The Sipirra Restauration and Conservation Project is a model of restoration of lands with deep anthropic erosion, prone to fire and affected by it. We carry out an educational process of cultural change teaching low cost restoration techniques and solutions that include current and ancient techniques.

Our Team

Rosa Lía Largo Hernández, our Project Director, is part of the Emberá Chamí community, which taught her the value of nature and has dedicated her life to projects of restoration and conservation of degraded lands and teaching children how to take care of nature. She has done this most of the time on a voluntary basis. She coordinated environmental campaigns in a radio station where she had a program for 12 years. She has done workshops for children and adults on soil conservation issues and usable materials.

Sandra Camacho Trujillo is an anthropologist with a passion for agroecology, especially for the processes of soil restoration and organic waste management. She has worked on various processes of cultural change and has been accompanying the processes of the Sipirra method since 2

Mario Lamo Jiménez is an anthropologist from the Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá and has an M.A. in Intercultural Administration in the United States. He has worked and lived with indigenous communities in the Amazon jungle and in Ecuador. He brings to this project his administrative and cultural diversity vision.

Gabriela Capello Duque is a Student of Earth, Energy, and Sustainability, Leiden University, The Netherlands

For me the Sipirra Project is a fundamental project for Villa de Leyva because currently there are no environmental education programs that bring the community together. I am currently 22 years old and for the last 15 years I have been learning about the different uses of plants in Villa de Leyva with Rosa Lía,