“When I reach the Renace Forest and I walk its paths, I manage to disconnect from the city; I feel calm and breathe a different air that reenergizes me. As I walk and look at the fauna and flora that we have in the Forest, I think that this project makes our companies different and our commitment is real: we protect our natural reserve so that future generations can live in a different space. We contribute to the sustainability of a region and why not, of a country where we have presence”
Our commitment is also directed towards the conservation of biodiversity, thus in association with the Santa Cruz Zoo, we have managed to identify more than 250 species of fauna that inhabit the Renace Forest, some of them in threat of extinction, such as the sloth, the mountain coati, the night monkey and the black Inca hummingbird, and the trumpeter and boba palm, as far as plant species are concerned.
We educate for the preservation of our natural reserve
Based on research and the valuable findings in the environment, Codensa and Emgesa as part of its environmental policy have taught and stimulated the creation of a culture for the respect of the environment, implementing training sessions based on a conservation model, which seeks to promote the protection of nature and its resources.
In the last few years, more than 3,500 people have visited the Renace Forest and have actively participated in our environmental education days and ecological walks, aimed at promoting awareness regarding the care of our ecosystem. In addition, the children in the area work in species recognition, through the Ecological Environmental Groups. In total, four educational institutions in Sibaté, ten in San Antonio del Tequendama and two in el Charquito are part of our environmental training process, which seeks that from an early age the community learn to coexist with the resources offered by its territory, and know how to protect and preserve them.
“We want to create a direct relationship between people and what a forest means, because the community is in charge of protecting and preserving those spaces, it coexists with those species. What is important is that they know what is in those territories, and understand the value it has in order to participate in the conservation process”