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

哥伦比亚是世界上17个“超级多样性”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宝贵机会。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进行相关的系统评估。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，为哥伦比亚四个目标地区的农业食品和科学生态旅游部门建立可持续生物经济战略（第一阶段）和试点计划（第二阶段）做出贡献。这些战略部门和区域已在以前的活动中确定。该集群以UKRI GCRF在拉丁美洲的三个项目（投资1000万英镑）为基础，主要是哥伦比亚，具有强大的互补能力建设项目（“GROW Colombia”、“CABANA”和“UKRI GCRF贸易、发展和环境中心”），哥伦比亚的两个牛顿基金项目（BRIDGE和C3biodiversidad），以及英国和哥伦比亚的私人投资机构的政策工作，他们作为专家参与了哥伦比亚总统发展哥伦比亚科学的使命。技术和创新议程。哥伦比亚的合作伙伴包括目标地区的商业协会和商会、示范性生物经济企业、实施生态旅游试点项目的非营利组织以及我们以前在这四个地区开展活动的重点大学和研究机构。第一阶段（12个月）的集群将促进三个区域讲习班，以促进四个区域农业食品和生态旅游部门的多部门伙伴关系。它还将对每个地区现有和所需的能力以及市场机会和挑战进行技术评估，并最终提出试点战略，以在保护自然资源和产生透明的环境、社会和经济效益的同时转变价值链，这些战略可以在第二阶段详细阐述。我们的集群建立在确保哥伦比亚环境可持续性的共同愿景之上。我们的工作可以扩展到其他具有类似需求和机会的拉丁美洲发展中国家（巴西、秘鲁、玻利维亚、厄瓜多尔等）。该集群还响应各种可持续发展目标（sdg）并将其相互联系起来，为一代科学家、管理人员和行业参与者提供跨学科的能力，以便在当地采取此类可持续发展目标的行动。

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.