FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH GROUP.  Department of Sciences Departamento de Ciencias Forestales Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Medellín. PO BOX, A.A. 1779, Medellín, Colombia. This group was conformed in 1999 and its objective is to study carbon dynamics and its relationship with the environmental variables in tropical forests. Their main study area is the middle basin of Porce river where around 150 permanent parcels have been established. Main researchers: Jorge I. del Valle, Sergio A. Orrego, Flavio H. Moreno. Contact: Tel.: (57 4) 430 9021, (57 4) 430 9135 Email: ,

ANDEAN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENT ECONOMY (CAEMA). The Andean Center For Environment Economy is one of the leading institutions in Latin America for the implementation of the CDM and the development of markets from Kyoto. CAEMA has a team of professionals, national and international experts in CDM project formulation. Contacts: Tel.: (571) 3413477.  URL: http://www.andeancenter.com, Email:

PERMANENT PARCELS NET. A group of Colombian researchers has established a net composed by nearly 50 permanent parcels of 1 hectare for monitoring long term vegetation. The parcels are located in different places on the Amazon jungle, Chocó and the Andean region. Contact: Álvaro Cogollo (Jardín Botánico Joaquín Antonio Uribe) and Omar Melo (Universidad del Tolima), Email: /

COLOMBIAN OFFICE FOR THE MITIGATION OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE, MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT (OCMCC).
This office is the national authority for the Mechanism for Clean Development in Colombia. Its goal is to develop actions that promote the execution of mitigation activities by means of reduction projects and capture of high quality greenhouse gases, which will consolidate Colombia in the carbon world market. Director: Katherina Bach. Contact: Tel.: (571) 3323400 ext 1179  http://www.minambiente.gov.co, Email: