Music brings people together. When Bogotá lights up for Festival Estéreo Picnic, the Amazon and the Orinoquía feel it too.
Festival Estéreo Picnic offset the carbon footprint of the event held March 27–30, 2025, at Bogotá’s Simón Bolívar Park through the retirement of 10,843 certified carbon credits (VCCs), publicly registered on January 22, 2026.
The image accompanying this release was taken over the Caquetá River, the natural boundary between the departments of Caquetá and Amazonas — one of the territories where the projects that make this result possible are being developed.
The credits were sourced from REDD+ projects led by The Community Forests, an alliance supporting forest conservation alongside Indigenous communities in southern Colombia.
The process is part of Páramo Impacta, the sustainability and impact strategy of Páramo Presenta, and was verified and certified by ICONTEC following the cycle of measurement, independent verification and certification that takes place in the months after the festival.
The Territory Conserved Thanks to Festival Estéreo Picnic
The retired credits originate from two REDD+ projects located in the Colombian Amazon and Orinoquía — territories essential to climate stability and biodiversity conservation.
REDD+ Project CRIMA
Predio Putumayo and Andoque de Aduche — Amazonas and Caquetá
Territorial monitoring in the forests of the REDD+ CRIMA project, Colombian Amazon.
This project protects more than 1,003,130 hectares of Amazon rainforest and is led by the Indigenous peoples Andoque, Huitoto and Muinane, ancestral authorities and long-standing guardians of the territory.
Forest conservation is articulated through Indigenous governance, community-based monitoring and the strengthening of life plans, integrating ancestral knowledge with technical tools to safeguard the territory and ensure cultural continuity.
Forests and rivers of the Amazonian territory protected by the REDD+ CRIMA project.
These ecosystems are home to emblematic species such as the jaguar, tapir, scarlet and blue macaws, charapa turtle, and a diversity of Amazonian primates. The area forms part of one of the most significant biodiversity corridors on the planet and plays a crucial role in regional climate balance.
REDD+ Project Dabucury
Guaviare — Transition Zone Between the Amazon and the Orinoquía
Community participation in a Dabucury, a traditional gathering and celebration in Guaviare.
Located in the department of Guaviare, this project protects 115,746 hectares of forest in partnership with Indigenous communities belonging to the Tukano, Desano, Wanano, Piratapuyo, Kubeo, Karijona and Tikuna peoples, organized within the Lagos del Dorado, Vuelta del Alivio, Yavilla II, Puerto Nare and Barranquillita reserves.
The project integrates forest conservation, community monitoring and institutional strengthening in a strategic transition zone between the Amazon and the Orinoquía, where Indigenous governance remains central to territorial protection.
Indigenous leader of the Dabucury territory, Guaviare.
These forests are home to species such as the jaguar, tapir, black curassow, and several native primate species.
Culture, City and Territory
Measuring, verifying and certifying the carbon footprint of an event of this scale takes place in the months following its completion. For this reason, the results are presented now, ahead of the upcoming edition of the festival.
The announcement coincides with growing anticipation for Festival Estéreo Picnic 2026, which will feature artists including Tyler, The Creator, Lorde, The Killers, Swedish House Mafia, Sabrina Carpenter, Skrillex, Interpol and Deftones, among many others.
Festival Estéreo Picnic, Bogotá. Photo courtesy of Festival Estéreo Picnic.
A New Phase: Biodiversity
This process also connects with the development of YAIRE, a biodiversity initiative led by The Community Forests that seeks to finance the conservation of more than 20,000 hectares of Amazon rainforest through community monitoring, species protection and strengthened Indigenous governance.
Partnerships such as that of Festival Estéreo Picnic contribute to expanding the relationship between culture, climate finance and ecosystem conservation.
Tree frog in Amazonian territory, a symbol of the biodiversity protected and monitored through community-led initiatives such as the Yaire project.
When a city celebrates, the territory that makes the future possible endures.
Photos: @nikolasjakob
For more information
Juan Daniel Correa Salazar
Director of Strategic Alliances and Partnerships — The Community Forests
juan.correa@creatividadenaccion.com
+57 310 213 2842