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San Andrés de Tumaco, Nariño
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Practices in San Andrés de Tumaco, Nariño
Raíces del Manglar: community mangrove restoration by piangüeras from TumacoAssociation of Afro-Colombian women shellfish gatherers (piangüeras) from San Andrés de Tumaco (approx. 45 women aged 27 to 70) that combines sustainable piangua harvesting with the ecological restoration of the mangroves of the Nariño Pacific coast. They practice community-based restoration (Community Based Ecological Mangrove Restoration) grounded in ancestral knowledge of patch rotation and reinforced with reforestation: they have planted mangrove seedlings to recover the estuaries on which their food and income depend. It is community-based climate adaptation with a gender focus and a solidarity economy approach.Asomefama and Camharina: shrimp waste flour in TumacoAsociación de Mujeres Emprendedoras para un Futuro Amigable con el Medio Ambiente (Asomefama), made up mostly of women heads of household and victims of the armed conflict in Tumaco, founded by sisters Jacqueline and Yesy Sevillano. They recover shrimp exoskeletons and heads that used to be dumped into the Pacific and transform them into 'Camharina', a protein-rich flour (washing, seven-hour dehydration at 80°C, milling and packaging; ~800 kg of shells per month). They thus close a loop on a local fishing waste stream by turning it into a marketable food, with scientific and business support from the CircularEconomy4Colombia program.