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BIRD-FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES IN NORTHERN PE Building on our experience in Andean reforestation projects, we have identified priority areas to conserve habitat for ..migratory birds in their critical wintering grounds. These priority areas include American Bird Conservancy's (ABC) ..landmark regions called BirdScapes. BirdScapes identify areas where our long-term engagement has the power to ..improve the conservation outlook for birds by working closely with landowners in the production and marketing of ..bird-focused, high-value crops and other avenues to economic diversification. ABC has recently established the ..Coln-Alto Mayo BirdScape, which incorporates ten protected areas and covers 2,644 square miles of habitat within ..Amazonas and San Martin regions. This project proposes to (i) plant 76,000 new trees and coffee plants covering ..approximately 247 acres of new habitat for migratory songbirds, (ii) work with local farmers to establish bird-friendly ..land-use practices, and (iii) advance and build capacity for community-based conservation through the facilitation of ..local workshops. These activities will occur in the unprotected matrix of forest and agricultural lands within the ..BirdScape, and will contribute to a continuous arc of habitat improvement across northern Peru to reestablish the ..wintering habitat for 23 species of migratory songbirds including the Cerulean Warbler, Canada Warbler, and ..Olive-sided Flycatcher.
La Novia Landscape Conservation Initiative The Alto Purs region of Peru, comprised of the Alto Purs National Park, the adjacent Purs Communal Reserve (a buffer zone of titled indigenous lands), and two protected reserves for isolated indigenous communities, harbors world-class levels of mammal and bird diversity (194 and 510 species, respectively) and globally endangered and threatened species: the black spider monkey (Ateles chamek), giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis), jaguar (Panthera onca), and the arapaima (Arapaima gigas), among the worlds largest freshwater fish that has been extirpated from all but the most remote parts of Amazonia. This project will support conservation efforts in Alto Purs by strengthening the La Novia Conservation Alliance between Perus park service, local indigenous communities, and non-indigenous townspeople, and protect threatened species by promoting income alternatives to unsustainable and illegal resource extraction. Activities include: community training and fieldwork to increase the population of the Yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis), assessing populations of the giant river otter and arapaima fish to inform future management strategies, training and equipping community vigilance committees to more effectively respond to illegal resource extraction by outsiders, implementing the regions first community lake management plan, and providing support for a new research station and eco-tourism.
STRENGTHENING ECOLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY THROUGH THE CREATION AND EXPANSION OF COMMUNAL CONSERVATION AREAS IN THE TROPICAL ANDES OF NORTHERN PERU This project will support conservation efforts in northern Peru to expand and strengthen a conservation corridor spanning approximately 228,000 hectares (563,000 acres) of humid montane forests, cloud forests and pramos (alpine tundra ecosystems located in the Andes Mountains of South America) that border already established protected areas that cover approximately 50% of the area. The unprotected areas lie in the central and southern sections of the corridor, offering the opportunity to form a continuous zone of ecosystems in their natural state to maintain the ecological connectivity of the entire corridor. The corridor is located at the headwaters of numerous watersheds, and its forests and pramos function as catchment and regulation areas for downstream populations. The main threats identified in the area are deforestation, habitat degradation, and illegal construction of roads, all of which have had negative impacts on the ecosystem services provided by the forests and pramos.ies of threats.
Amphibian Program-Species Conservation Grant Conserving Perus Lake Titicaca Frog
SHOREBIRD DEMOGRAPHY FOR CONSERVATION PL SHOREBIRD DEMOGRAPHY FOR CONSERVATION PL
STRENGTHENING INDIGENOUS CONSERVATION CAPACITY IN THE YURUA REGION OF PERU The purpose of this project is to ensure the long-term protection of the Yura region of Peru located within the Purs-Manu Landscape, a 10-million-hectare (25 million acre) mosaic of conservation areas and indigenous lands that contains some of the most remote and least disturbed forests in the entire Amazon basin. It is one of the most biodiverse regions in the world, rich in native fauna and flora, and includes one of the highest concentrations of isolated people anywhere on Earth. The Yura is among the most remote and inaccessible parts of the Purs-Manu Landscape, where intact plant and animal communities sustain members of six indigenous tribes in various stages of contact with the outside world and at least two still living in voluntary isolation. While still largely intact, the region is threatened by several deforestation drivers including illegal logging, an expanding agriculture frontier from Brazil and, most concerning, a partially constructed illegal road which threatens to open intact forest with potentially devastating impacts on the ecosystems and the people who depend on them.The project will build indigenous conservation capacity to protect species and habitats and prevent illegal intrusions that threaten to open intact forest with potentially devastating impacts on the ecosystems and the people who depend on them. In doing so, it will protect several rare and threatened species such as the yellow-spotted sideneck turtle (Podocnemis unifilis), the South American river turtle (Podocnemis expansa), the bald uakari primate (Cacajao calvus ucayalii) and the arapaima fish (Arapaima gigas) while providing alternative income sources to unsustainable resource use. Specific activities include: (1) creating a new conservation alliance between three indigenous associations, Perus Park Service (SERNANP, acronym in Spanish), and the Upper Amazon Conservancy (a division of Multiplier) to consolidate and strengthen local opposition to illegal intrusions;
Wildlife Without Borders-Western Hemisphere Project activities will support and strengthen the newly founded Amazonas Network of Private Conservation Areas, a grassroots network of 12 private conservation areas, by 1) creating opportunities for financial sustainability through honey production, 2) providing 5 research scholarships to young researchers to carry out studies based on the needs of the conservation areas, 3) increasing public support and awareness of private and community-based conservation, and 4) creating Tierras de Nios, a UNESCO-accredited education program that promotes sustainable development, with at least 10 local communities near private conservation areas.
COMBATTING THE ILLEGAL TRADE OF JAGUARS, PARROTS, AND PRIMATES IN PERU BY STRENGTHENING CAPACITIES TO CONTROL THE SALE OF PARTS FROM ILLEGALLY SOURCED WILDLIFE AND ADDRESSING DEMAND REDUCTION. Funds under this award are to counter wildlife trafficking (CWT) in Peru by controlling the sale of handicrafts .made with.parts from illegally sourced animals, and strengthening capacities in the handling and management .of seized live specimens resulting from stronger CWT enforcement. This project will conserve .jaguars, parrots, and primates that are currently subject to wildlife trafficking, including CITES .Appendix I/IUCN Red List species such as the jaguar (Panthera onca, near threatened) and military .macaw (Ara militaris, vulnerable); as well as CITES Appendix II/IUCN Red List species such as the .white-bellied spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth, endangered), brown wooly monkey (Lagothrix .lagotricha, vulnerable), and redmasked parakeet (Psittacara.erythrogenys, near threatened).
Reducing Peruvian internal demand for illegal wildlife pets through a communication and awareness.campaign The purpose of this project is to conduct a national-level digital communication campaign through social networks to raise public awareness regarding the consequences of illegal wildlife trade and engage citizens to take action to help reduce the demand for illegally traded wildlife for pets. This project builds upon a previous pilot communication campaign conducted in partnership with the Peruvian National Forestry and Wildlife Service (SERFOR) as part of a USFWS-supported project to Develop a NationalStrategytoReduce Illegal Wildlife Trafficking in Peru. Activities include: (1) establish a Core Group in coordination with SERFOR, to include public institutions, the media, private companies and civil society organizations to guide and lead the communication campaign with an emphasis on the wildlife pet trade in key urban centers, and (2) on-going data collection on wildlife pet trade activities in public markets, pet shops, and on-line markets by concerned citizens through a web platform that proved effective in the previous pilot program to inform campaign activities and measure impact. Because the national and international illegal wildlife markets are intrinsically linked, reducing local demand for wildlife pets will (i) reduce the availability of wildlife sold as pets in both the national and international markets, (ii) influence and disrupt local attitudes and acceptance of keeping wildlife as pets, and (iii) engage citizens and relevant authorities to protect wildlife through social media in close collaboration with the regional-level communication campaign conducted by the Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental (SPDA). Through the Core Group, proposed activities will be complementary to each other to form a consolidated campaign addressing national and regional contexts to achieve synergies not otherwise possible if conducted separately
COMBATTING THE ILLEGAL TRADE OF JAGUARS, PARROTS, AND PRIMATES IN PERU BY STRENGTHENING CAPACITIES TO CONTROL THE SALE OF PARTS FROM ILLEGALLY SOURCED WILDLIFE AND ADDRESSING DEMAND REDUCTION. This project will conserve jaguars, parrots, and primates that are currently subject to wildlife trafficking, including CITES Appendix I/IUCN Red List species
Reducing deforestation in community-owned lands in Amazonas systems, and payments for ecosystems services schemes. The Amazonas Region in Peru is world-renowned for its high levels of biodiversity and endemism, as well as high levels of deforestation driven by unsustainable livestock and agriculture practices. Protected areas in the region are not sufficiently large or connected to protect biodiversity making private and community-based conservation initiatives essential. In Amazonas, there are currently 14 officially recognized Privately Protected Areas (PPAs) led by local individuals or communities that together protect 264,829 acres and many endangered species yellow-tailed woolly monkey, the long-whiskered owlet, the spatula tail hummingbird, and the Andean night monkey. The PPAs formed the Amazonas Network of Private Conservation and is now beginning its first joint projects. This project will work with two community-based PPAs that have particular ecological importance and are under acute threat due to deforestation but also have ideal conditions to apply proven approaches to address deforestation caused by unsustainable land-use practices. Specific activities include improving and strengthening two PPAs through participatory mapping to establish zoning borders and rules, implementing silvopastoral techniques that integrate trees with forage and livestock production, and solidifying and formalizing a payment for ecosystem services scheme between communities that will incentivize forest protection.
BUILDING AWARENESS & SCIENTIFIC EMPOWERM Peru requires a National Shorebird Conservation Plan. Previous projects produced the first set of shorebird survival estimates during the non-breeding season in Peru. These estimates indicate Semipalmated and Western Sandpipers have a greater than 70% survival rate, underscoring the value of nonbreeding grounds in Peru. Since 2010, a ground-based survey effort every 4-years in the entire Peruvian coast has filled the knowledge gap in shorebird population estimates for the country. These results have set the foundations to finally understand the significance of Peru for Neotropical migratory birds and have engaged the attention of conservation partners in the country. Consequently, partners have made an important alliance with the Ministry of Environment to highlight the implementation of a Peruvian National Shorebird Conservation Plan. Targeted capacity building workshops will go hand in hand with shorebird capture and surveys to train local people at multiple important shorebird sites. The research team will improve survival estimates by continuing capturing, marking and re-sighting marked individuals for 2 more years, building a more robust model to understand inter-annual population dynamics. All of these efforts will integrate a platform of professionals, local rangers, scientists, government representatives, and NGOs, which will develop the Peruvian National Shorebird Conservation Plan.
Combatting the Illegal Trade of Jaguars, Parrots, and Primates in Peru by Strengthening Capacities to Control the Sale of Parts From Illegally Sourced Wildlife and Addressing Demand Reduction This project will conserve jaguars, parrots, and primates that are currently subject to wildlife trafficking, including CITES Appendix I/IUCN Red List species
Wildlife Without Borders-Western Hemisphere Project activities will 1) bring together diverse stakeholders to create the regions first-ever indigenous-mestizo conservation alliance and 2) strengthen local capacity to participate in and benefit from the development and implementation of a collaborative and participatory conservation management plan to control the illegal removal of forest resources, improve the effectiveness of the Alto Purs protected areas, and protect self-isolated indigenous communities. Funding will cover staff, travel, supplies, administrative costs, student research projects, and workshop transportation and materials for La Novia Conservation Alliance, turtle conservation, Conta-San Jos Vigilance Committee, and community lake management.
STRENGTHENING ECOLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY THROUGH THE CREATION AND EXPANSION OF COMMUNAL CONSERVATION AREAS IN THE TROPICAL ANDES OF NORTHERN PERU THIS PROJECT WILL SUPPORT CONSERVATION EFFORTS IN NORTHERN PERU TO EXPAND AND STRENGTHEN A CONSERVATION CORRIDOR SPANNING APPROXIMATELY 228,000 HECTARES (563,000 ACRES) OF HUMID MONTANE FORESTS, CLOUD FORESTS AND PRAMOS (ALPINE TUNDRA ECOSYSTEMS LOCATED IN THE ANDES MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH AMERICA) THAT BORDER ALREADY ESTABLISHED PROTECTED AREAS THAT COVER APPROXIMATELY 50 OF THE AREA. THE UNPROTECTED AREAS LIE IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CORRIDOR, OFFERING THE OPPORTUNITY TO FORM A CONTINUOUS ZONE OF ECOSYSTEMS IN THEIR NATURAL STATE TO MAINTAIN THE ECOLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY OF THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR. THE CORRIDOR IS LOCATED AT THE HEADWATERS OF NUMEROUS WATERSHEDS, AND ITS FORESTS AND PRAMOS FUNCTION AS CATCHMENT AND REGULATION AREAS FOR DOWNSTREAM POPULATIONS. THE MAIN THREATS IDENTIFIED IN THE AREA ARE DEFORESTATION, HABITAT DEGRADATION, AND ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTION OFROADS, ALL OF WHICH HAVE HAD NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON THE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE FORESTS AND PRAMOS.IES OF THREATS.
Combating illegal wildlife trafficking in Peru (Loreto, Amazonas, San Martn and Ucayali) by.empowering and connecting local authorities, civil society and communities. The purpose of this project is to reduce the incidence of illegal wildlife trafficking in the Ucayali, Loreto, Amazonas and San Martin regions of Peru, by building the capacity of key wildlife authorities at the regional and local level, and by raising awareness about the issue among local populations in the focal regions. These regions were selected due to evidence showing Ucayali and Loreto to be major source areas for trafficked wildlife, and that wildlife trafficking in Amazonas and San Martin is threatening endemic, critically endangered species such as the yellowtailed woolly monkey. Activities will focus on training and equipping key wildlife authorities in animal handling, confiscation procedures, administrative and criminal law to press charges, and other related protocols. Simultaneously, we will launch communications campaign aimed at raising awareness about wildlife trafficking in local media (TV, radio, newspapers), while working with key communities near particularly threatened sites to develop village-level anti-trafficking schemes. The project will be conducted in alliance with the NGO Neotropical Primate Conservation, and in coordination with the Peruvian National Forest and Wildlife Service (SERFOR), and Wildlife Conservation Society-Peru
Wildife Without Borders - Critically Endangered Animals Conservation of the White-bellied Cinclodes (Cinclodes palliatus): Creating new protected areas and protecting habitat in the departments of Junin and Lima, Peru
Reforestation of Critical Wintering Habitat for Neotropical Migrants IV ABC and its in-country partners will work cooperatively to protect an estimated 691 acres (through purchase or easement) and reforest or restore more than 220 acres with 120,000 trees for significant wintering habitat in Ecuador and Peru for more than 15 neotropical migratory bird species, and over 35 globally threatened bird species.
Wildife Without Borders-Critically Endangered Animals "In partnership with American Bird Conservancy, this project will support a conservation effort for the white-bellied cinclodes (Cinclodes palliatus) in central Peru, by contributing to the establishment of a new protected area for the species. Specific activities include: (1) development of a species Rapid Action Conservation Plan to guide efforts in the Ticlio and Marcapomacocha areas; (2) stakeholder meetings to build support for a new protected area; (3) legal and mapping preparation to gain governmental approval of the new protected area; and (4) community outreach to reduce grazing pressure in key habitat.."
Buildling a national strategy to combat wildlife trafficking in Peru: linking sectors and enhancing community participation. Project activities will 1) produce guidance and recommendations that address key drivers of wildlife product supply and demand, 2) strengthen wildlife traffic law enforcement and monitoring, and 3) fully develop the National Strategy to Combat Wildlife Traffic through systematic analyses of information and lessons learned, and multi-agency and public-private sector cooperation. Specific activities include a) assessing rural Amazonian communities' involvement in wildlife extraction and development of recommendations for public outreach, b) assessinig urban public perceptions about cities' inhabitants' involvement in wildlife trafficking, c) piloting a social media outreach project and draw lessons and recommendations, d) identifying critical wildlife trafficking value chain links and georgraphic areas in Peru through a systematic review and analysis of available information, e) designing a unified database and standar data management protocols, f) identifying key law enforcement interventions, g) evaluating the legal framework and organizational structure to identify opportunities for inter-agency cooperation and create inter-agency cooperation platforms, and h) support government officials in the development of a National Strategy to Combat Wildlife Traffic in Peru.
Advancing cooperative conservation of key Protected Areas in Perus Selva Central,..Yanachaga-Chemilln National Park and the Yanesha Communal Reserve The purpose of this project is to strengthen the management and conservation of the Communal Reserve, National Park, and its buffer zones by implementing field activities and conducting workshops with park guards from the Servicio Nacional de Areas Protegidas (SERNANP), volunteer Communal Rangers from the Asociacin para el Manejo de la Reserva Comunal Yanesha (AMARCY), and local residents to reduce illegal encroachments and resource overexploitation of wild resources in the Reserve and neighboring community lands, and threats related to climate change. Training also will be provided regarding hunting and forestry regulations developed previously in a collaborative process, and preparing educational materials about the regulations that the Rangers will explain and disseminate in their communities and annexes in the buffer zone of the Reserve.
Wildlife Without Borders-Western Hemisphere Project activities will enhance the protection and management of the Yungas forests in partnership a Peruvian organization, Asociacin Ecosistemas Andinos (ECOAN), by enforcing current Regional Conservation Area boundaries, overseeing eco-tourism operations, engaging and educating communities in conservation, implementing management actions to improve habitat conditions for focal bird species, and creating at least one additional Regional Conservation Areas to reach the scale of land protection to be eligible to receive payments for carbon sequestration. Funding will cover legal services to obtain titles to land purchased by ECOAN for the Abra Patricia Reserve, Reserve personnel to patrol boundaries, manage relations with neighboring land owners and communities to ensure that the rules of the Reserve are respected and natural resources within the Reserve are protected, and materials and labor to repair eco-tourism facilities (canopy tower) and to expand and maintain the trail system.
La Novia Integrated Landscape Conservation Initiative The purpose of this project is to reduce the incidence of illegal wildlife trafficking in the Ucayali, Loreto, Amazonas and San Martin regions of Peru, by building the capacity of key wildlife authorities at the regional and local level, and by raising awareness about the issue among local populations in the focal regions. These regions were selected due to evidence showing Ucayali and Loreto to be major source areas for trafficked wildlife, and that wildlife trafficking in Amazonas and San Martin is threatening endemic, critically endangered species such as the yellow-tailed woolly monkey. Activities will focus on training and equipping key wildlife authorities in animal handling, confiscation procedures, administrative and criminal law to press charges, and other related protocols. Simultaneously, we will launch communications campaign aimed at raising awareness about wildlife trafficking in local media (TV, radio, newspapers), while working with key communities near particularly threatened sites to develop village-level anti-trafficking schemes. The project will be conducted in alliance with the NGO Neotropical Primate Conservation, and in coordination with the Peruvian National Forest and Wildlife Service (SERFOR), and Wildlife Conservation Society-Peru
Conservamos por Naturaleza - Supporting private and community-based conservation in the Amazonas Region - Peru Project activities will support and strengthen the newly founded Amazonas Network of Private Conservation Areas, a grassroots network of 12 private conservation areas, by 1) creating opportunities for financial sustainability through honey production, 2) providing 5 research scholarships to young researchers to carry out studies based on the needs of the conservation areas, 3) increasing public support and awareness of private and community-based conservation, and 4) creating Tierras de Nios, a UNESCO-accredited education program that promotes sustainable development, with at least 10 local communities near private conservation areas.