Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Green snake with yellow underbelly wrapped around tree. — emerald boa, Maycú Nature Reserve, Alto Nangaritz, Ecuador.

© Trotsky Riera-Vite І Naturaleza y Cultura Internacional

Securing Legal Protection of Alto Nangaritza Forest Reserve in Ecuador

Grantee Name: Nature and Culture International

Hotspot: Tropical Andes
Location: Ecuador
Amount: $112,045
Dates: Jun 2017 – Jun 2019
Keywords: Capacity building, Community-based conservation, Conservation planning, Habitat conservation and management, Indigenous People, Infrastructure, Land tenure, Protected Areas

Increase the Cerro Plateado Reserve by 4,000 hectares and work to have the ancestral use by the Shuar Nayump Center legally recognized in the Nayump-Ciudad Perdida sector of the Alto Nangaritza Key Biodiversity Area. Furthermore, Amuicha Entsa Parroquial protected area will be legally recognized with 8,000 hectares in the Cóndor-Kutuku-Palanda Corridor. Fifteen communal leaders will exchange their experiences through a local network and will adopt collective agreements about territorial management within the Nangaritza watershed.

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