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WaPOR presented at the 6th Conference on the use of space technology for water management in Costa Rica
08/05/2024
Jorge Gutierrez, WaPOR national coordinator in Colombia, presented WaPOR project at the 6th Conference on the use of space technology for water management on 7 May in Costa Rica.
His presentation introduced the WaPOR project and the publicly accessible near real time database that uses s...
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First training in Colombia: “Introduction to WaPOR data”
18/03/2024
From 13 to 15 March 2024, a WaPOR data introduction training was held in Bogotá, Colombia. The Institute for Water Education (IHE-Delft) organized the activity in collaboration with FAO.
Entities such as the National Planning Department, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Agricul...
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WaPOR Inception Workshop in Colombia
22/09/2023
WaPOR inception workshop in Colombia was held last Thursday, September 21 in Bogota. The general aspects of the project, components, products and expected results were discussed with the attendees. Colombia is the first Latin-American country to implement WaPOR.
The day was divided in tw...
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About Colombia
The total land use for the last national agricultural survey was 50,102,269 hectares, finding that livestock use predominates with 39,017,179 hectares and a participation of 77.9%, followed by forests with 5,175,846 hectares (10.3%), agricultural use with 4,617,116 hectares (9.2%) and other uses with 1,292,128 hectares (2.6%).
For 2019, agro-industrial crops had the highest participation with 41.2% and an area of 2,186,389 ha, followed by cereals that represented 18.5% with an area of 984,859 ha and forest plantations with 13, 5% and an area of 716,501 ha
For the year 2020, the water demand is made up of a 43.25% participation associated with uses of the agricultural sector (agriculture and post-harvest) and a 66.75% of the total generated from non-agricultural activities (hydroenergy, fish farming, domestic, livestock and slaughter, mining, hydrocarbons, industry, services/official and construction)
Upcoming project milestones:
September 2023: project inception workshop in Bogotá
Pilot areas:
Currently being identified in concertation with local stakeholders.
WaPOR partnerships in Colombia
The WaPOR project partners are:
- The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
- The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, through the Directorate of Integral Management of Water Resources.
- The IDEAM Institute – By its acronym in Spanish, Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies
- National Disaster Risk Management Unit
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