Vichada
Las Gaviotas is located in the Vichada Region, on the Eastern side of Colombia. This area is also known as the Llanos and the Colombian Orinoquia.
The Vichada is a place void of industry, and agriculture is sparse. However, the young forest creates conditions that permit the natural tropical ecosystem to retake its natural course. The planting of the Caribbean pine, that started 25 years ago, quickly resulted in the arrival of over 250 tropical plant species. This converted the hypothesis into a thesis: indeed this zone is a natural rainforest waiting to re-emerge.
The regenerative model is very encouraging indeed. Each pine tree generously offers 7 grams of resin per day, which is locally processed into colophon, a key ingredient for the paint and paper industry and also helps to absorb carbon dioxide. In addition, and most importantly, each tree is helping to mitigate the effects of global warming, and will help to offset your emissions. The planting of the trees, the tapping of resin and the industrial processing brings value added and jobs to a part of the world where the creation of jobs had never even been heard of.
