s:1057:"%0 General %F CIFORHQ 7932 %C Earth Innovation Institute (EII), Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCF) %X ~19% of the department is within the National System of Protected AreasLocated in Andes-Amazon region, with wide ecological & cultural diversityTrinational region borders both Ecuador & Peru, complicating governance of environmental issues in shared Putumayo River basinHighest number of green business initiatives of any jurisdiction within the Corporation for Sustainable Development in the Southern Amazon (Corpoamazonia, environmental authority of the region) such as ecotourism & the use of non-timber forest products (NTFPs, e.g., açai) for export to the USA & EuropeExpansion of the mining industry at the national level discourages rural business development & threatens indigenous territories, & lack of subnational conservation policies exacerbates vulnerability to impacts of extractivism14% indigenous population; 55 indigenous territories cover ~8% of the department ";