Bruno Monteferri Conservamos por Naturaleza Peruvian Society for Environmental Law

Peruvian Society for Environmental Law (SPDA)

+ 10 years supporting voluntary conservation in Peru

+ Governance

+ Management + Financial support

4 main legal tools (Conservation & ecotourism concessions, private reserves and easements)

174 formally recognized private and communal conservation initiatives

1.4 million hectares

Private reserves and conservation concessions

What are the world trends? How do we adapt our strategies? + Smart phones and social media have changed the way we interact + Anthropocene + Shared economies / collaboration + Emerging world connectivity + Disconnection from nature + Property to access + Millenials, We Generation + Third industrial revolution?

A rapidly changing world: + Smart phones and social media have changed the way we interact + Anthropocene + Shared economies / collaboration + Emerging world connectivity + Disconnection from nature + Property to access + Millenials, We Generation + Third industrial revolution?

Finding

PUR POSE and

MEANING in a world of

CON TRA DIC TIONS

LEAVE A POSITIVE TRACE EVERYWHERE YOU GO

Conservamos por Naturaleza (We conserve for/by nature)

We support voluntary conservation initiatives and promote

sustainable lifestyles through collective action and a platform for mutual collaboration.

5 strategic goals to 2019

1. Improve the legal and institutional framework to make of voluntary conservation an

attractive use of the land

Events that inspire and create a sense of community. + Festivals + Documentaries screenings + Universities and schools + Crowd-funding and crowd-sourcing

2. Build a community, decentralized, leading by example to live sustainably

Campaign Do it for your beach

+ An alliance with L.O.O.P - 34 tons of garbage collected

- 3000 volunteers - - 200 people empowered

- 16 team members - 600 collaborators donate skills (e.g. students, musicians, designers) - us$ 150,000 in donations of talent

700 collaborators

allies volunteers

3.Provide direct and indirect support to voluntary conservation initiatives

Promoting voluntary Conservation efforts

+ 70 videos

+ 6 routes CxN +20 postcards

+50 press articles + profiles of each area at:

conservamospornaturaleza.org/explora

Eco-business and sustainable consumption Honey, artesanías, panela, Eco-tourism, reforestation

+ business plans

+ support in commercialization and distribution

+ creation of cooperatives + promotion + carnet CxN

Reforestation Program - 307 trees adopted for $20.

- Direct benefit for conservation areas.

$ 412,000 provided as seed funds to conservation Initiatives Direct donations from the private sector

Programme Conserve Perú

+ Scholarships to go and work in conservation

areas for 6 – 12 months + Collaboration schemes

for citizens to support voluntary conservation

efforts

4. Strengthening the leadership capacities at the local level and for youth

Programme Tierra de Niños (ANIA.org) + A space for children to sow and plant for them, for

someone they love and for nature

5. Reconnecting people and especially children with nature

(Re)conecta trips

5. Reconnecting people and especially children with nature

New book available for download at: www.conservamospornaturaleza.org

CONTACT // Bruno Monteferri bmonteferri@spda.org.pe Director Conservamos por Naturaleza / SPDA Facebook/conservamospornaturaleza Twitter/conservamos

PARTNERS // ACCA / Actualidad Ambiental / ANIA.org / Blue Moon Fund / Cambia.pe / Columbia / ConCiencia / Dédalo / Moore Foundation / L.O.O.P / MINAM / NEBF / NPC / PIRQA / Patagonia / Promperú Publimetro / Revista Vamos! / Rumbos / Scotiabank / SERNANP / Shiwi / SODIMAC / The Rufford Foundation /Viajeros