Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Fostering Community-based Conservation in Utcubamba Key Biodiversity Area in Peru

Grantee Name: Nature and Culture International

Hotspot: Tropical Andes
Location: Peru
Amount: $133,839
Dates: Dec 2018 – Oct 2022
Keywords: Agriculture, Community-based conservation, Habitat conservation and management, Private reserves, Protected Areas, Reforestation, Restoration, Species Conservation, Tourism

Institute management actions to promote conservation and sustainability development with two communities in this KBA that has little conservation activity to date. This grant supports the declaration to two communal private reserves, ecotourism planning and promotion focused on several waterfalls and biodiversity, reforestation with native species, planning and capacity building for sustainable agriculture, a biological inventory, and conflict resolution.

Strategic Direction : 1 Improve protection and management of 36 priority KBAs to create and maintain local support for conservation and to mitigate key threats.