Who we are

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Fragmento is a grass-roots, non profit organization working on research, conservation, education and sustainable development of the Colombian ecoregion known as Choco-Darien.

We have established strategic partnerships with organizations and people, using research as a tool to increase knowledge, to support action, and to establish development alternatives for local communities.

Fragmento is an interdisciplinary group of Colombian professionals working in the conservation of our natural and cultural resources, understanding them as part of our unique heritage. We represent different visions, working in the public and private sectors, industry, science and the arts.

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Mission

Fragmento's objective is to promote sustainable development and conserve natural and cultural resources through research and education.

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History

Fragmento began in 1992 as a private group dedicated to promoting conservation and biodiversity. Fragmento engaged in field explorations to catalog biodiversity in various zones in Colombia, and also participated in academic and social activities. In 2003, Fragmento was founded as a non-profit organization formally dedicated to conservation and sustainable development. Fragmento has organized and conducted biological research, undertaken environmental education programs, and worked to build stronger institutions for the protection of the environment within Colombia.

Presently, Fragmento has signed an agreement to manage El Aguacate Natural Reserve of the Civil Society in Choco, Colombia -an ecoregion known as Chocó-Darién.

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Active partners, researchers and colaborative partners

Carlos Federico Alvarez Hincapié
Agronomic engineer. Universidad Nacional de Colombia Medellín campus. Environmental management specialist, and M.Sc. in Environment and Development. His work includes research, private advising and teaching. Areas of interest include entomology (butterflies), tropical flower production (calas), molecular biology applied to conservation, environmental management, sustainable development and ecological economics. He has participated in various biological assessments for the Corporation.

Iván Darío Loaiza Díaz
Animal husbandry, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Medellín campus. Amazonic studies specialist. He has worked in the cytogenetic characterization of the collared peccary, Tayassu tajacu, as well as in the rehabilitation program of the red howler monkey Alouatta seniculus, leaded by Ecolombia Foundation. Professional interest areas includes wildlife management, wildlife rehabilitation, relocation and monitoring, biotechnology, natural ecosystem and landscape conservation, rural development, sustainable production, landscape ecology and conservation biology.

Saúl Ernesto Hoyos Gómez
Biology. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá campus. Tireless traveller, fond of photography and video. Areas of interest include botany, wild life management, sustainable production, landscape ecology and conservation biology.

Jorge Anibal Cardona
B.S. in Geography, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. EEUU. He works in image processing and analysis at Earth Satellite Corporation. He’s interested in applying his experience in aerial photographs and satellite image interpretation with geography, geographic information systems and remote sensing systems in Colombia.

Natalia Loaiza Díaz
Universidad de Antioquia, M.D. with particular interest in the area of infectious disease and microbiology. She lives in Barcelona- Spain, studding a M.Sc. in Medical Microbiology in the Hospital Universitario Vall d´ Hebron.

Marcela Londoño Gómez
Visual Comunicator . Fragmento virtual magazine director.

Alejandro Betancur
Publisher. Active partner in diffusion processes of the Corporation