Indigenous territory (Colombia)

The government of Virgilio Barco Vargas between 1986 and 1990 gave titles to another 13,000,000 hectares (32,000,000 acres) in the Amazonas and Guainía departments, forming a continuous indigenous territory of 20,000,000 hectares (49,000,000 acres) covering 50% of the Colombian Amazon.

[5] The great majority of the indigenous people live in the Andean and Orinoco (savannah) zones.

[4] These lands hold disproportionate significance for the conservation of biodiversity, including wide-ranging species such as jaguars.

There is some overlap between protected areas administered under the National Parks System and the indigenous territories.

[4] Pressures on the indigenous peoples include depletion of the land, particularly in the Andes, and forced displacement due to the struggle with illegal armed groups.