00:11In this moment we are in the department of Caquetá.
00:15We are part of the Organic Organic and Cacavoteros
00:20of San José del Fragua, Azuaqazán.
00:23The goal of the association is to protect and improve the quality of life
00:28and their associates, without causing damage to the environment
00:31or to minimize the impact of the environment.
00:35This cacavoteros began in 2010-2011
00:39after we decided to leave a number of producers
00:44to leave the cacavoteros and look for peace and prosperity
00:49and to build a social structure in the region.
00:51We were bored of the war, of the violence.
00:55The only illegal crops brought in is war,
00:59they brought violence, displacement, uncertainty.
01:12During the 1990s and even in 2000,
01:16some Amazónic regions of Peru,
01:19like San Martín,
01:21It was a area of production of coca, of coca illegal, and that also had the presence of violence, violence
01:30of armed groups.
01:32So the context of San Martín was quite similar to the process that began in Caquetá several years ago.
01:41And I think that this transition is possible, to pass from a context of illegal crops, of violence, of poverty,
01:49of insecurity, to pass from a crop like Caquetá.
02:10This is a agreement in which the national government is committed to preserve the forests,
02:17which are located in areas that have been affected by the armed conflict,
02:21and also to improve the economic conditions of the small cacao-cultures.
02:26So we entered Cacao for the Vida, focusing initially on the territory of the Amazonia,
02:33the parts of Putumayo, Guaviare and Caquetá.
02:35What we are looking for is to close the agricultural border,
02:38that is, that areas that have been forested,
02:42convert them again in cultivations of cacao asociated with the forest.
02:46From the program we are doing measurements of the return of the biodiversity,
02:52of the fauna in the territory,
02:54and we recorded with microphones and cameras,
02:56the birds, the different species,
03:00the different species that return to the territory,
03:04and we can demonstrate that it is a crop that regenerates the ecosystem,
03:09that brings it back to life again.
03:11What is the name of the Cacao?
03:12What is the name of the Cacao?
03:13What is the name of the Cacao?
03:14What is the name of the Cacao?
03:17What is the name of the Cacao?
03:26In this area, the Cacao is relatively new,
03:31there are very few hectares cultivated,
03:34the production is still in the process of growth.
03:36We have to be careful,
03:39because these departments also have a jungle to protect,
03:42so in that sense,
03:45we have to be very clear that we do not want to expand the border.
03:49What is the name of the Cacao Hotel?
03:54What is the name of the Cacao Hotel?
04:00This location that we move on here,
04:03is going to export for Italy and France.
04:08This in Europe,
04:10one of four countries that are very important,
04:12which are our trade allies.
04:14Thanks to previous projects,
04:16we could get this benefit.
04:21For one, it's a very big satisfaction,
04:24because working,
04:28one is giving this with a passion,
04:32with a big love,
04:34and to achieve these objectives,
04:36to achieve these goals,
04:37to be able to bring this grain to Europe,
04:40that's a very big satisfaction.
04:42Not only have we been linked,
04:43but we also have been linked a lot,
04:47we women.
04:48Why?
04:50Because the issue of cacao,
04:53all the family can be there,
04:56us with our children, our partner,
05:00so, thanks to that,
05:01women have seen in cacao
05:06a possibility for them to empower themselves.
05:10For us, for Amazon,
05:12the cacao Amazon is a gold,
05:15for the Kichwa culture,
05:17it's a symbol of peace and love,
05:19to be able to develop the work and harmonies.
05:23Well, for the attention of our markets,
05:26in this case,
05:26the markets,
05:27it's mainly the culture.
05:30How it develops,
05:32how it approaches the ancestral knowledge
05:35and scientific knowledge.
05:38And another important point
05:39is that,
05:40it's also a differentiated system
05:42compared to the Western countries.
05:44In many developed countries,
05:46like Costa de Marfil, Gana,
05:47and other parts of the world,
05:49they talk about monoculture,
05:50they talk about economic resources,
05:52they never talked about the environmental part,
05:54but the indigenous people
05:55have already been developed in this context.
05:57For us,
05:58we don't only see a lot of money,
06:00we see indigenous people
06:02in this context,
06:03in this context,
06:04in this context,
06:04in this context,
06:05we can say that
06:07it should be paid
06:08with a high percentage
06:10of economic resources
06:11to be able to develop
06:12and say,
06:13look, this cacao
06:14comes from the Ecuadorian Amazon.
06:16The environmental environment
06:17in which it is developed
06:19must be identified
06:21in a different market,
06:23in a different market,
06:24in which it matters
06:25the environmental issues,
06:27in which it interests
06:28the issue of sustainable production,
06:30sustainable,
06:32and obviously,
06:32free deforestation,
06:33which is supported
06:34under a technique
06:36that identifies
06:37the free zones
06:38in a framework
06:39of transparency
06:40and traceability
06:42that are common elements.
06:44That same framework
06:46can be used
06:47in the neighboring countries
06:48of Peru and Colombia.
06:50They have a lot of interest
06:51in replicating
06:52these pilots
06:53under their realities
06:55to adapt
06:56or improve
06:58including these pilots
07:00in function
07:00of their realities
07:01and to face
07:02like a region
07:03Ecuador,
07:05Colombia
07:05and Peru,
07:06a region
07:07that seeks
07:07sustainable production
07:08and free deforestation.
07:11Thank you very much.
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