REM Colombia - Visión Amazonía

What REM Colombia - Visión Amazonía does

REM Colombia - Visión Amazonía is a Colombian government program housed within the Ministry of Environment, mandated to drive deforestation in the Colombian Amazon toward zero. It operates across 8 Amazonian departments covering 458,961 km² of Amazon biome, serving indigenous communities (via apex organizations MRA, MIAACC, and OPIAC), farmer associations, and departmental authorities as primary beneficiaries. The program is staffed by a lean core team of approximately 12 employees based in Bogotá, with execution delivered through a network of subnational implementing partners.

The program is structured around five pillars: inter-institutional governance coordination, deforestation monitoring, direct deforestation-reduction actions, indigenous and community development, and sustainable forest-based economy. Its technical backbone is the SMByC satellite-based forest monitoring platform, developed and operated with IDEAM, which provides verified deforestation data that underpins the results-based payment (REDD+) model. The Indigenous Forest Development Nuclei (NDFyB) serve as the core community engagement vehicle, channeling funds to indigenous-led forest stewardship projects.

The business model is a results-based payment structure rather than a commercial one: sovereign donors (Norway, UK, Germany) commit funds that are disbursed against verified reductions in deforestation relative to agreed baselines. KfW acts as guarantor bank and Fondo Patrimonio Natural as the financial mechanism. REM I operated over 2016-2020, with REM II launched in 2023 carrying up to $85M USD in renewed donor commitments over 5 years and 38 billion pesos allocated to the NDFyB model. Across both phases, approximately 80 billion pesos have been directed to indigenous projects. Supporting partners include WWF, GEF, ONF Andina, SINCHI, and CIAT.

Name

REM Colombia - Visión Amazonía

Legal name

Visión Amazonía - Programa REM Colombia

Website

https://visionamazonia.minambiente.gov.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

REM Colombia - Visión Amazonía is a Ministry of Environment program that channels results-based donor financing (Norway, UK, Germany) for verified deforestation reduction across 8 Amazonian departments, serving indigenous communities, farmers, and departmental authorities via the NDFyB model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Conservation and Climate Finance Services

NAICS

Administration of Conservation Programs (92412), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (924), Support Activities for Forestry (1153)

SIC

Forestry (800)

akta.pro primary industry

Timberland Carbon & Natural Capital Project Development (Offsets/REDD+) (AFAMAKAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Forestry & Reforestation (BPAGAGAD), Forestry & Public Lands Administration (State/National Forests) (BPAIAMAF), Stakeholder Engagement, Indigenous/Tribal Consultation & Social Impact (SIA) (EUAHAAAH)

Keywords

• Deforestation reduction
• Climate finance program
• Forest conservation
• REDD+ implementation
• Amazon sustainable development

Headquarters

HQ city

Bogotá

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Pago por Resultados (Payment for Results): International climate finance received from Norway, Germany (via KfW), and the United Kingdom based on verified reductions in deforestation in the Colombian Amazon. The mechanism compensates the country for carbon dioxide equivalent emissions avoided. Potential payments of up to 85 million US dollars over five years depending on deforestation reduction outcomes.
2. Project Investment through Fondo Patrimonio Natural: Fondo Patrimonio Natural acts as the financial mechanism administering program resources from international donors to implement conservation and sustainable development projects in the Amazon.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

REM Colombia - Visión Amazonía is a national Colombian government initiative that coordinates and funds projects to reduce net deforestation in the Colombian Amazon biome to zero. The program administers international climate finance from Norway, Germany (via KfW), and the United Kingdom through a Payment for Results mechanism, channeling resources to indigenous communities, farmer associations, and government entities to implement sustainable development, forest governance, agro-environmental practices, and indigenous territorial governance across eight Amazonian departments.

Product overview

REM Colombia - Visión Amazonía is a government program (not a commercial product) that operates as a platform with multiple interconnected components. The core offering is the REM Visión Amazonía program, which has two phases (REM I and REM II). The program is structured around five strategic pillars (Forest Governance, Sustainable Sectoral Development, Agro-environmental Development, Environmental Governance with Indigenous Peoples, and Enabling Conditions). Key products include Payment for Results mechanisms, Forest and Biodiversity Development Nuclei (NDFyB), agro-environmental projects, indigenous peoples projects (PIVA), the Forest and Carbon Monitoring System, the Amazonian Forest Incentive (IFA), and the Intermodal Sustainable Transport Plan (PATIS). The program integrates these components to deliver a comprehensive approach to reducing deforestation in Colombia's Amazon region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Pilar 1 - Gobernanza Forestal: First pillar focused on strengthening institutional capacity for natural forest conservation, including forest planning, environmental authority strengthening, and community forest management.
• Pilar 2 - Planificación y Desarrollo Sectorial Sostenible
• Pilar 3 - Desarrollo Agroambiental
• Pilar 4 - Gobernanza Ambiental con Pueblos Indígenas
• Pilar 5 - Condiciones Habilitantes
• Núcleos de Desarrollo Forestal y la Biodiversidad (NDFyB)

Products and services

• REM Visión Amazonía Program National government initiative seeking to reduce net deforestation in the Colombian Amazon to zero through a new model of regional sustainable development, supported by international financing from Norway, UK, and Germany. Targets indigenous communities, farmer associations, and government entities across eight Amazonian departments.
• REM II - Segunda Fase Second phase of the program that continues and expands the deforestation reduction efforts, investing 38 billion pesos in Forest Development and Biodiversity Nuclei (NDFyB) and indigenous projects.
• Pago por Resultados (Payment for Results) Results-based payment system where international donors compensate Colombia for verified reductions in deforestation below the 82,883 hectare annual baseline. Potential payments of up to 85 million USD over five years based on verified carbon emission reductions.
• Núcleos de Desarrollo Forestal y la Biodiversidad (NDFyB) Forestry and Biodiversity Development Nuclei providing environmental, technical, social, and business support for sustainable forest management in prioritized areas. Established centers include Los Puertos, Nueva Ilusión, Orotuyo, Agua Bonita, El Camuya, and Yarí, with 38 billion pesos invested by REM II.
• Proyectos con Pueblos Indígenas (PIVA) Indigenous peoples projects supporting territorial governance, environmental protection, economic production, cultural safeguarding, Plans of Life, food sovereignty, and governance systems across Amazonian departments. 80 billion pesos invested across REM I and REM II in indigenous projects.
• Proyectos Agroambientales Agro-environmental projects focused on sustainable production practices, agroforestry (SAF), silvopastoral systems (SSP), productive chain strengthening (cattle, milk, rubber, cocoa, timber and non-timber products), and rural extension services. Initial target of 20 projects benefiting over 4,000 families in Guaviare and Caquetá departments.
• Sistema de Monitoreo de Bosques y Carbono (SMByC) Forest and Carbon Monitoring System developed in partnership with IDEAM to track deforestation rates, forest coverage changes, and carbon emissions in the Colombian Amazon biome. Provides the data infrastructure for verifying results-based payments.
• Incentivo Forestal Amazónico (IFA) Amazonian Forest Incentive program providing economic rewards for forest conservation and sustainable forest management practices to local landowners and communities.
• Plan Amazónico de Transporte Intermodal Sostenible (PATIS) Intermodal Sustainable Transport Plan for the Amazon region aimed at minimizing deforestation impacts from transportation infrastructure development.

Quantifiable outcome

• Potential reduction of up to 85 million USD in international climate finance over five years based on deforestation reduction outcomes
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Mesa Regional Amazónica (MRA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMRA is the primary political instance representing Amazonian indigenous peoples, established by Decree 3012/2005. It approved the intervention framework for the Indigenous Pillar and created the MIAACC technical body.
• Mesa Indígena Amazónica de Cambio Climático (MIAACC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical body of the MRA responsible for coordinating with Visión Amazonía on climate change initiatives affecting indigenous territories.
• IDEAM (Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales)coreTechnology or IntegrationIDEAM produces official data on forest cover and deforestation rates. The program supports the Sistema de Monitoreo de Bosques y Carbono (SMByC) and National Forest Inventory implementation in the Amazon.
• Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo SosteniblecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Ministry leads the Visión Amazonía Executive Committee and provides overall program oversight. It serves as the implementing entity for the national REDD+ strategy.
• WWF (World Wildlife Fund)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnvironmental NGO partner contributing to conservation efforts within the broader Amazon protection ecosystem.
• ONF Andina (Office National des Forêts)supportingTechnology or IntegrationFrench forestry expertise providing technical support for forest management planning and sustainable forestry practices in the Amazon region.
• GEF Corazón AmazoníasupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal Environment Facility project component working in coordination with Visión Amazonía as part of the broader Amazon conservation framework.
• Instituto SINCHIsupportingTechnology or IntegrationAmazonian research institute providing scientific and technical support for forest research and sustainable development initiatives.
• CIAT (Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical)supportingTechnology or IntegrationInternational agricultural research center providing technical expertise for sustainable production systems in tropical forest environments.
• OPIAC (Organización de Pueblos Indígenas de la Amazonía Colombiana)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUmbrella organization for indigenous peoples of the Colombian Amazon, participating in program design and implementation through the Indigenous Pillar.
• Parques Nacionales Naturales de ColombiasupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational parks authority collaborating on buffer zone interventions and joint control and surveillance units with environmental corporations in protected areas including Chiribiquete, Tinigua, Picachos, and La Paya.
• Environmental Corporations (CDA, Corpoamazonia, Cormacarena)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional environmental authorities receiving capacity building support for sustainable forest management and environmental enforcement in their jurisdictions.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• World Wildlife Fund (WWF): Listed as a partner of Visión Amazonía, WWF works on Amazon forest conservation, climate finance, and indigenous community engagement. Comparable in mission, geography, and stakeholder approach; offers a private-NGO counterpart to the public-program model.
• The Nature Conservancy (TNC): Major international environmental NGO with active forest conservation programs in the Andes-Amazon region. Comparable in operating geography and stakeholder relations with indigenous communities, though operating as a private NGO rather than a sovereign program.
• UN-REDD Programme: UN collaborative initiative on REDD+ involving UNDP, UNEP, and FAO. Provides technical and financial support for national REDD+ strategies; Colombia is a partner country, making UN-REDD a direct institutional peer for capacity-building and policy-framework support.
• Conservation International: Global environmental NGO with significant Amazonian forest conservation programs and partnerships with indigenous organizations. Operates in the same Colombian Amazon geography and engages with similar funding mechanisms (REDD+, climate finance) and stakeholders.
• Green Climate Fund (GCF): Multilateral fund supporting developing countries on climate change mitigation and adaptation. Comparable as a parallel international climate finance channel that could potentially provide alternative or complementary funding for REDD+ programs.
• Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF): World Bank-administered global program providing results-based payments to REDD+ countries. Stands as the foremost multilateral REDD+ facility, providing both readiness funding and carbon credit payments to tropical forest countries including Colombia, making it a natural peer for jurisdictional-scale forest programs.

Direct peers

• Fundo Amazônia (Amazon Fund): Brazil's REDD+ results-based payment fund managed by BNDES, also financed primarily by Norway and Germany. Directly comparable: sovereign REDD+ fund, results-based payments tied to deforestation reductions, similar donor architecture, and Amazon-specific geographic focus.
• Indonesia's REDD+ Partnership / BRG (now BPMIGAS): Indonesia's national REDD+ agency/framework with results-based finance from Norway. Comparable as a national REDD+ program in a major tropical forest country with international donor backing, providing parallels for both architecture and execution challenges.

Emerging players

• Verra (Verified Carbon Standard): Operates the leading voluntary carbon credit standards, including jurisdictional REDD+ nested approaches. Relevant as a potential scaling-channel peer for Visión Amazonía's verified deforestation reductions to access private carbon markets beyond sovereign donors.

Others

• Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI): Norway's flagship bilateral climate-forest initiative that funds Visión Amazonía and Fundo Amazônia. Functions as a donor-side peer, providing the principal funding model for results-based REDD+ in tropical countries including Colombia.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/visionamazonia
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCH23jSSIUqZMv-IPxW8Rdsw
• Facebookfacebook.com/Visión-Amazonía-853491711467006
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/visi%C3%B3n-amazon%C3%ADa-programa-rem
• Instagraminstagram.com/programavisionamazonia

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