| Report on Issues Related to the Aerial Eradication of Illicit Coca in Colombia -Report Home Page Released by the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs September 2002 Aerial Eradication and Alternative Development The Kenneth M. Ludden Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2002 (P.L. 107-115) (the FY 2002 FOAA) stipulates that "…such funds may not be made available for such purposes after six months from the date of enactment of this Act unless alternative development programs have been developed, in consultation with communities and local authorities in the departments in which such aerial fumigation is planned, and in the departments in which such aerial fumigation is has been conducted such programs are being implemented…" The attached chart denotes, by department, where aerial spraying of coca has taken place or is anticipated during calendar year 2002. In each of those departments except Antioquia, alternative development programs have been developed in consultation with communities and local authorities in those departments. In the department of Antioquia, the alternative development project is under negotiation. In February 2002 spray planes treated approximately 1,620 hectares of coca in Antioquia. The Embassy and the Colombian National Police have agreed that no further spraying will take place until an alternative development project is being implemented. The executing agency for each alternative development program is listed in column four. In the departments where the majority of the spraying has taken place in 2002 - Putumayo, Caqueta, Norte de Santander and Nariño - multiple alternative development projects are currently being implemented simultaneously. Colombia: Aerial Eradication and Alternative Development by Department Department Spraying 2002 AD Program AD Executing Organization Amazonas Antioquia X X PADF Arauca Atlantico Bolivar X X PNDA, FIP - "Campo en Accion," PADF Boyaca Caldas Caqueta X X PNDA, ODCCP, ACDI/VOCA Casanare Cauca X X PNDA, FIP - "Campo en Accion," ACDI/VOCA Cesar X X FIP - "Campo en Accion" Choco Cordoba X X Red de Solidaridad Social (RSS) Cundinamarca X X FIP - "Campo en Accion" (approved) Guainia X X PNDA Guaviave X X PNDA Huila X X PNDA, ACDI/VOCA La Guajira Magdalena Meta X X PNDA, FIP - "Campo en Accion," ODCCP Narino X X PNDA, FIP - "Campo en Accion," ODCCP, ACDI/VOCA Norte de Santander X X PNDA, FIP - "Campo en Accion" Putumayo X X PNDA, FIP - "Campo en Accion," USACE Quindio Risaralda Santander X X FIP - "Campo en Accion" Sucre X FIP - "Campo en Accion" (approved) Tolima X X PNDA, FIP - "Campo en Accion," ACDI/VOCA Valle de Cauca X FIP - "Campo en Accion" (approved) Vaupes Vichada X X PNDA PNDA (formerly PLANTE): GOC's National Plan of Alternative Development FIP - "Campo en Accion" (GOC's Popular Investment Fund: "Countryside in Action") ODCCP (Office of Crime Control and Crime Prevention - formerly UN Drug Control Program): livestock program ACDI/VOCA (Agricultural Cooperative Development International/Volunteer Overseas Cooperation in Agriculture): specialty coffee program PADF (Panamerican Development Foundation): income generation program (under negotiation) USACE (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers): infrastructure development | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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