Alto Mayo Case Study: Conservation International Peru Panel : Linking Policy and Practice: Approaches to REDD + Benefit Sharing 2 December 2014 Percy Summers, CI Peru Director of the Sustainable Landscape Partnership for Peru

Alto Mayo Protected Forest

The Alto Mayo Protected Forest is part of the

National Natural Protected Areas System

(SERNANP)

• Created: July 1987 • Location: San Martin Region • Area: 182,000 ha and

425,405 with buffer zone • Elevation: 800 to 4000

meters • Deforestation: one of the

highest among NPAs up to 4,528 ha until 2000 – 0.35%/year

• Threats: 1000 families living within the area. Migration. Illegal land traffic and coffee.

• Economy: informal (coffee, cattle, timber and land)

Strategies (2009-2012)

a. Strengthen NPA Management Capacities

b. Promote sustainable production systems (aligned with NPA objectives) – Conservation Agreements

c. Financial sustainability through long-term financial mechanisms (including REDD +)

d. Communications e. Integrate into the regional political and

development landscape

a negotiated exchange of benefits in

return for changes in resource use,

contingent on verified performance

Conservation Agreement

Conservation Agreement

Benefits

Threats to biodiversity

Opportunity cost

Conservation Agreement Model

Conservation Actions

Examples No poaching No forest clearing Patrolling

Examples Social services Livelihood support Conservation wages

www.conservation.org/csp

Implementation

Monitoring Renegotiation

Project Cycle Toward Sustainability

Design & Negotiation

Step 3

Step 4

Long-term Financing &

Management

Step 5

Engagement

Step 2

Feasibility Analysis

Step 1

The agreement

- Direct Technical Assistance

- Training & capacity building

- Equipment/Fertilizers

- Efficient cook stoves

- Tree nurseries

- Health campaigns

- Sustainable development poles (outside of the NPA)

Benefits Conservation actions

- No more deforestation

- No more cutting of secondary growth in slopes > 60%

- Support in controlling further immigration

- Prohibit timber extraction for commercial purposes

Thank you!