In its first call for proposals, the Conserva Aves en Perú initiative announced the seven selected organizations that submitted proposals featuring innovative approaches to bird conservation, ranging from the creation of subnational protected areas to the implementation of nature-based solutions and community participation.
The selected projects aim to protect endangered species and their habitats, and to work closely with local communities, authorities, and other stakeholders to ensure the long-term sustainability of these ecosystems.
The organizations selected to implement the Conserva Aves Initiative in Peru are:
- Amazonas Voluntary Conservation Network (RED AMA): is the largest Amazonas Volunteer Conservation Network in Peru, comprising 16 individual and community-based volunteer conservation initiatives (ACP) in the Amazonas region that promote and coordinate activities which, carried out jointly as a large team, aim to continuously improve their environmental management.
- Selected project: «Creation and expansion of private conservation areas within the areas that make up the AMA Network in the tropical Andes of northern Peru."
- Funding: $149,483.
- Location: Amazonas
- Expected acreage: 6,000.
The AMA Network seeks to support the expansion of the Bosque de Palmeras-Molinopampa Protected Area (ACP) and the Bosque Berlín Protected Area (ACP), as well as the reaccreditation and expansion of the Milpuj Protected Area (ACP), all of which are part of the AMA Network. These three Protected Areas are located in the Amazonas Department, which forms part of the Tropical Andes in northern Peru. This project aims to conserve approximately 6,000 hectares and minimize the impacts of deforestation and environmental and climate risks by working with nearby residents, local communities, authorities, and other stakeholders.
- YUNKAWASI: is an organization founded in 2007 that works with Amazonian and Andean communities to raise awareness of their natural resources and provide them with technical support on how to use and conserve them.
- Selected project: «Participatory Conservation of the Tropical Andes in the Department of Junín – Peru."
- Funding: $150,000
- Location: Junín
- Expected area: 52,703.66 hectares.
The goal is to establish a Regional Conservation Area (RCA) in the Pucutá Mountain Range (Junín), covering 52,703.66 hectares. The goal is to protect ecosystems and environmental services, as well as to preserve the diverse endemic bird species for the benefit of local communities.Conserva Aves will fund actions complementary to Rainforest Trust’s funding, ensuring a strategic partnership for conservation.
- Northwest Peru Mangrove Consortium (CONMANOPE): is a social organization established in 2015, composed of six local associations of workers specializing in the management and harvesting of hydrobiological resources. For more than three decades, they have been committed to the preservation of the mangrove ecosystem and the sustainable use of its main resources, as well as to the management of the Los Manglares de Tumbes National Sanctuary.
- Selected project: «Creation of the Los Tumpis Mangroves Regional Conservation Area (ACR)."
- Funding: $150,000
- Location: Tumbes.
- Expected acreage: 5,000.
CONMANOPE will help restore the mangrove ecosystem in Tumbes by establishing a Regional Conservation Area, which will strengthen integrated management aimed at consolidating the mangrove ecosystem as an Integrated Management Unit within the Tumbes Coastal Marine Zoning Plan. This project is expected to protect and conserve 5,000 hectares.
- ANDINUS Association: is a nonprofit association that seeks to promote activities aimed at generating knowledge, protecting the environment, conserving biological diversity, and ensuring the sustainable use of natural resources.
- Proyecto seleccionado: «Creation of the Caña – Huata private conservation area.»
- Financiamiento: $90,000.00
- Location: Junín
- Expected acreage: 2,000.
Its goal is to conserve the biodiversity of native species in high-Andean ecosystems by establishing a private conservation area covering nearly 2,000 hectares. Through the Conserva Aves Initiative, endangered or vulnerable endemic and migratory bird species will be protected, such as the black-eyed shrike (Atlapetes melanopsis), the black-breasted tit (Anairetes alpinus), the spectacled warbler (Asthenes palpebralis), the Oxapampa tororoí (Grallaria centralis), or the Junín Tororoí (Grallaria obscura).
- Institute for Development and the Environment (IDMA): is a non-governmental, non-profit organization founded on March 13, 1984, with the aim of contributing to national development at the local and regional levels; toward the achievement of a sustainable development model that improves and enhances human living conditions and quality of life, the democratization of society, and social and gender equity from an environmental perspective.
- Selected project: «Ecosystem Protection for the Survival of Threatened Wild Birds in the Headwaters of the Mariño Micro-Basin: Proposal for the Creation of the Rontoccocha ACR."
- Funding: $100,000
- Location: Apurímac
- Expected acreage: 22,000.
IDMA aims to protect ecosystems to ensure the survival of endangered bird species in the Mariño micro-watershed by proposing the creation of the Rontoccocha Regional Conservation Area, which will cover 22,000 hectares, with the goal of reducing human-induced pressure and protecting biodiversity habitats.
- Huarango Nature (HN): It is a Peruvian non-profit organization founded in 2017 as a continuation of several conservation projects initiated in Peru since 2001, focused on the conservation, propagation, and restoration of native species along the Peruvian coast and in the Andes.
- Selected project: «Community-based biodiversity conservation: protecting threatened species in a dry forest corridor in northern Peru."
- Funding: $129,420
- Location: Lambayeque
- Expected acreage: 4,000.
Huarango Nature focuses on conserving patches of dry mountain forest as habitat for threatened bird species and ensuring their long-term survival. The organization proposes the creation of a 4,000-hectare Private Conservation Area that will serve as a biological corridor and focus on research, participatory management, and financial sustainability.
- Asociación ProPurús: is a Peruvian nonprofit organization founded in September 2010 that has been dedicated for over a decade to forest conservation, the sustainable use of natural resources, and the promotion of balanced and sustainable development for the indigenous peoples of the Peruvian rainforest.
- Selected project: «Private Conservation Area – ACP, for the conservation of threatened, endemic, and migratory bird species in decline, in the Sawawo Hito 40 National Reserve and the Nueva Bella National Reserve, Yurua District, Atalaya Province, Ucayali Department."
- Funding: $148,981
- Location: Ucayali
- Expected acreage: 53,000.
The project will support the conservation of threatened, endemic, and migratory bird species found in the Upper Yurúa River Valley, along with other vulnerable and endangered species; it will also safeguard important habitats in the Peruvian Tropical Andes region through the creation of two private conservation areas that will protect more than 53,000 hectares.
Conserva Aves represents a significant step toward the conservation of Peru's natural habitats and demonstrates a commitment through collaboration among organizations, communities, and local governments.
For more information, visit https://conservaves.redlac.org/
