Our history
1987 – Pance river upper basin - Bachué Reserve
2016 – Upper Pance river basin - Bachué Reserve
In the 70's, and even before, naturalists and scientists demanded the suspension of cattle ranching and the felling of primary forests on the eastern slope of the Farallones de Cali, which They supplied the wood demanded by a city that during the last century had an overwhelming growth. They argued that the Farallones de Cali are the habitat of endemic species of both flora and fauna and that many of them were in danger of extinction, such as the cock-of-the-rock, the black oak and others that had not been evaluated. It became then evident the need to lead a program for the ecological restoration of the area and its sustainable management of the ecosystem, as well as the need to counteract climate change and contribute to mitigating the risk that Cali is experiencing because it is located in a system of wetlands.
In this context, the Farallones Foundation was born in Cali in 1987 and the first strategy was to withdraw livestock and abandon pastures to promote natural regeneration on farms owned of the founding partners. Later, the foundation bought properties for the same purpose. To achieve this, in 1990 it was proposed to many painters in the country the donation of a work to be auctioned. With the funds obtained from the auction, land was purchased and the house on the Hato Viejo estate, in the upper part of the basin at 2,300 meters above sea level, was refurbished as a station for environmental education and a headquarters for researchers. For a decade, the station housed hundreds of hikers, student groups and national and foreign researchers, and in 2003 it was set on fire during the fateful acts of war waged in the Farallones de Cali.
1990 – Upper Pance river basin
Art auction held to finance purchase of land from the Farallones Foundation.
We thank you again, painter friend, for that supportive hand that you gave us in 1990 and of which remain as proof, brushstrokes of green and water that we have managed to capture on a piece of deforested land and on the hearts of many men and women of this region. that today enjoy the Pance River, the river of the Caleños, considered today one of the best restored and preserved in the country.
Anthony Grass
Manuel Hernandez
Plutarco Hydrobo
Bernardino Labrada
Victor Laignelet
Arnulfo Luna
Diego Mazuera
Jose Mine
Oscar Munoz
Alejandro Obregon
Jesus Antonio Patino
John Ferdinand Polo
Eduardo Ramirez Villamizar
Johnny Rasmussen
Omar Ray
Carlos Rojas
Anna Maria Rueda
Charles Santa Coloma
German Silva
Hernando Tejada
Walter Tello
Gustavo Zalamea
Pilar Zea
Diego Pombo
Joseph Orlando Ramos
gerardo ravassa
Juan Antonio Rhodes
Maria Elena Ronderos
Enrique Sanchez
Mercedes Sebastian
Enrique Tamayo
Lucy Tejada
Alexander Valencia
elsa zambrano
Jim Amaral
Beatrice Angel
Antonio Azcona
Samira Betancourt
louis knight
Amparo Colony
Pillar Pompadour
Danilo Duenas
Rafael Echevarri
Nancy Friedmann
Beatrice Gonzales
Edgar Alvarez
Olga Amaral
Ever Astudillo
JanBartelsman
Ana Maria Botero
Santiago Cardenas
Martha Combariza
Maria Cristina Cortes
Ana Duran
Fernell Franco
Humberto Giangrandi
Mario Gordillo
Margaret Gutierrez
Ana Mercedes Hoyos
Maripaz Jaramillo
Consuelo Lake "Snows"
Alfredo Lleras
David Manzur
Genaro Mejia
Robert Molano
Maria Theresa Negros
Hector Fabio Oviedo
Mauro Phazan
A través de la adquisición paulatina de 18 predios ganaderos ubicados en la cuenca alta del río Pance, entre los 1.700 y 2.400 m.s.n.m. y mediante la implementación de programas de regeneración natural, plantación de especies nativas, investigación, educación ambiental, protección de la biodiversidad y desarrollo sostenible, la Fundación Farallones ha logrado conservar y regenerar el bosque de niebla de esta zona, reconocida por su amplia diversidad biológica.
En el año 2002, el vivero Madreselvas se integra a la Fundación Farallones como principal apoyo en la producción de material forestal y en la sostenibilidad de la organización.
Hato Viejo Reserve, Yotoco, Valle del Cauca
Desde el año 2005, la Fundación Farallones ha venido replicando su trabajo de conservación, protección y enriquecimiento florístico con especies nativas en la Hacienda Hato Viejo, ubicada en el municipio de Yotoco, Valle del Cauca. Esta labor de preservación, que ya venía adelantando la familia Garcés —propietaria del predio—, se ha fortalecido gracias a la articulación con organizaciones como la CVC y el Fondo de la Acción Ambiental.
Ese mismo año, la Fundación amplió su labor de recuperación y conservación natural a otras regiones del país, como la cuenca del río Valle, en Bahía Solano (Chocó), y la zona rural adyacente a la Reserva Natural Forestal de Yotoco, donde también se encuentra el predio Hato Viejo.
Actualmente, la Fundación Farallones continúa desarrollando proyectos de conservación en tres ecosistemas representativos de Colombia: bosque andino, bosque seco y bosque húmedo tropical.
The work ofreforestation, control and maintenanceadvanced by the Farallones Foundation has encouraged community participation, local institutional development and the formation of a network of nature reserves, today all of them converted into regenerated forests, preserved and protected from invasions or exploitation activities such as hunting, mining and wood extraction.
