The Orinoquía Sustainable Integrated Landscape Program (OSILP) aims to help farmers and agribusiness in Colombia’s Orinoquía region sustainably manage their land, increase agricultural production, and realize the region’s potential to become a food basket for the country and the world.
Program name |
Orinoquía Sustainable Integrated Landscape Program (OSILP) |
Jurisdiction |
Orinoquía region, Colombia |
Size of jurisdiction |
25 million hectares |
Population in jurisdiction |
1.37 million |
Drivers of land use change |
- Agricultural expansion- maize, soybean, forage grasses, and rice - Expansion of areas for cattle grazing - Palm oil plantations |
Accounting area |
TBD |
Implementing agency |
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development |
ISFL Funding |
- $20 million in grant financing through the government - $1 million IFC projects to support sustainability by private sector enterprises in the livestock and dairy sectors of the Orinoquía region - $7.3 million for the technical study called, “Developing climate-smart agriculture supply value chains: Opportunities, challenges, and emerging lessons.” This will complement technical assistance funds to increase knowledge on the cocoa, livestock, NFTP, and palm oil sectors. - Potential payments of up to 10 million tCO2e of emission reductions |
Co-financing |
$5.93 million GEF financing |
The OSILP provides technical assistance to address the drivers of land-use change in Orinoquía and to catalyze sustainable development across the region. This is done by promoting better land-use planning, the integration of sustainable land-use policies, the enforcement of pertinent laws and regulations, and capacity building. The OSILP is also supporting the preparation of an Emission Reductions program to access results-based finance for up to 10 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) of emission reductions.
The OSILP has four components:
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Supporting capacity building for the implementation of integrated land-use planning and improved governance for deforestation control;
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Supporting sustainable land-use management through generating information, capacities, and incentives to reduce AFOLU GHG emissions from unsustainable land use and land-use changes in the agriculture, forestry, and other land uses (AFOLU) sector;
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Providing technical assistance for the preparation of the Emission Reductions program for results-based payments and develop Colombia’s capacity for robust monitoring, reporting, accounting, and verification of AFOLU emissions and removals; and
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Financing project coordination, management, monitoring, and evaluation activities.