habitat and avoid practices that can cause damage to theenvironment and forests. Their slogan is “Let´s stop slashingand burning our forests” to promote the protection of forest
areas and prevent their pollution, and this process should behelped through the implementation of reforestation
programs.

INRENA. 2008. Plan Maestro del Bosque de Protección Alto Mayo 2008
– 2013. Lima. 272 pp.
INRENA (National Institute for Natural Resources). 2000. Guía
explicativa del mapa forestal. Lima, Peru.
INRENA (National Institute for Natural Resources). 1995. Guía
explicativa del mapa forestal. Lima, Peru.

RecommendationsInforme Talleres Comunales. Proceso de Actualización ERD Maule2008 – 2020. Así quiero al Maule, puro ñeque, puro corazón. 41 pp.

Regular workshops should be implemented in the future tobreach the information gap and at the same time continue
the analysis and training of these communities. The realityof the students and their responses indicate that they arevery receptive to new information and cultural awareness.

Josse, C., G. Navarro, P. Comer, R. Evans, D. Faber-Langendoen, M.
Fellows, G. Kittel, S. Menard, M. Pyne, M. Reid, K. Schulz, K. Snow, andJ. Teague. 2003. Ecological Systems of Latin America and the Caribbean:
A Working Classification of Terrestrial Systems. NatureServe, Arlington,
VA. Available on line in: http://www.natureserve.org/getData/
LACecologyData.jsp.

The three groups surveyed have shown great motivation in
the area of reforestation, particularly among the heads ofcommunity families (“Comuneros”). The implementation ofthese strategies is of utmost urgency. This is why the issue of
habitat rehabilitation has been met with great acceptanceand hope and should be incorporated into the different
conservation projects implemented in the Peruvian cloudforests.

Josse,C., G. Navarro, F. Encarnación, A. Tovar, P. Comer, W. Ferreira, F.
Rodríguez, J. Saito, J. Sanjurjo, J. Dyson, E. Rubin de Celis, R. Zarate, J.
Chang, M. Ahuite, C. Vargas, F. Paredes, W. Castro, J. Maco and F.
Arreátegui. 2007. Mapa de Sistemas Ecológicos de la Cuenca Amazónica
del Perú y Bolivia. Memoria Técnica. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia,USA.

References

Mittermeier, R.A., N. Myers and C. G. Mittermeier. 2000. Hotspots:
Earth`s Biologically Richest and most Endangered Terrestrial Ecoregions.
Conservation International, Washington, DC, USA.
ONERN. 1976. Mapa Ecológico del Perú. Oficina Nacional de Evaluaciónde Recursos Naturales (ONERN), Lima, Peru.

Beck, S. G., P. A. Hernandez, P. M. Jørgensen, L. Paniagua, M. E. Timana
and B. E. Young. 2007. Plantas Vasculares. pp. 18-34. In: B. E. Young(editor), Distribución de las especies endémicas en la vertiente oriental
de los Andes en Perú y Bolivia. NatureServe. Arlington, Virginia, USA.
INEI. 2005. Resultados del censo de población y vivienda 2005.

Fellowships awarded
Twenty fellowships were awarded in Autumn 2010. Awardees were:Ms. Bernal Toro, Francia Helena (Colombia); Mr. Borokini, Temitope Israel (Nigeria); Ms. Espiritu Tellow, Estela Marjorie (Peru); Ms.
Forbu, Ntogang Innocentia (Cameroon); Mr. George, Ratu Vuki (Fiji); Mr. Jiofack Tafokou, René Bernadin (Cameroon); Ms. Lamichhane,Sabina (Nepal); Ms. Low, Shook Ling (Malaysia); Mr. Martana, Kadim (Indonesia); Mr. Migolet, Pierre (Gabon); Dr. Mounguengui,Wenceslas Steeve (Gabon); Ms. Nyarko-Duah, Nana Yaa (Ghana); Ms. Padakale, Essotebemime (Togo); Dr. Quattara, Adama (Côted’Ivoire); Mr. Roopsind , Anand Ramotar (Guyana); Ms. Ruiz Osorio, Eugenia Catalina (Colombia); Mr. Shrestha, Pratap Sundar (Nepal);Dr. Singh, Sanjay (India); Mr. Tekpetey, Stephen Lartey (Ghana); Mr. Vargas Oro, Carlos Juan (Panama);
Twenty-five fellowships were awarded in Spring 2011. Awardees were:
Mr. Adefolu, Solomon Olatunji Adefolu (Nigeria); Mr. Ali, Salissou (Togo); Ms. Andeme Ondo, Hortense (Gabon); Ms. Barbosa Herrera,Adriana Paola (Colombia); Mr. Bhatt, Bharat Prashad (Nepal); Mr. Chaudhary, Dinesh Prasad (Nepal); Mr. Chhem, Leang Song (Cambodia);Ms. Ferreira, Mônica Sousa (Brazil); Ms. Gyabaah, Grace (Ghana); Dr. Kouadio, Kouassi (Côte d’Ivoire); Ms. Loayza Cabezas, Sophia
Cristina (Ecuador); Dr. López Castañeda, Arelia Jacive (Mexico); Mr. Mavah, Germain Aimé (Congo, Rep.); Ms. Mbosso MafomekietFouedjo, Philomène Charlie (Cameroon); Dr. Mohamed, Azmy (Malaysia); Ms. Mokake, Seraphine Ebenye (Cameroon); Mr. Nalvarte
Armas, Jaime Guillermo (Peru); Mr. Paul, Geo Basil (India); Mr. Pereki, Hodabalo (Togo); Mr. Piñon, Albert Arvisu (Philippines); Mr.
Rivera Martin, Luis Eduardo (Colombia); Ms. Sari, Ritta Kartika (Indonesia); Ms. Thwe, Thwe Win (Myanmar); Mr. Tupac Espiritu, HenryAldo (Peru); Mr. Wallace, Robert Flomo (Liberia)

Fellowship applications
The next deadline for applications: 9 March 2012. Proposed activities should begin no sooner than 15 July 2012.
Further details and application forms (in English, French or Spanish) are available at www.itto.int or from Dr. Chisato Aoki, Fellowship Program, ITTO;
Fax 81 45 223 1111; fellowship@itto.int (see page 2 for ITTO’s postal address).

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