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
Through the gradual acquisition of 18 cattle farms located in the Upper Pance River Basin between 1,700 and 2,400 meters above sea level, and through the implementation of natural regeneration, research, environmental education and sustainable development programs, the Farallones Foundation ha_cc781905-5cde-3194- bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ managed to conserve and regenerate the cloud forest in the area, which has a wide biological diversity.
Since 2005, the Farallones Foundation has been replicating its work of conservation, protection and floristic enrichment with native species, at Hacienda Hato Viejo, located in the municipality of Yotoco, Valle del Cauca. The Foundation has strengthened this preservation work that the Garcés family, owner of the property, had already been carrying out, joining forces with organizations such as the CVC and the Environmental Action Fund.
Also since that same year, the Farallones Foundation has been developing environmental conservation programs in la El Río Valle river basin municipality, Bahía Solano, department of Chocó.
Currently, the Farallones Foundation continues to work on conservation projects in these three ecosystems in Colombia: Andean Forest, Dry Forest and Tropical Humid Forest.
