustrating 20 species of frailejones (Espeletiinae, Asteraceae) from the Páramo Complex Guantiva - La Rusia. |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | We produced 300 copies and distributed them among the communities located in the area of influence of the Páramo Complex Guantiva - La Rusia. The artwork was very well received, and was even framed to be shown in schools and cultural centres in the villages. |
| URL | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359426315_Frailejones_del_Complejo_de_Paramos_Guantiva_-_La... |
| Description | Key Objective: Establish and quantify how species- and habitat-diversity and management affect catchment-scale capture and release of water from wetland systems within the Páramos. • A key achievement is the completion of several extensive field campaigns at 12 micro-catchments in the Guantiva La Rusia Páramo complex (Boyacá, Colombia). Drone surveys, soil samples and botanical surveys (145 plots in total) were completed across the catchments, and the majority of the data have been processed and analysed for use in the models (linked OPRAS-TopModel). • Climate and streamflow data collection is still ongoing and instrument maintenance and future data collection will continue by our local collaborator (National University of Colombia) as part of the iMHEA network (a regional initiative for hydrological monitoring). • Another key achievement is the spatial radar-based analysis of the páramo hydro-physical functioning by observing surface motion over time. The work delivered a map for Guantiva - La Rusia Páramo complex (1269.34 km²) showing for the first time and in great detail which areas release or store water after precipitation. • A novel soil biogeochemical model (OPRAS) was developed and integrated with the existing landscape hydrology model (TopModel). Parameterisation and validation with field data is ongoing. Once parameterised, it will be possible to use the integrated model (OPRAS -TopModel) to predict the impact of land use and climate change on the paramo's hydrology and downstream water yield. ODA relevance: The combined data and model development delivered by the project form the basis for generating new insights into the functioning of Páramos. The data also provide an evidence basis for the development of sustainable approaches to Páramo land management, ensuring a continued provision of water and so food and value-added employment for many in Colombia (and also Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru) Key Objective: Understand the impact of humans on Páramos' functioning by establishing an informed knowledge of current land uses and water management practices. • The project's key finding was that, within the Páramo context, top-down approaches to water and ecosystem governance continue to feed a culture of distrust between communities and government. This, in turn, is impacting conservation and development efforts. ODA relevance: The project's social insights will help individuals and organizations take appropriate action when developing sustainable management strategies in Colombia. Key objective: Achieve impact through storytelling, participatory workshops and student bursaries. • A key legacy of the project is a digital memory bank of the Paramo (https://vimeo.com/user107458608), which is sharing with the public a growing (> 100) number of stories created by local people. Our train the trainer approach has initiated a growing local capacity of story collectors who will continue to add stories to this memory bank. • Project field bursaries have supported 6 undergraduate students in their studies. ODA relevance: feeding back to the local communities people's understanding of Páramos-human relationships and Páramos-usage dilemmas will hopefully facilitate dialogue and promote the development and adoption of sustainable páramo and water preservation methods. |
| Exploitation Route | The Covid-19 restrictions caused severe delays to our workflow, and we would have required a longer extension to recover the time lost during the travel restrictions. However, we are committed to continuing working on the data analyses and remaining publications and outputs, so all the outcomes will eventually be taken forward. Also, as an inter-institutional team, we have already started seeking funds for the continuation and expansion of this project and research area. |
| Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Education,Environment |
| URL | https://paraguas.ceh.ac.uk/ |
| Description | Project outputs and media have called the attention of many government and local organisations. Our researchers (e.g., Mauricio Diazgranados and Martín Baruffol) have been invited to contribute to various academic and cultural events, including a special Special Event at the 75th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 75), called "Discover the Páramos, the source of life in the Andes to combat climate change and biodiversity loss", hosted by the President of Colombia, Mr. Iván Duque Márquez. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2020 |
| Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Education,Environment |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal |
| Description | Convocatoria Programa de Estancias Postdoctorales en entidades del SNCTeI 2019 |
| Amount | $ 96,000,000 (COP) |
| Funding ID | 848 |
| Organisation | Administrative Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (Colciencias) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Colombia |
| Start | 06/2020 |
| End | 05/2021 |
| Title | Database of photographs of plants and plots |
| Description | This database contains metadata for over 6,000 photographs of plants reported at the 145 established plots in the Guantiva - La Rusia Paramo Complex (Colombia). Metadata of photographs include EXIF and IPTC data with geolocation (with geographic coordinates, elevation and toponyms), plot code, keywords and plant identification (family, genus, species) when possible. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | With already more than 6,000 photographs taken, this database represents a notable outcome to produce a preliminary inventory of the flora found in the plots. The plant diversity and composition of the study plots will be used as input to generate attributes for the hydrological response classes of each of the twelve catchments, for which hydrological models will be developed. Also, we are planning to produce photographic field guides for easy plant identification. |
| Title | Geolocation of study plots in the Guantiva - La Rusia Paramo Complex |
| Description | This database contains information on the geolocation (geographic coordinates, elevation and toponyms) and date of establishment, for each of the 145 study plots, which will be used for the characterization of vegetation and soil properties. The plots were established in 12 catchment areas within the Guantiva - La Rusia Paramo Complex, and represent the most relevant hydrological response classes in each area. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | The plots will allow gathering point information on plant and soils composition and structure of the main hydrological response classes across the entire complex. They were established in a way that will allow the team to monitor and resample them through time, even after the completion of this project term. |
| Title | Plant biomass in 145 plots of the Guantiva - La Rusia Páramo Complex |
| Description | Plant biomass in 145 plots of the Guantiva - La Rusia Páramo Complex |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Data will become available after effective publication and will allow others to carry out further research on the topic. |
| Title | Plant richness in 145 plots of the Guantiva - La Rusia Páramo Complex |
| Description | Plant richness in 145 plots of the Guantiva - La Rusia Páramo Complex for 145 plots |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Data will become available after effective publication and will allow others to carry out further research on the topic. |
| Description | Bursaries for students´s field work thesis funding |
| Organisation | Industrial University of Santander |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We negotiated the resources to fund the field work of six students (4 Bsc and 1 Msc student), within the framework of our study design, and within our topic of interest. The students were selected out of a wide National call, in which we included all the Universities with biological (or related) departments, Biological related institutes and Botanical Gardens and Biological associations. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The data collected by the students will partly contribute to the understanding of how Vegetation in Páramo ecosystem contribute to water capture and storage. |
| Impact | The collaboration is going on, and there are no outputs by now, as the Covid situation delayed the FIeldwork activities which are the source of the data to produce outputs. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Bursaries for students´s field work thesis funding |
| Organisation | University of the Llanos |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We negotiated the resources to fund the field work of six students (4 Bsc and 1 Msc student), within the framework of our study design, and within our topic of interest. The students were selected out of a wide National call, in which we included all the Universities with biological (or related) departments, Biological related institutes and Botanical Gardens and Biological associations. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The data collected by the students will partly contribute to the understanding of how Vegetation in Páramo ecosystem contribute to water capture and storage. |
| Impact | The collaboration is going on, and there are no outputs by now, as the Covid situation delayed the FIeldwork activities which are the source of the data to produce outputs. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | "Andean 'water sponges': The role of plants in water supply" by M. Baruffol |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | "Andean 'water sponges': The role of plants in water supply" by M. Baruffol |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/paramos-andean-water-sponges |
| Description | -Composición de la brioflora en unidades de respuesta hidrológica del Complejo de Páramos Guantiva-La Rusia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Lemus-Cuellar, M. F., Medina-Merchán, M., Castro-Rojas, G. V., Diazgranados, M., Baruffol, M. 2022. Composición de la brioflora en unidades de respuesta hidrológica del Complejo de Páramos Guantiva-La Rusia. Symposium "Plants and people from the páramos". XI Congreso Colombiano de Botánica (XI CCB), Universidad de los Llanos, Nov. 6-10, Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia [Oral Presentation] |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Acercamiento a la diversidad florística del Complejo de Páramos Guantiva-La Rusia (Boyacá), Colombia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Castro Barrera, A. M., Suárez Suárez, L. E., Medina Merchán, M., Diazgranados, M., Baruffol, M. Acercamiento a la diversidad florística del Complejo de Páramos Guantiva-La Rusia (Boyacá), Colombia. Symposium "Plants and people from the páramos". XI Congreso Colombiano de Botánica (XI CCB), Universidad de los Llanos, Nov. 6-10, Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia [Oral Presentation] |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Baruffol, M. (May, 2020). Vegetation surveys in High Altitude Paramos of Boyaca. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Baruffol, M. (May, 2020). Vegetation surveys in High Altitude Paramos of Boyaca. https://paraguas.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-media/news/vegetation-surveys-high-altitude-paramos-boyaca In this blog we describe the fieldwork we are doing in the project for the vegetation survey and the different BSc and MSc topics (for which fieldwork is supported) are being studied besides our own work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://paraguas.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-media/news/vegetation-surveys-high-altitude-paramos-boyaca |
| Description | Baruffol, M. (March, 2020). Andean 'water sponges': the role of plants in water supply. https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/paramos-andean-water-sponges |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Baruffol, M. (March 2020). Andean 'water sponges': the role of plants in the water supply. https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/paramos-andean-water-sponges. IN this blog we describe our work and hypothesis within the project explaining to the broad public the relevance of páramos and Páramos vegetation for the water supply of neotropical Andean countries, and how it could be affected by land-use change. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/paramos-andean-water-sponges |
| Description | Baruffol, M., Diazgranados M. 2020. How does land management affect useful plant composition in the páramo ecosystem? The case of the páramo complex Guantiva-La Rusia (Boyacá, Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Baruffol, M., Diazgranados M. 2020. How does land management affect useful plant composition in the páramo ecosystem? The case of the páramo complex Guantiva-La Rusia (Boyacá, Colombia). Online Conference on Climate Change, Health and Mountain Ecosystems and their Governance in Support of Sustainable Development in the Tropical Andes - Central America region (Andes +). Online event. 7-8 Jul. (Oral presentation). The presentation was given to a broad audience from the Americas (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia) and Europe (Switzerland, UK). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Can plants predict soil, hydrology, and disturbance regimes in the páramos? IBS 2019 Humboldt-250 Meeting & 2nd Latin American Congress of Biogeography, Quito (Ecuador). 5-9 Aug. 2019. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Roughly 250 international academics attended a talk explaining the relations between plants, soil and water regulation in Paramo ecosystems and the description of our project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.biogeography.org/meetings/ecuador-2019/ |
| Description | Conference presentation by Baruffol, M. and Diazgranados: How does land management affect useful plant composition in the páramo ecosystem? The case of the páramo complex Guantiva-La Rusia (Boyacá, Colombia). Online Conference on Climate Change, Health and Mountain Ecosystems and their Governance in Support of Sustainable Development in the Tropical Andes - Central America region (Andes +). Online event. 7-8 Jul. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Event details: Baruffol, M., Diazgranados M. 2020. How does land management affect useful plant composition in the páramo ecosystem? The case of the páramo complex Guantiva-La Rusia (Boyacá, Colombia). Online Conference on Climate Change, Health and Mountain Ecosystems and their Governance in Support of Sustainable Development in the Tropical Andes - Central America region (Andes +). Online event. 7-8 Jul. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://cloc.condesan.org/online-conference-on-climate-change-health-and-mountain-ecosystems-and-the... |
| Description | Conference presentation by M. Diazgranados: "¿Como almacenan agua los páramos? El rol de las plantas y de las personas". Primera cumbre virtual mundial de Alta Montaña en Colombia: sistemas de monitoreo de bosques, páramos y glaciares. Online Event. 9-11 Dec. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Event: "Primera cumbre virtual mundial de Alta Montaña en Colombia: sistemas de monitoreo de bosques, páramos y glaciares". Online Event. 9-11 Dec. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://cumbre-mundial-alta-montana-mads.hub.arcgis.com/pages/perfiles |
| Description | Dialogues from experience: collective contributions for the Integrated Monitoring of High Mountain Ecosystems of Colombia. Organized by IDEAM, Humboldt Institute and Chemonics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dialogue to discuss biodiversity, soils and social indicators and variables to consider at the site, regional and national scales for a high mountain integrated monitoring strategy. Particularly we participated in the discussions to define indicators at the site and regional levels for biodiversity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Diazgranados, M. 2020. Exploring useful plants and fungi of Colombia, to support this country's green growth. MSc module "Biodiversity Evolution and Conservation" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Diazgranados, M. 2020. Exploring useful plants and fungi of Colombia, to support this country's green growth. MSc module "Biodiversity Evolution and Conservation". Teaching module presented to MSc student on Plan Sciences associated to The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Diazgranados, M. 2018. Páramos and the Kew-Colombia Bio Programme. Symposium: Pa´ramos of Colombia: A Challenge for Conservation and Peace. London School of Economics and Political Science. U.K. 31 Jan [Keynote presentation]. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | In the event we discussed the Colombia BIO Programme which, in partnership with Kew Gardens and other UK institutions, offers a unique opportunity to undertake research on biodiversity and ecosystem services in parts of the country that were previously inaccessible, with a view to enable long-term plans for the conservation and sustainable use of Colombia's natural resources. A brief award winning documentary was screened. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/paramos-of-colombia-a-challenge-for-conservation-and-peace-tickets-42... |
| Description | Diazgranados, M. 2019. Course on 'Landscape approach for enhancing mountain resilience' organised by the International Programme on Research and Training on Sustainable Management of Mountain Areas (IPROMO), including a presentation of the project. Pieve Tesino and Ormea (Italy) 02 - 18 July. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 34 young leaders working on sustainable development engaged; awareness of the importance of the paramos; dissemination of the project and the impact we can have in developing countries. The summer school will focus on several aspects, tools and skills that contribute to integrated management of mountain areas through a landscape approach, ranging from environmental conservation, water supply to income generation and food security. Particular emphasis will be placed on the importance of a participatory approach where local communities and authorities closely cooperate. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.fao.org/mountain-partnership/our-work/capacitydevelopment/ipromo/course-2019/en/ |
| Description | Diazgranados, M. 2020. Discover the Páramos, the source of life in the Andes to combat climate change and biodiversity loss. High Level Week of the UN General Assembly. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Diazgranados, M. 2020. Discover the Páramos, the source of life in the Andes to combat climate change and biodiversity loss. High Level Week of the UN General Assembly. Permanent Mission of Colombia to the United Nations in NY. Online event. 24 Sep. [Panellist] |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Diazgranados, M. 2020. Páramos, tierras de Asteráceas. Simposio Tejiendo la Palabra, |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Páramos, tierras de Asteráceas. Simposio Tejiendo la Palabra, Celebración de los 65 años del Jardín Botánico de Bogotá José Celestino Mutis. Bogotá (Colombia). Key note presentation given at the Botanical Garden in Bogotá Colombia, in their 65 year celebration, in which professionals from the botanical garden and interested public attended to hear about high altitude vegetation of the neotropics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Efecto del manejo en el estrato arbustivo en el Complejo de Páramos Guantiva-La Rusia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Montoya A., Baruffol, M., Mesa, L., Diazgranados, M. 2022. Efecto del manejo en el estrato arbustivo en el Complejo de Páramos Guantiva-La Rusia. Symposium "Plants and people from the páramos". XI Congreso Colombiano de Botánica (XI CCB), Universidad de los Llanos, Nov. 6-10, Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia [Oral Presentation] |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Estado de conservación de los páramos de Colombia desde la perspectiva de la vegetación |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Diazgranados, M. 2022. Estado de conservación de los páramos de Colombia desde la perspectiva de la vegetación. Segunda Cumbre Mundial de Alta Montaña en Colombia: Variabilidad, Cambio Climático y Monitoreo del Ciclo del Carbono. Pereira, Colombia. June 01-05. [Keynote Presentation] |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.mountainresearchinitiative.org/events/details/2022-06-01/481-2da-cumbre-mundial-de-la-al... |
| Description | Fitomasa del Complejo Guantiva-La Rusia: una comparación entre coberturas conservadas y manejadas |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Martínez-Suárez, D. F., Baruffol, M., Silva Parra, A., Diazgranados, M. 2022. Fitomasa del Complejo Guantiva-La Rusia: una comparación entre coberturas conservadas y manejadas. Symposium "Plants and people from the páramos". XI Congreso Colombiano de Botánica (XI CCB), Universidad de los Llanos, Nov. 6-10, Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia [Oral Presentation] |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Keynote presentation by M. Diazgranados: "Páramos, tierras de Asteráceas". Simposio Tejiendo la Palabra, Celebración de los 65 años del Jardín Botánico de Bogotá José Celestino Mutis. Bogotá (Colombia) 11 Aug. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Conference title: "Páramos, tierras de Asteráceas" Event: "Simposio Tejiendo la Palabra, Celebración de los 65 años del Jardín Botánico de Bogotá José Celestino Mutis." Place and date: Bogotá (Colombia) 11 Aug. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Panel participation by Diazgranados, M. Panel: "Discover the Páramos, the source of life in the Andes to combat climate change and biodiversity loss". High Level Week of the UN General Assembly. Permanent Mission of Colombia to the United Nations in NY. Online event. 24 Sep. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Panel participation by Diazgranados, M. Panel: "Discover the Páramos, the source of life in the Andes to combat climate change and biodiversity loss". High Level Week of the UN General Assembly. Permanent Mission of Colombia to the United Nations in NY. Online event. 24 Sep. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Panel participation by Diazgranados, M. Panel: "Páramos: their strategic role in climate change adaptation, water provision and carbon storage". 26th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Glasgow, UK. 31 Oct. - 12 Nov. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | M. Diazgranados acting as panellist. Event: "Páramos: their strategic role in climate change adaptation, water provision and carbon storage". 26th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Glasgow, UK. 31 Oct. - 12 Nov. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation at: "Consolidación de la Estrategia para el Monitoreo Integrado de los Ecosistemas de Alta Montaña de Colombia" workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | During the "Consolidación de la Estrategia para el Monitoreo Integrado de los Ecosistemas de Alta Montaña de Colombia" workshop which was held in Bogota the 10th and 11th of April 2019 the project and its development was presented in a 15 minutes talk, around 25 persons attended the talk from National Institutions, Academia and NGOs. Some of the attendants asked for further details on the methods and to share ifnormation with projects they are leading. We continue having meetings with them to share methods and ideas. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Project display at Kew's Orchid Festival featuring Colombia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Display of panels with the project summary and highlights at Kew's Orchid Festival featuring Colombian biodiversity. The exhibition, opened for one month (9 February - 10 March), receives more than 130,000 visitors. Website: https://www.kew.org/about-us/press-media/kew-orchid-festival-celebrate-the-colour-of |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.kew.org/about-us/press-media/kew-orchid-festival-celebrate-the-colour-of |
| Description | Project presentation to Corpoboyacá |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Event online, to present the project to local authorities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Talk: Can soil, hydrology and the disturbance regimes through the vegetation in the Paramo? I SYMPOSIUM OF RESEARCH, MANAGEMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN HIGH MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMS IN COLOMBIA. 11.2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | We presented our study in the páramo complex Guantiva-La Rusia (1,190 km2), in the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia, which features broad ranges of temperature and humidity. We selected 6 pristine/altered pairs of research catchments across the climatic range. In each catchment, we identified main hydrological response classes (HRC), and sampled plants and soils in 145 5m×5m plots (~12/catchment; >3/HRC), measuring species richness, plant functional type abundance, and hydro-physical soil properties (pH, penetration resistance, soil moisture retention). Attendants were interested in the presentation of the project and the methodological approach we are using. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.parquesnacionales.gov.co/portal/es/en-noviembre-se-realizara-el-primer-simposio-sobre-eco... |
| Description | Workshop presentation: How do paramos store water? The role of plants and people. in: Workshop "Consolidation of the Strategy for Integrated Monitoring of High Mountain Ecosystems of Colombia". IDEAM, Humboldt Institute, Condesan. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A workshop in which the high Andean ecosystem integrated monitoring strategy development was presented, in order to begin defining most relevant indicators at the National level and how the Site, Regional and National scales should be integrated as well as which Institutions would be responsible at each scale. During the workshop we had the opportunity to present the project How do paramos Store Water, the role of plants and people, and to participate in the discussions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |