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Protected areas
Antioquia Forest Observatory (OBA)
Antioquia Forest Pact
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Abstract
Antioquia ranks third nationally in the number of hectares of deforested forest and first across the entire Colombian Andean region. Various protection categories regulated under Decree 2372 of 2010 seek to safeguard nearly 50% of the forests that currently remain in the department; however, these categories differ in their levels of permissible use, since some allow the subtraction of forest areas. In this study, we assessed the effect of Protected Areas (PAs) and their different categories on deforestation. We found that, while PAs currently protect around 20% of the forests, deforestation is present in 63% of the department's 85 Protected Areas, with the largest ones being the most vulnerable. We also found that forest loss differs significantly by PA category. Regional PAs had the highest loss rate; however, Natural Parks, which have lower permissibility for legal activities leading to forest loss, also showed deforestation. The results indicate that management and protection strategies in PAs must be refined and effectively implemented at the local level for these designations to play a real role in forest protection.
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