Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Promoting Reciprocal Watershed Agreements for Biodiversity Conservation in 27 communities of the Madidi-Pilón Lajas-Cotapata Conservation Corridor of Bolivia

Grantee Name: Fundación Natura Bolivia

Hotspot: Tropical Andes
Location: Bolivia
Amount: $170,074
Dates: Jun 2017 – May 2020
Keywords: Agroforestry, Buffer zones, Capacity building, Community-based conservation, Conservation finance, Habitat conservation and management, Indigenous People, Land use planning, Payment for Ecosystem Services, Water management

Support the protection of water sources in the Coroico, Caranavi and Yanacachi municipalities through municipal-level legal instruments. In these same municipalities, new municipal protected areas will cover 20,000 hectares in or near four priority Key Biodiversity Areas. Three municipal water funds will be set up, one in each municipality, integrating annually US$10,000 of local funding in these three funds.

Strategic Direction : 2 Mainstream biodiversity conservation into public policies and development plans in seven corridors to support sustainable development, with a focus on sub-national governments.