La Paz
Family representative: Blanca Luz Martinez
CAQUETÁ
La Paz farm is located in the rural area of Aletones in Belén de los Andaquíes Municipality, in the Andean-Amazonian piedmont of Caquetá department, Colombia. The farm has a size of 12.86 ha, of which 4.17 are conserved forest and 2.05 ha of cocoa CCN51 and ICS 95 varieties in sunlight-grown crops.
Highlights
I) La Paz farm is part of the potential connectivity habitat area for the jaguar and other fauna and flora wild species.
II) Within the area, there are populations of lowland paca, armadillo, crab-eating fox, Brazilian porcupine, and tayra.
III) The farm has one water spring protected by riparian vegetation, 4.17 hectares of native forest with species such as carbón, bilibili, guamo and ahumado, and 2.05 hectares of cocoa in sunlight crops.
PUMA – Puma concolor
Species found on the farm
About the family
Originally from Sarabando Alto, Blanca has spent three decades in Aletones, marked by challenges and resilience. After meeting her husband, Danilo Mosquera, in Belén, she joined him in the Aletones district, a decision shaped by the echoes of the armed conflict. Despite adversities, including losing her traditionally agricultural parents, she rebounded in cocoa cultivation, an initiative supported and strengthened by different institutions.