ABC COLOMBIA

What ABC COLOMBIA does

ABC Colombia (legal name: ABC Colombia, Somos Territorio) is a Colombian non-governmental development organization (ONGD/ESAL) founded on April 18, 2007, and headquartered in Yopal, Casanare. Originally constituted as Asociación de Becarios de Casanare ABC — a scholarship association — the organization rebranded in November 2021 to reflect a broader territorial mandate. It employs approximately 26 interdisciplinary professionals with advanced degrees spanning biology, ecology, anthropology, industrial engineering, psychology, communication, and audiovisual production.

The organization operates three interconnected service lines. Conservation and Environmental Sovereignty encompasses participatory conservation strategies, voluntary conservation agreements (162 agreements covering 2,063.48 hectares across 25 micro-watersheds), ecological restoration (including a community nursery that has propagated ~6,200 trees of 33 native species), and socio-environmental research — primarily executed as environmental compensation plans for hydrocarbon licensing obligations. Education for Governance delivers environmental education, leadership development, and civic engagement programs (such as CRIO-YO MI TIERRA across 50+ veredas and Tejiendo Saberes with GeoPark in 12 villages). Communication for Development is delivered through a Sound and Narrative Laboratory producing transmedia content, podcasts (Orinoco sin fin, Relatos del Futuro, Entre la Tierra y el Cielo), radio novels, and youth media camps.

ABC Colombia generates revenue (reported at ~$4.7B COP / approximately $1.1M USD in 2023) through project-based contracts across four streams: international cooperation funding (USAID via Riqueza Natural, Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation), Colombian state funding (Sistema General de Regalías and ministry programs), private-sector environmental consulting contracts with hydrocarbon operators (GeoPark, Lewis Energy, Gran Tierra Energy, Hocol, Suelopetrol), and corporate CSR/ESG projects (Luker Chocolate's Reporteritos Biológicos). Distribution is direct via field implementation and institutional partnerships, with no productized or publicly priced offerings.

Name

ABC COLOMBIA

Legal name

ABC Colombia, Somos Territorio

Website

https://abccolombia.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ABC Colombia is a Colombian non-profit development organization (ONGD) headquartered in Yopal, Casanare, delivering territorial conservation, environmental education, and communication-for-development services to rural communities, hydrocarbon operators, and government donors across the Orinoquía region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Conservation Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Forestry (1153), Support Activities for Forestry (115310), Support Activities for Forestry (11531)

SIC

Forestry (800)

akta.pro primary industry

Conservation, Restoration & Biodiversity Services (Habitat, Wetlands, Riparian) (IMAMAJAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Forest Carbon Projects & Ecosystem Services (Carbon Credits, Biodiversity) (IMAMAAAJ), Ecosystem Services & Natural Capital Programs (Water, Biodiversity Credits, PES) (IMAMAJAK), Biodiversity Conservation & Habitat Banking (AFAMAMAC)

Keywords

• Environmental conservation services
• Community development programs
• Environmental education services
• Biodiversity monitoring programs
• Territorial governance consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Yopal

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. International Cooperation Funding: Projects funded by international donors such as USAID through the Riqueza Natural program, and other bilateral/multilateral cooperation agreements for conservation and governance initiatives
2. State/Government Funding: Resources from Colombian state entities, including Sistema General de Regalías (SGR) for science, technology and innovation projects, and various government ministry programs
3. Private Sector Contracts: Environmental consulting and implementation services for hydrocarbon companies including GeoPark, Lewis Energy, Gran Tierra Energy, and others, for compensation plans and environmental obligations
4. Corporate Social Responsibility Projects: Projects funded by private companies under their CSR/ESG programs, such as Luker Chocolate's Reporteritos Biológicos initiative

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ABC Colombia delivers territorial conservation and governance services in Colombia's Orinoquía region through three interconnected programs: Conservation and Environmental Sovereignty (voluntary conservation agreements, ecological restoration, biodiversity monitoring), Education for Governance (environmental education, leadership training, civic engagement), and Communication for Development (transmedia storytelling, podcast production, citizen science platforms). Services are sold primarily to hydrocarbon companies requiring environmental compensation compliance, government agencies, and international cooperation donors.

Product overview

ABC Colombia operates as a non-governmental development organization (ONGD) focused on territorial conservation and governance in Casanare, Colombia. The organization offers three interconnected service lines: (1) Conservation and Environmental Sovereignty, encompassing participatory conservation strategies, voluntary conservation agreements, ecological restoration, and socio-environmental research; (2) Education for Governance, providing environmental education programs, community leadership strengthening, and social research methodologies; and (3) Communication for Development, producing podcasts (Orinoco Sin Fin, Relatos del Futuro, Entre la Tierra y el Cielo), radio novels, documentaries, and youth media camps. The portfolio includes specific conservation initiatives like 'Una Casa para Zambo' for spider monkey protection, 'La Miel de la Biodiversidad' for sustainable honey production, and 'RE-VIVA La Primavera' for ecological restoration. Communication products are delivered through the organization's Sound and Narrative Laboratory, serving as tools for territorial dialogue and knowledge appropriation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Una Casa para Zambo: A participatory conservation strategy for Zambo, the spider monkey, one of the most threatened primate species in the world, based in forest remnants of the middle Cravo Sur river basin.
• La Miel de la Biodiversidad
• Re-Viva La Primavera
• Relatos del Futuro
• Orinoco sin fin
• Reporteritos Biológicos
• TruEco

Products and services

• Comunicación para el Desarrollo Communication services focused on knowledge appropriation, narrative transformation, communicator training, dialogue promotion, and documentation of experiences in science, technology, innovation, conservation, and territorial governance. Targeted at communities, partners, and public stakeholders.
• Conservación y Soberanía Ambiental Environmental conservation services including participatory conservation strategies, voluntary conservation agreements, ecological restoration, and socio-environmental research for territorial planning and decision-making. Targeted at hydrocarbon companies, landowners, government, and international donors.
• Educación para la Gobernanza Education services promoting knowledge dialogue, social participation, environmental education, and social research to strengthen community leadership in democracy, conservation, and transparency. Targeted at rural communities, youth, schools, and government partners.
• Una Casa para Zambo A participatory conservation strategy for Zambo (the spider monkey), one of the world's most threatened primates, based on population studies and conservation agreements to improve productive practices. Targeted at landowners, communities, and conservation funders in Casanare.
• La Miel de la Biodiversidad A project conserving floodable savannas and Llanera culture through sustainable production of Melipona favosa honey (native stingless bee 'abeja mansita'), involving families in meliponiculture training and restoration. Targeted at rural families and biodiversity funders in Casanare.
• RE-VIVA La Primavera Ecological restoration initiative for recovering piedemonte forests in Casanare, featuring a community nursery that has propagated approximately 6,200 trees of 33 native species. Targeted at hydrocarbon companies, landowners, and conservation funders.
• Reporteros Biológicos A citizen science WhatsApp group created in 2018 where people interested in Orinoquia biodiversity report, identify, and comment on organisms they encounter, moderated by ABC with expert participation and iNaturalist integration. Targeted at rural communities, students, and biodiversity enthusiasts in Casanare.
• Orinoco Sin Fin (Podcast) A podcast series featuring fiction and non-fiction stories about conservation protagonists in the Orinoco basin, part of ABC's Sound and Narrative Laboratory. Targeted at general public, conservation audiences, and partner networks.
• Relatos del Futuro (Podcast/Radionovela) A radio novel series featuring stories inspired by real and imaginary events about how communities face conservation and climate change challenges in their territories. Targeted at general public and community audiences.
• Entre la Tierra y el Cielo (Podcast) A Colombian-Venezuelan podcast bringing together over 100 people interested in conserving floodable savannas, narrating the environmental and cultural complexity of this ecosystem. Targeted at conservation audiences in the Colombia-Venezuela Orinoco region.
• Acuerdos de Conservación Voluntaria (ACV) Voluntary conservation agreements between landowners and the hydrocarbon industry, with 162 agreements established across 25 micro-watersheds covering 2,063.48 hectares of forest in Yopal, Paya, and Nunchía municipalities. Targeted at hydrocarbon companies and landowners.
• Tejiendo Saberes (Environmental Education Program) Environmental education initiative with GeoPark in 12 villages of Tauramena and Villanueva, strengthening environmental awareness through knowledge exchange spaces. Targeted at rural communities and youth in Casanare.

Quantifiable outcome

• 162 voluntary conservation agreements covering 2,063.48 hectares of forest
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Transparencia por ColombiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing alliance for transparency and citizen control in extractive industries. Joint work on Mapa-Regalías platform promotion, Mapa-Inversiones project, and Perú País Minero initiative. ABC serves as territorial ally for Casanare in these transparency initiatives.
• BirdLife International / Asociación CalidriscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on conservation of floodable savannas, biodiversity research, and the 'Entre la Tierra y el Cielo' Colombian-Venezuelan podcast. Calidris is a key ally in the Orinoco conservation efforts and AICA Altagracia reserves.
• Crudo TransparentecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlliance since January 2020 to strengthen democratic processes of transparency, accountability, and citizen participation in the mining-energy sector. Joint construction of the Casanare chapter to inform and analyze socioeconomic impacts of hydrocarbons.
• SIRAP (Sistema Integrado de Áreas Protegidas de la Orinoquía)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerABC Colombia participates as an articulating organization within SIRAP, contributing to the integrated protected areas system of the Orinoquía region. Also serves on the editorial committee for 'El Zumbido del Orinoco' bulletin.
• Lewis EnergymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner for 'Relatos del Futuro 2.0' transmedia project and supporter of 'Acuerdos Visibles para Sabanas Sostenibles'. ABC develops content and conservation projects in partnership with this energy company.
• GeoParkmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in 'Tejiendo Saberes' environmental education program implemented in 12 veredas of Tauramena and Villanueva. Also involved in environmental compensation and conservation projects.
• ICBF & PNUD (Colombia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlliance for 'Es tu Parche' project directed at 13 departments including Casanare. ABC serves as territorial ally to strengthen 100 young people in Aguazul and Yopal on 21st century skills, public management, and project formulation.
• Luker Chocolate / Animal BankcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDevelopment of 'Reporteritos Biológicos' initiative with 21 children in Villanueva-Casanare, strengthening environmental awareness through participatory communication strategies.
• Universidad Nacional de ColombiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner for various research initiatives including meliponiculture training (with Universidad Nacional's Bee Laboratory), doctoral research (Beatriz Ramírez's PhD at Wageningen), and the AGROCOMUNI-TIC project.
• UNAD (Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia) & UnitrópicomajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partners in the AGROCOMUNI-TIC project, along with local educational institutions (I.E. Braulio Gonzalez, I.E. Llano Lindo) and media outlets, to strengthen science, technology and innovation communication in Casanare.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Patrimonio Natural Fondo para la Biodiversidad y Áreas Protegidas: Colombian environmental fund that finances and co-implements biodiversity and protected-area projects with NGO partners—comparable function as a bridge between conservation outcomes and donor/corporate funding.
• Fundación Panthera Colombia: Wildlife conservation NGO active in Colombia on threatened species and habitat protection—comparable species-focused, participatory conservation model and partnership-driven funding approach.
• Fundación Natura Colombia: One of the longest-standing Colombian environmental NGOs working on biodiversity conservation, environmental education, and sustainable production—operates a similar multi-program structure and partners with corporate and government funders.
• Fundación Omacha: Colombian non-profit focused on aquatic ecosystem and biodiversity conservation in the Orinoquía and Amazon, including threatened species and participatory conservation—directly comparable mission and regional footprint to ABC Colombia.

Broad incumbents

• Wildlife Conservation Society Colombia: Global wildlife conservation organization with Colombia field programs—overlaps with ABC's biodiversity monitoring and species-focused conservation work but operates at larger scale.
• WWF Colombia: Colombia office of a global conservation network with similar conservation and environmental education work—broader mandate and scale, but overlapping in Orinoquía/Amazon priorities and corporate-partnership models.
• Conservation International Colombia: Global conservation organization with active Colombia programs on forests, freshwater, and climate—overlaps with ABC's forest conservation and ecosystem services work but at significantly larger scale.
• The Nature Conservancy Colombia: Global conservation organization with Colombia presence working on forest protection, restoration, and corporate engagement—comparable scope of forest and community-based conservation activities.

Regional players

• Fundación Yungas: Argentine conservation NGO using territorial and participatory approaches to protect the Yungas forest—analogous community-rooted conservation model in a different Latin American geography.

Emerging players

• Instituto Humboldt: Colombian research institute generating biodiversity data and supporting conservation policy—partial overlap with ABC's citizen-science biodiversity monitoring and research dissemination, though publicly funded and research-led.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/abccolombia
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC4MlPsJaoP8
• Facebookfacebook.com/ABCcolombia.org
• Instagraminstagram.com/abc_colombia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/abc-colombia

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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