Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Reducing Threats and Supporting Women in Q’eros-Kosñipata Conservation Area, Peru

Grantee Name: Fundación Peruana para la Conservación de la Naturaleza- PRONATURALEZA

Hotspot: Tropical Andes
Location: Peru
Amount: $129,466
Dates: Dec 2024 – Nov 2025
Keywords: Awareness, Capacity building, Communication, Community-based conservation, Gender, Habitat conservation and management, Indigenous People, Livelihoods, Networks, Protected Areas, Waste management, Governance

Reduce threats from forest fires and agricultural encroachment in the Q’eros Kosñipata Regional Conservation Area, through strengthening a community management committee, establishment, training and equipping of community fire brigades, implementation of improved agricultural practices and beekeeping, environmental education and communications, organizational development, and integration of gender considerations.

Strategic Direction : 1 Strengthen protection and management of 52 priority KBAs to foster participatory governance, green recovery from COVID-19, climate change resilience, species conservation, and financial sustainability.

Reducing Threats and Supporting Women in Q’eros-Kosñipata Conservation Area, Peru

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