Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Eight people, including one small child, standing and smiling at camera within a tree nursery. — Community nursery for reforestation, San Jose de Lourdes, Peru.

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Strengthening Management and Protection of the San Jose de Lourdes Key Biodiversity Area in Peru to Safeguard Globally Threatened Birds – Phase II

Grantee Name: Practical Action

Hotspot: Tropical Andes
Location: Peru
Amount: $144,542
Dates: Jun 2018 – Jul 2020
Keywords: Agroforestry, Awareness, Community-based conservation, Conservation planning, Gender, Habitat conservation and management, Livelihoods, Species Conservation

Conserve San Jose de Lourdes KBA in northern Peru by preparing and implementing a participatory management plan, improving productivity of coffee plantations, gathering population data and protecting important habitat for two IUCN Red Listed birds (Heliangelus regalis and Pigeon Oenops), building community awareness and capacity for conservation, and developing proposals to secure public funding for future conservation activities.

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