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 The year 2017 allowed SPDA to make progress and consolidate
work on priority areas towards sustainable development including
access to environmental justice, indigenous rights, natural heritage
and biodiversity, forest and marine governance and strengthening
environmental management practices.

SPDA is also proud to have initiated coordinated actions with state

agencies, judicial authorities and the Public Ministry, international
organizations and civil society, on key issues such as sustainable
fishing, water governance and the defense of environmental rights.

Pedro Solano
Executive Director

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legal opinions and
proposals developed.
+2000 +60
persons trained, including
authorities, experts, students
and personnel from
courses, workshops,
presentations
and discussions
different institutions.
conducted at
national and
international levels.

+700 5100
Some
numbers for
publications on
our web sites.
volunteers joined
different initiatives of
56
15
We Conserve for/by Nature

2017
with +1000 participants
persons working towards
in the events.
a sustainable country.

institutional agreements in place.*

54%
12
publications.
25
projects
executed.
women

46%
men

*INSTITUTIONAL AGREEMENTS IN FORCE WITH THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:

The Judicial Branch of Peru, Superior Court of Loreto, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Environment, the National Environmental Certification Service for Sustainable
Investments (SENACE), National Forest and Wildlife Service (SERFOR), National Service of Natural Protected Areas (SERNANP), Peruvian Amazon Research
Institute (IIAP), Regional Government of Loreto, Provincial Municipality of Tambopata, Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon River Basin (COICA),
Native Federation of Madre de Dios (FENAMAD), Aquafondo, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).
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In coordination with the Native Federation of the Madre de Dios River SPDA also supported Land ownership

03
the physical and legal was awarded to
and its Tributaries (FENAMAD) and the Madre de Dios Regional entitlement of

112800
Government, SPDA implemented a pilot project that allowed us to
work together with 5 native communities on solving problems
regarding physical and legal tenure of their territories.
hectares of indigenous territories. communities.

Thanks to the achievements of this pilot project, presented as a success

story by Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), since 2017 SPDA leads the
first project of the International Land and Forest Tenure Facility, whose

1
The creation of the
objective is to reach greater legal certainty for indigenous territories in
the country. The scope is national, with an emphasis in Madre de Dios and st multisectoral group at the
Congress of the Republic for
Loreto. the protection of PIACI was
promoted and coordinated.

In 2017 we worked together with several civil society organizations and

indigenous organizations, on a legal, technical and communicational
strategy to confront threats caused by infrastructure (mostly road) SPDA is a member of the
projects within the territories of indigenous peoples in isolation and initial Regional Working Group on
Indigenous Policies of the
contact (PIACI) in Peru.
Regional Government of Ucayali.
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AND CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE

In depth

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assessment:

20
During 2017 SPDA continued to support different public actors, including Reviewed
legislative
the Congress of the Republic, in the design of legal norms and tools and regulatory interviews undertaken
initiatives. in 10 regions.
needed for adequate economic and environmental development. SPDA´s

02
team participated actively in debates on and support for the draft
Framework Law on Climate Change.

15
students
We developed a detailed scoping analysis regarding the situation of graduated from legal proposals
SPDA´s XVI on environmental
environmental certification and assessment processes, and the capacities of Workshop on certification and
public entities responsible for these. Environmental Law. assessment.

18
Capacity building on Environmental Law for professionals and university
students who will someday contribute towards appropriate operations of
professionals graduated from the Program
environmental institutional frameworks. of Second Speciality in Environmental Law
and Natural Resources, organized with the PUCP.
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SPDA has focused on the design of alternatives to achieve financial

sustainability for conservation actions at the national level, based on
extensive research work and legal-technical analysis undertaken by a team

20
of lawyers and economists.

Research has been undertaken on the relationship between natural protected

+40
areas (NPAs) and climate change, the conservation of agrobiodiversity and
plant genetic resources, and the role of technology in the implementation of Reviewed legal and
regulatory drafts and
policies on genetic resources. elaboration of the first
Regulatory Impact
Innovative mechanisms Analysis on an
The Tambopata National Reserve Management Committee´s trust fund was to finance biodiversity environmental
conservation in Peru. draft law in Peru.
registered to ensure funding in favor of the Reserve and buffer zones. It was
also recognized as an institution exonerated from income taxation in Peru.

+300
We have worked closely with the Regional Government of Loreto in
strengthening conservation tools and actions such as the Loreto Regional
Strategy for Wetlands, the Loreto Regional Conservation System, and the
development of a legal instrument to Recognize Local Monitoring Organizations Registration in the
Training for experts and

1
Public Registry of the
authorities on NPAs,
er Tambopata
in Regional Conservation Areas (RCAs) and proposals for the establishment of
indigenous peoples, rural land,
new regional conservation areas. Additionally, we participated in the actions against illegal activities, National Reserve
tourism, control and monitoring Management
establishment of two new natural protected areas: the Tres Cañones Regional of marine spaces, inclusive Committee´s
finances, among others.
Conservation Area and Yaguas National Park. trust fund.
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During 2017, SPDA´s team joined a multisectoral group formed by the

Ministry of Environment (MINAM) and Ministry of Agriculture and
Irrigation (MINAGRI), to prepare a draft procedure for MINAMs prior
opinion in changes in land use administrative procedures and for the We promoted the

02
development of
development of a draft to update the Regulation on Land Use Capacity
Classification.

1º
The
We supported the Regional Government of Loreto in its forest zoning process
draft legislation
and provided legal assistance to those affected by deforestation in to strengthen forestry
Tamshiyacu. SPDA has conducted several courses and workshops in Loreto management.
Course on Forest
Legislation directed
towards the Judiciary
Branch in Madre de Dios,
with 70 participants.

and Madre de Dios, on deforestation, change of land use and forest legislation.

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SPDA also participated with partners such as the Wildlife Conservation workshops,
Society (WCS), in the elaboration and systematization of the National training and
events with a
Strategy to Reduce Illegal Wildlife Trafficking in Peru (2017 – 2027) and Plan newsletters. total of

4 1000
of Action (2017 – 2022), published by means of Supreme Decree No.
radio spots
011-2017-MINAGRI. Through ActualidadAmbiental.pe and communication on illegal
campaigns, SPDA has disseminated information to contribute to raise wildlife participants.
trafficking.
awareness among citizens on these issues.
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SPDA promoted the Madre de Dios Pact for Environmental Justice in Peru, Clinics received
led by the Judiciary Branch. Additionally as part of the agreement signed
with the Judiciary Branch, we provided support in organizing the 1st The Madre de Dios
Pact for Environmental new cases
International Congress on Environmental Justice in Madre de Dios and Justice in Peru had and

100 103
creating the first environmental courthouse in the same region. more than
new
We installed a new Free Legal Clinic in Piura, which adds to SPDA´s Madre de consultations
during the year.
Dios and Loreto clinics. The three clinics focus on handling legal cases and

1100
consultations linked to environmental violations, providing training for forest
users, indigenous peoples, artisan fishermen and authorities. signatures. More
It was submitted than
to Pope Francis in
The Environmental Alert Platform that monitors environmental complaints in January 2018.
Madre de Dios and in the Tambopata National Reserve buffer zone, expanded people were trained during
its scope to 3 new areas of work: the Madre de Dios nut growing zone, the 24 workshops.
shoreline and coastal zones of Piura (Environmental Alert for the Seas of Peru) Some of the following
organizations and
and legal initiatives (draft projects by the Congress of the Republic). institutions expressed
their support: Until the end of 2017, the

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Judiciary Branch, Environmental Alert Platform published
SPDA participated actively in the dissemination of the rights to information, Public Ministry,
participation and environmental justice, particularly in discussions on the Ministry of Environment, alerts and 884
Ministry of Agriculture milestones were
Regional Agreement on Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration. We participated in and Irrigation, generated.
a regional meeting where the threats and challenges faced by environmental AIDESEP,
Tambopata National
human rights defenders in Latina America were analyzed. The event was Reserve Management
convened by professor John Knox, Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Committee,
FENAMAD,
on human rights and various environmental organizations. SPDA presented the OSINFOR,
situation of the Madre de Dios environmental human rights defenders. OEFA, We presented the situation of Madre
among others. de Dios environmental defenders at
an international event.
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4 legal proposals in relation to the protection

of whales, benthonic resources, illegal shipyards
and stranding of sea lions in the Peruvian Sea.

Throughout this year, SPDA promoted discussions and debates on issues

such as artisanal fishing, industrial fishing and protected species, through
training courses, lectures and communication tools such as web sites
(www.mardelperu.pe), multimedia and news reports.
45 participants to the 1st Workshop
“Policies and legislation for fisheries
management in Peru” in Lima and Piura.

150
Based on an extensive analysis to identify key actors of the different
fisheries, assessing the policies and current legal context for their assistants at the lectures
management, legal proposals and recommendations have been prepared to “Perú Natural: Mar Peruano
al 2012”.
promote sustainable fisheries.

The SPDA Free Legal Clinic in Piura trained 15 authorities on matters related
The Free Legal Clinic was installed in Piura. It received

12 70
to the supervision and control of sustainable fishing and 57 artisanal
fishermen from all the regions inlets (Máncora, Cabo Blanco, La Islilla, La
legal consultations
Tortuga, El Ñuro, Sechura, Colán, among others), to improve their capacity to and trained more
access environmental justice. than individuals.
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The project has

a duration of

05
In 2017 SPDA formed the Invest Green Consortium together with
Forest Trends, CONDESAN, EcoDecision and Imperial College London.
years and will
work with

05
This consortium will implement the Green Infrastructure Project for
Water Security of the United States Agency for International

watersheds
Development.

The objective is to guarantee social, environmental and hydrobiological

benefits, and attract new agricultural, industrial and hydroelectrical
watersheds at the national level.
sectors to use this type of infrastructure.
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+132000
followers on Facebook of
ActualidadAmbiental.pe,
Conservamos por Naturaleza
and SPDA.
25 3
opinion
columns.
multimedia reports
published in
ActualidadAmbiental.pe.

+20videos published on
ActualidadAmbiental.pe.

2
We organized the

nd

+150
Hackathon for
the Amazon:

70
media
appearences

participants.

13
technological solutions linked to:
forests and climate change,
Natural Protected Areas and
wildlife trafficking.
+700
notes during 2017 in
ActualidadAmbiental.pe and
Conservamospor naturaleza.org.
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DO IT FOR YOUR BEACH

completed 5 years of activities and campaigns.

4300 volunteers cleaned up 130 beaches,

6 lakes and 2 wetlands, and collected 40
tons of waste.

DO IT FOR YOUR RIVER

brought together 800 volunteers

from Loreto, Madre de Dios, San Martín, Ucayali,

25
Pucallpa and Junín, who cleaned 22 rivers and
collected 6.4 tons of waste.
people of the Amazon Voluntary
Conservation Network were trained
in the design of projects and their
implementation.

DO IT FOR YOUR WAVE

protected 6 new waves

412
trees were adopted through
San Pedro, Piscinas, Muelles, Lobitos, Hueco y Reforestation for Nature,
Baterías, adding a total of 24 protected waves. The generating more than 10 thousand
soles from donations, for 3
initiative was presented as a case of success at IMPAC4. private conservation areas.
A fund was obtained for the production of a documentary.
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PHOTO Jhonny Salazar

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THE NATURAL ROUTE

second edition.
2

A second edition of “La Ruta Natural”

travel guide was elaborated.

56 destinations

27 proposed
routes
to promote ecotourism in voluntary
conservation initiatives.

KUYAPANAKUY WE CONSERVE
FOR/BY NATURE (CxN)
(love each other mutually
or reciprocity is mutual). Celebrated its 5th anniversary with the
CxN Festival with the assistance of

300
people came together
and enjoyed documentaries
and short films on marine
related matters. +1000 individuals.
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PHOTO Jhonny Salazar

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PRESIDENT
Jorge Caillaux

VICE-PRESIDENT
Enrique Ferrando

MEMBERS
Martín Beaumont
Luisa Elena Guinand
Jessica Hidalgo
Kurt Holle
Joaquín Leguía
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Pedro Solano
Executive Director

Isabel Calle
Director of the Environmental Policy and Management Program

Silvana Baldovino
Director of the Biodiversity and Indigenous Peoples Program

José Luis Capella

Director of the Forestry and Ecosystem Services Program

Bruno Monteferri
Director of We Conserve for/by Nature and Marine Governance

Jimmy Carrillo
Director of the Communications Unit

Martha Puga
Director of the Project Management Unit

Miguel Mazuelos
Director of the Administration and Accounting Unit

Luisa Ríos
Coordinator of the Madre de Dios Office

Martín Vasquez
Coordinator of the Loreto Office
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E X E C U T I V E D I R E C T O R AT E

FORESTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIODIVERSITY AND

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES POLICY AND GOVERNANCE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

LIMA
OFFICE
COMMUNICATIONS
UNIT
LORETO REGIONAL
OFFICE OFFICES
MADRE DE DIOS
OFFICE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
UNIT

WE CONSERVE
FOR/BY NATURE ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTING
INICIATIVES
UNIT
MARINE
GOVERNANCE
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www.spda.org.pe

www.actualidadambiental.pe

www.legislacionambientalspda.org.pe

www.conservamospornaturaleza.org

www.alertaambiental.pe

hazlaportuola.pe

www.mardelperu.pe
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Mining and the gold rush in

Madre de Dios

Tres Cañones:
The other wonder of Cusco

Towards marine governance

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PHOTO Otto Alegre

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Las áreas protegidas y su relación
con la seguridad alimentaria en un
contexto de cambio climático: una
mirada desde Bolivia, Brasil y Perú
Manuel Ruiz. Lima: SPDA,
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 2017.
La ruta natural:
viajes y destinos
Conservamos por Naturaleza.
Lima: SPDA, 2017.
Guía de identificación de fauna silvestre
para las autoridades ambientales de
Amazonas, San Martín, Loreto y Ucayali
Néstor Allgas; Alejandro Alarcón; Noga Shanee,
Sam Shanee; Bruno Monteferri; Luis Zari. Lima:
SPDA, 2017.
Biotrade and access and benefit sharing:
from concept to practice. A handbook for
policymakers and regulators
Manuel Ruiz; David Vivas; María J. Oliva;
Veronique Rossow. New York: UNCTAD, United
Nations, 2017.
Opciones innovadores de
financiamiento de la conservación
Carlos Trinidad y Samín Vargas. Lima:
SPDA, 2017. 113 p.
Las plantaciones forestales en Perú:
reflexiones, estatus actual y
perspectivas a futuro
Manuel R. Guariguata; Javier Arce; Tania
Ammour; José Luis Capella. Lima: CIFOR,
CGIAR, GIZ, SPDA, 2017.
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La imprescindible estrategia
ambiental peruana para acceder
a la OCDE
Mariano Castro Sánchez-Moreno. Lima:
SPDA, 2017. 28 p.
Propuesta de diseño e implementación de un
fondo para financiar la asistencia técnica a
poblaciones durante el proceso de evaluación
de impacto ambiental de actividades mineras
Martha Aldana, Isabel Calle y Carol Mora. Lima:
SPDA, 2016.
Conservación para la Paz: Una apuesta
participativa para la prevención y transformación
de conflictos socioambientales en el
departamento de Loreto
Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambienta. Lima:
SPDA, 2016.
Análisis del impacto y avances en la
implementación de las políticas,
estrategias, planes y programas de
biodiversidad en Bolivia, Brasil,
AVAILABLE
Colombia y Perú IN ENGLISH
VERSION
Manuel Ruiz. Lima: SPDA, KAS, 2016.
Cartilla informativa: Patronatos
de Comités de Gestión de áreas
naturales protegidas
Alfredo Gálvez; Carlos Trinidad y Rodolfo
Mancilla. Lima: SPDA, 2017. 9 p.
Serie de Política y Derecho Ambiental
No 29, SPDA
Una mirada a los incentivos para la
conservación in situ de recursos fitogenéticos
en el Perú. Por Manuel Ruiz Muller; Adam
Drucker y Marleni Ramirez. Lima: SPDA, 2017
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PARTNERS PROJECT OBJECTIVES PERIOD

Andes Amazon Strengthen governance, management and Create enabling conditions to strengthen conservation June 2016
Fund (AAF) public support for the Peruvian system of systems in Peru; as well as provide legal and technical –
protected areas. PHASE I, II and III. assistance to create new conservation areas in Peru. July 2018

Gordon & Strengthen the National System of Natural Promote and ensure biodiversity conservation and the July 2017
Betty Moore Protected Areas by the State (SINANPE) and management of Natural Protected Areas in the Amazon, -
Foundation provide tools for its sustainability and efficient consolidating financial sustainability tools, strengthening the June 2018
management. fight against illegal activities in natural protected areas and
capacities at the national and regional levels, in order to
ensure the adequate management of natural protected
areas.

Gordon & Conservation and consolidation of protected Consolidate the management of natural protected areas November 2016
Betty Moore areas and indigenous territories within the and indigenous territories of the Alto Purús Mosaic, and -
Foundation Purús Manu mosaic. improve the level of protection and conservation of January 2019
indigenous peoples in isolation and initial contact by
strengthening the capacities of those responsible for their
administration, as well a normative framework to ensure
adequate management.

Gordon & Reduce threats through the consolidation of The Project seeks to strengthen regional environmental November 2014
Betty Moore regional environmental institutional frameworks institutional frameworks and empower both authorities –
Foundation and the participation of civil society in Madres and civil society of Madre de Dios for efficient June 2017
de Dios. environmental management through the protection and
conservation of our natural resources.
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PARTNERS PROJECT OBJECTIVES PERIOD

Gordon & Strengthen the National System for Natural
Betty Moore Protected Areas by the State (SINANPE) and
Foundation consolidate regional conservation strategies of
Loreto through the Government and Civil
Society.
Ensure biodiversity conservation and management of July 2014
Natural Protected Areas of the Peruvian Amazon, -
strengthening their National System for Protected Areas June 2017
and consolidating regional institutionality in Loreto, as
well as civil society.

Ford For solid and fair environmental public Contribute to strengthening environmental public July 2017
Foundation participation in the mining industry of Peru. participation tools during the execution of mining –
activities in the country. September 2018

MacArthur Answers to the growing loss of biodiversity due
Foundation to productive activities in the Amazon by
applying research, legal measures and
incentives to mitigate tendencies in land use
changes and deforestation.
Improve institutional and legal frameworks to undertake January 2016
sustainable investments in Amazon areas that are suitable –
for agricultural and agroindustrial projects, related to the December 2018
management of areas used for intensive agriculture or
potentially affected by this type of agriculture and
investments.

Fundación Residencias Fundación Mar Adentro. Support Peruvian artists selected by FMA to carry out an March 2016
Mar Adentro artistic intervention in the private conservation area Paraíso –
Natural Iwirati of the Puerto Prado Native Community, Peru. August 2017

New England Create Sustainable Conservation and Tourism Support the Amazon Voluntary Conservation Network August 2017
Biolabs Promoters to contribute to financial (RED AMA). –
Foundation - sustainability and the generational renewal of August 2018
NEBF the Amazon Voluntary Conservation Network
(RED AMA), Peru.
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PARTNERS PROJECT OBJECTIVES PERIOD

Tides Foundation Do it for your wave – The conservation of Elaboration of a documentary on the Do it for your Wave April 2017
Patagonia spectacular surfing waves in Peru. Initiative and replicate Do it for your Wave in Chile. –
April 2018

Walton Towards sustainable fishing in the first five Provide the foundation and local members with the December 2016
Foundation nautical miles in Peru. necessary legal information and policies to support the –
sustainable management of fisheries in Peru. September 2017

Walton Towards sustainable fishing in the first five Promote reforms in the legal framework for fisheries in October 2017
Foundation nautical miles in Peru. Peru in order to sustain management based on the rights
to artisanal fishing, as well as formalize the artisanal
fishermen.

Amazon Capacity building to monitor deforestation and Contribute to the implementation of REDD+ policies and December 2016
Conservation forest governance in real time, to help meet the the development of social and environmental practices by –
Association objectives of REED+ in the Peruvian Amazon. key actors of the private sector. December 2020

Climate & Strategic regional communication. Coordinate the CDKN communications strategy for Latin May 2016
Development America. –
Knowledge June 2017
Network (CDKN)

Critical Strengthening private and communal Contribute to biodiversity conservation in the Amazon July 2016
Ecosystem conservation in the Northeast Corridor of Northeast Biodiversity Corridor, through a network of –
Partnership Conservation in Peru. private conservation areas (PCAs) and reach financial June 2018
Fund (CEPF) sustainability.
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PARTNERS PROJECT OBJECTIVES PERIOD

Environmental Analysis on the situation of policies and laws Elaborate a report on the state of ocean fisheries in Peru. August 2016
Defense Fund for sea fishing in Peru. –
(EDF) June 2017

Global Forest Use Global Forest Watch to improve responses Use the Global Forest Watch platform to support RED June 2017
Watch / World to deforestation and wildfires in the context of AMA in monitoring forests of PCAs in the Amazon, and –
Resource Institute private conservation in the Amazon, Peru. design responses to deforestation in PCAs and the illegal March 2018
fires.

Rights Proposals to improve land ownership in the Generate proposals and working spaces with the March 2016
Resources native and peasant communities of Peru. governing body and institutions involved, to clarify and –
Group simplify demarcation, formalization and land ownership March 2017
procedures of peasant and native communities, by
Regional Governments.

Rights Legal security for indigenous territories in Madre Contribute to strengthen adequate management of October 2015
Resources de Dios and Cusco in Peru. natural resources and the capacities, to facilitate the –
(RRI) exercise of collective rights of beneficiary communities. March 2018

Oxfam Improving forest governance and access to Strengthen the capacities of local actors and their November 2017
América environmental justice in Tamshiyacu. capacity to access environmental justice effectively in –
cases where their rights are being violated, and provide April 2018
them with improved elements to communicate and
disseminate the problems that afflict them.
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PARTNERS PROJECT OBJECTIVES PERIOD

PROFONANPE Mitigate deforestation in chestnut concessions
in the Madre de Dios region.
Elaborate and put into place a local pilot system of control October 2016
and supervision, including through a participative –
monitoring mechanism and early alert technological October 2017
platform, for effective actions in the conservation of
chestnut forests in the Alegría sector, Madre de Dios.

The Ternure Land ownership of indigenous territories in Peru. Ensure collective land ownership by strengthening October 2017
Facility (TF) institutional frameworks in terms of formalizing communal –
land. The intervention would provide legal certainty for 5 October 2019
million communal hectares at the national level and 200
thousand hectares for indigenous territories of Loreto and
Madre de Dios.

International Unio Protecting the Guardians of Natural Patrimony: Support the defenders in order for them to conduct their January 2017
for Conservation generating conditions to protect and safeguard work in a safe manner. This shall take place through –
of Nature (IUCN) the rights of park rangers and communal information, offering security, training to protect February 2019
environmental defenders in Madre de Dios. themselves and promoting international recognition.

Wildlife Capacity building and cooperation to fight Contribute to the capacity building of police and criminal February 2016
Conservation illegal wildlife trafficking networks in Latin justice officers related to wildlife illegal trafficking, –
Strategy America and Southeast Asia. contribute to improving transboundary investigations for June 2017
(WCS) the exchange of information, and design a pilot training
program.

US Fish Fighting wildlife illegal trafficking in Peru, Reduce wildlife illegal trafficking by training regional September 2016
and Wildlife through the empowerment of local authorities, authorities and a communication campaign at the local –
Service civil society and communities in Loreto, level. December 2017
Amazonas, Ucayali and San Martín.
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