This project will deploy unmanned aerial vehicles in the Amazon piedmont of Colombia, in collaboration with activist and indigenous groups in and around the city of Mocoa. These UAVs will monitor the region for landslides, a growing risk in the area under conditions of heavy precipitation that is rising as a result of climate change. At the same time, the UAVs will collect data that can be used to direct loans through the micro-finance sector for agro-forestry businesses that preserve the Amazon as a source of income for local producers.

This project will support the establishment of a certification scheme for the portfolio of Inclusive Finance Service Providers (IFSP) dedicated to finance practices and technologies supporting climate change adaptation and resilience impacts for smallholder farmers and rural communities. Such intervention will generate trust by investors and hence enable relocation of existing financial flow, as well as attracting new financial flow, towards climate change adaptation for smallholder farmers and rural communities.