Living amazonian landscapes: co-management model among indigenous communities for the effective conservation, protection and recovery of amazonian territories

State of implementation/results

• 12/24-03/25 Participatory project planning with indigenous management boards of the 10 communal protected areas (RCs), the nature conservation authority SERNANP and partner organisations.
• The indigenous boards of the 10 RCs participated in trainings of the state protected area system SINANPE on the Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (METT) to strengthen their capacities in community-based monitoring of key biodiversity variables and received appropriate technical equipment (including drones, laptops, cameras, binoculars, GPS devices and uniforms). These processes contribute to strengthening the co-management model.
• 692 representatives of indigenous peoples and local communities (45% women) from nine RCs took part in workshops to analyse climate risks and gender-related vulnerabilities. These workshops enabled the development of appropriate adaptation options for the RCs.
• The project was commissioned by the nature conservation authority SERNANP to develop and validate the Gender Action Plan of the National System of Protected Areas (SINANPE). Two workshops were held with SERNANP staff, experts and park rangers from 25 nature reserves. This SERNANP publication systematises and disseminates experiences, research results, methods, guidelines and findings relating to the management of nature reserves.
• The project supported the process of establishing the new Bajo Putumayo communal protected area in Loreto, where 13 indigenous communities participated in the prior consultation and fully exercised their rights.
• A conservation agreement was signed in the Machiguenga Communal Reserve, particularly with the Koribeni indigenous community, to ensure the sustainable management of natural resources and territories.
• The establishment of a school of knowledge for co-management was initiated to strengthen the capacity of indigenous leaders on topics such as co-management, governance, conservation, financial sustainability, knowledge management and communication. This initiative provides an overarching framework that organises and improves the training activities planned in all project components, contributing to a more effective and sustainable management of the communal reserves.
• RC Tuntanain received the "Entrepreneurs by Nature" award from SERNANP and PROFONANPE in recognition of its efforts to create sustainable businesses that utilise indigenous biodiversity in protected areas.
• 313 producers of cocoa, plantains and other crops strengthened their capacity in agroecological techniques and agroforestry systems to increase productivity while conserving forests.
• The project contributes to the NDC as it aims to maintain and increase the climate adaptive capacity and resilience of indigenous peoples and local communities in communal reserves.
• By implementing the monitoring and control system in protected areas to reduce vulnerability to climate impacts, it strengthens adaptive capacities by conducting training workshops on the SINANPE Management Effectiveness Tool for Protected Areas (METT) for the management boards of three communal reserves.
• As part of the National Adaptation Plan, the project contributes to Goal 5 (Protect and conserve forests in the face of climate change impacts), Goal 6 (Improve the management and use of forest and wildlife resources in the face of climate change impacts) and Goal 9 (Reduce the health vulnerability of the population to climate change impacts) by carrying out climate vulnerability analyses, developing and implementing adaptation measures in the ten municipal protected areas.
• The project contributes to Peru's new National Biodiversity Strategy to 2050 (ENDB) through the following measures: (i) strengthening protected area administrations with a focus on participation, governance, gender and interculturality; (ii) a programme to restore degraded ecosystems that is implemented in a participatory manner and promotes landscape connectivity with local and indigenous populations.

Latest Update:
12/2025