Meeting policy challenges for a responsible biodiversity based bio-economy in Colombia

哥伦比亚是世界上17个“超级多元化”国家之一。在负责任地利用生物多样性的基础上发展可持续的生物经济，是该国实现公平、包容和可持续的社会经济增长的无价机会。哥伦比亚刚刚开始制定和实施生物经济战略和政策，以及对这种经济变化带来的环境和社会影响的相关系统评估。我们的集群将汇集来自哥伦比亚和英国的学术研究人员、关键行业、政府和政策顾问，在哥伦比亚的四个目标地区建立可持续的生物经济战略(第一阶段)和在农业食品和科学生态旅游部门的试点倡议(第二阶段)。在以前的活动中已经确定了这些战略部门和区域。集群建立在UKRI GCRF在拉丁美洲，主要是哥伦比亚的三个GCRF项目(投资1000万GB)的基础上，并有很强的互补性能力建设方案(“成长哥伦比亚”、“CABANA”和“UKRI GCRF贸易、发展和环境中心”)，在哥伦比亚的两个牛顿基金项目(桥梁和C3生物多样性)，以及英国和哥伦比亚的私人投资机构的政策工作，他们作为专家参加了哥伦比亚总统制定哥伦比亚科学、技术和创新(STI)议程的任务。哥伦比亚的合作伙伴包括目标地区的商业协会和商会、模范生物经济企业、实施生态旅游试点项目的非营利组织以及我们在这四个地区开展工作的主要大学和研究所。第一阶段(12个月)的分组将促进三个区域研讨会，以促进四个地区农业食品和生态旅游部门的多部门伙伴关系。它还将对每个区域的现有和所需能力以及市场机会和挑战进行技术评估，并最终提出改革价值链的试点战略，同时保护自然资源并产生透明的环境、社会和经济效益，这些可在第二阶段详细阐述。我们的工作可以扩展到其他有类似需求和机会的拉美和加勒比地区发展中国家，我们的活动已经在这些国家开展(巴西、秘鲁、玻利维亚、厄瓜多尔等)。该专题组还对各种可持续发展目标(SDGs)作出回应并相互联系，并为一代跨学科的科学家、管理人员和行业行为者提供能力，以推动这些可持续发展目标的地方行动。

Colombia is one of the 17 "megadiverse" countries in the world. Developing a sustainable bioeconomy based on the responsible use of its biodiversity is a priceless opportunity for the equitable, inclusive and sustainable socio-economic growth of the country. Colombia is just starting to develop and implement bioeconomic strategies and policies, as well as the related systematic assessment of the environmental and social impacts brought by such economic changes.Our cluster will bring together academic researchers, key industry, and government and policy advisors from Colombia and the UK to contribute establishing sustainable bioeconomic strategies (Phase 1) and pilot initiatives (Phase 2) in the agri-food and scientific ecotourism sectors in four targeted regions of Colombia. These strategic sectors and regions have been identified in previous activities.The cluster builds on three UKRI GCRF projects (>£10M investment) in Latin America, mainly Colombia, with strong complementary capacity building programmes ("GROW Colombia", "CABANA" and "UKRI GCRF Trade, Development and the Environment Hub"), two Newton-Fund projects in Colombia (BRIDGE and C3biodiversidad), and the policy work by the PIs in the UK and Colombia, who participated as experts in the Colombian President's mission to develop Colombia's Science, technology and innovation (STI) agenda. Colombian partners include business associations and the Chamber of Commerce of the targetted regions, exemplary bioeconomic business, non-profit organisations implementing ecotourism pilot projects and key Universities and Research Institutes working in these four regions from our previous activities.The cluster in this first phase (12 months) will facilitate three regional workshops to foster multisectoral partnerships in the agri-food and ecotourism sector in four regions. It will also conduct technical assessments of the existing and required capacity as well as market opportunities and challenges in each region, and eventually propose pilot strategies to transform the value chains while conserving the natural resources and yielding transparent environmental, social and economic benefits, that could be elaborated in a second phase.Our cluster is built on a shared vision of ensuring environmental sustainability in Colombia. Our work can be extended to other developing LATAM countries with similar needs and opportunities where our activities are already happening (Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, etc.). The cluster also responds to and interconnects various sustainable development goals (SDGs), and provides capacities to a generation of scientists, managers and industry actors crossing disciplines for the local action of such SDGs.