The ground-breaking Caquetá Pact is a public-private alliance for zero deforestation and cattle ranching reconciliation in the Amazon region of Colombia. It brings together farmers, led by the Caqueta ́s Regional Committee of Cattle Ranchers, with government ministries, food processors, NGOs, and research & development agencies, in the (now common) purpose of controlling deforestation, protect water and save the threatened biodiversity of the territory.