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Equator Initiative Case StudiesLocal sustainable development solutions for people, nature, and resilient communities
Ecuador
AUTONOMOUS WORKERSASSOCIATION OF SAN
RAFAEL, TRES CRUCES,AND YURAC RUMI(ASARATY)
Empowered live
Resilient nation
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UNDP EQUATOR INITIATIVE CASE STUDY SERIES
Local and indigenous communities across the world are advancing innovative sustainable development solutions that w
or people and or nature. Few publications or case studies tell the ull story o how such initiatives evolve, the breadth
their impacts, or how they change over time. Fewer still have undertaken to tell these stories with community practition
themselves guiding the narrative.
To mark its 10-year anniversary, the Equator Initiative aims to ll this gap. The ollowing case study is one in a growing se
that details the work o Equator Prize winners vetted and peer-reviewed best practices in community-based environmenconservation and sustainable livelihoods. These cases are intended to inspire the policy dialogue needed to take local succ
to scale, to improve the global knowledge base on local environment and development solutions, and to serve as models
replication. Case studies are best viewed and understood with reerence to The Power of Local Action: Lessons from 10 Year
the Equator Prize, a compendium o lessons learned and policy guidance that draws rom the case material.
Click on the map to visit the Equator Initiatives searchable case study database.
EditorsEditor-in-Chief: Joseph Corcoran
Managing Editor: Oliver HughesContributing Editors: Dearbhla Keegan, Matthew Konsa, Erin Lewis, Whitney Wilding
Contributing WritersEdayatu Abieodun Lamptey, Erin Atwell, Toni Blackman, Jonathan Clay, Joseph Corcoran, Larissa Currado, Sarah Gordon, Oliver Hugh
Wen-Juan Jiang, Sonal Kanabar, Dearbhla Keegan, Matthew Konsa, Rachael Lader, Patrick Lee, Erin Lewis, Jona Liebl, Mengning Ma,
Mary McGraw, Gabriele Orlandi, Brandon Payne, Juliana Quaresma, Peter Schecter, Martin Sommerschuh, Whitney Wilding, Luna Wu
DesignOliver Hughes, Dearbhla Keegan, Matthew Konsa, Amy Korngiebel, Kimberly Koserowski, Erin Lewis, John Mulqueen, Lorena de la Pa
Brandon Payne, Mariajos Satizbal G.
AcknowledgementsThe Equator Initiative acknowledges with gratitude the Autonomous Workers Association o San Raael, Tres Cruces, and Yurac Ru
(ASARATY), and in particular the guidance and inputs o Jorge Rivas, Fundacin Natura. All photo credits courtesy o ASARATY a
Francois Laso/Archivo Fundacin Natura. Maps courtesy o CIA World Factbook and Wikipedia.
Suggested CitationUnited Nations Development Programme. 2012. Autonomous Workers Association of San Rafael, Tres Cruces, and Yurac Rumi (ASARA
Ecuador. Equator Initiative Case Study Series. New York, NY.
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PROJECT SUMMARYThe Autonomous Workers Association o San Raael,Tres Cruces, and Yurac Rumi (ASARATY) brings togetherindigenous Quichua-Puruhe (Kichwa) communities in thecentral Ecuadorian Andes in the sustainable managemento 8,000 hectares o montane grassland adjacent to theSangay National Park. The association represents the localagrarian communities o Guarguall Chico, GuarguallGrande, San Raael, Tres Cruces, and Yurac Rumi, and worksto conserve the parks orest and grassland ecosystems bypromoting low-impact livelihood activities.
Recognizing that ecosystem degradation was resulting rominappropriate agricultural practices and intensive grazing,ASARATY has promoted innovative and responsible waysto use local resources, including sustainable alpaca-rearingand ecotourism. By generating sustainable income sourcesor the communities members, the initiative has helpedto conserve this critical grassland reserve and mountainwatershed.
KEY FACTS
EQUATOR PRIZE WINNER: 2004
FOUNDED: 1999
LOCATION: Chimborazo Province, Ecuador
BENEFICIARIES: 400 people, 5 communities
BIODIVERSITY: Sangay National Park
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Background and Context 4
Key Activities and Innovations 6
Biodiversity Impacts 7
Socioeconomic Impacts 8
Policy Impacts 8
Sustainability 9
Partners 9
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ince 1999, the indigenous and campesino communities comprising
he Autonomous Workers Association o San Raael, Tres Cruces, and
Yurac Rumi (Asociacin de Trabajadores Autnomos San Raael,
res Cruces y Yurac Rumi - ASARATY) have managed 8,000 hectares
montane grassland adjacent to the Sangay National Park in the
entral Ecuadorian Andes. Located in Chimborazo Province, this
ssociation brings together the indigenous Quichua-Puruhe
Kichwa) peoples and the local agrarian communities o Guarguall
Chico, Guarguall Grande, San Raael, Tres Cruces, and Yurac Rumi.
he association works to counter habitat degradation and conserve
water sources on traditional lands. This has been achieved largely
hrough the development o sustainable alpaca arming and
cotourism, increasing ood security and generating income or thessociations members.
An Andean montane grassland ecosystem
angay National Park is the largest area o protected wild terrain
n Ecuadors Central and Eastern Cordilleras. It is home to a range
ecosystems, rom the tropical rainorests o the Amazon basin
o mountain glaciers, and encompasses two snow-capped, active
olcanoes: Tungurahua and Sangay. Its isolation has protected a
reat diversity o wildlie including indigenous species such as the
Mountain Tapir and Andean Condor. Established in 1975, the park
urrently totals 517,765 hectares. The initial park o 271,925 hectares
was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983.
he slopes o Sangay between altitudes o 3,000 and 4,500 metres are
ominated by pramo montane grassland and black Andean soils
ormed rom volcanic base material. This grassland ecosystem has
he greatest hydrological and soil carbon sequestration potential in
cuador. Within this subalpine pramo zone, three main vegetation
ypes dominate: Festuca tussock grassland; areas o cushion
lants and other low-growing species; and undisturbed stands o
Nuerolepsis bamboo species. Its high diversity o ora and auna and
importance or watershed protection has made it a priority are
conservation in Ecuador.
In 1992, the park was added to the list o World Heritage Sit
Danger due to illegal poaching, extensive grazing, road construc
and growing encroachment rom human populations living o
perimeters. In partnership with the governments Sub-Secret
o Forestry and Renewable Natural Resources, the Ecuadorian
Fundacin Natura (Ecuadorian Foundation or the Protection
Conservation o Nature) rst began supporting the manageme
the park in the mid-1980s. In 1997, they implemented a projec
the Conservation o Biodiversity and the Participatory Managem
o Sangay National Park. This sought to involve local populatiothe management and sustainable use o the natural resources w
the park and its bufer zone, through community-based sustain
development activities. One o the areas targeted was the b
zone plateaus to the west o the park, where overgrazing o c
had severely depleted grasslands and led to encroachment on
parks natural resources.
A community-based response to ecosystem degradatio
This was the context or the ormation o ASARATY, which b
together 101 households in ve communities, or a tota
approximately 400 people, to collectively own and manage 8
hectares o land. Ranging rom mountainous cloud orest and umountainous evergreen orest to pramo herbaceous and
grassland moors, this land was purchased rom a private esta
1999 with support rom Fundacin Natura. The land is located i
Guargualla River watershed, comprising the parishes o Cebada
Pungala in the cantons o Guamote and Riobamba respective
eastern-central Chimborazo.
Very ew community members work in the provincial capit
Riobamba, with the majority engaged in small-scale agricultu
Background and Context
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growing potatoes, beans, barley, onions, and other vegetables and
herding cattle, sheep, horses and, importantly, alpaca. Overgrazing,
combined with burning o grasslands has substantially decreased
he productivity o the land or agriculture and pastoralism. This has
been exacerbated by the degradation o water sources, a problem
common to many communities throughout Chimborazo Province.
ASARATY began not only as an environmental initiative, then, but as
a response to the threats o poverty and ood and water insecurity.
n Chimborazo, 89.6% o the rural population is dened as poorhaving one basic need unmet), with 45% o the province considered
extremely poor (having more than one basic need unmet.) The rate is
highest in Guamote, where 87.9% o the rural population, or 30,932
people, live in extreme poverty.
The initial land purchase aimed to give the indigenous and arming
communities control over their ancestral land and its many
mportant water sources. The project was opposed by the Ministry
o Environment, who attempted to orce the relocation o
ASARATY communities rom their land. Ater lengthy negotiat
an agreement was struck allowing the communities to remai
the land provided they remove all cattle rom the moors within
years. Although this was opposed by individual community mem
that owned large numbers o cattle, the communities collect
committed to meeting this goal. This agreement also gave ASA
control over the moors reshwater resources, overcomin
competing challenge rom the private owners o estate land iarea. With our years o nancial support rom Fundacin Na
the association was able to develop sustainable alpaca armin
an alternative to high-impact cattle herding, reducing pressure
grassland. This has involved producing and marketing high-qu
goods rom their alpaca herds, and has been supplemente
ecotourism, which has urther diversied local incomes.
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All of those who are in the protected areas and in the moors, in general, care for the environme
so that our children have a healthy life. We must develop coordinated actions with those wi
whom we live in these lands so that, together, we defend life.
Jorge Rivas, Fundacin Natura
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Key Activities and Innovations
he objectives o ASARATY have been to stimulate local development
hrough economic diversication; to reduce rates o migration
o young community members to urban centres in search o
mployment; to preserve the areas natural and cultural heritage or
uture generations; to improve and sustain the biological diversity
upported by the moors; and to strengthen local capacity.
Sustainable resource management
he associations activities have been carried out in line with
hese objectives. Burning and grazing cattle are prohibited on the
rassland moors. Alpaca arming has been developed in place o
erding cattle since 2002, with support rom Fundacin Naturand Corporacin de Promocin de Exportaciones e Inversiones del
cuador (CORPEI). ASARATY members were assisted in writing an
nitial proposal during workshops acilitated by Fundacin Natura
echnicians. The process used participatory planning, with a group
o community members elected to receive training in camelid
erding rom other Andean alpaca-arming peasant groups in the
egion. This process involved designing the necessary herding,
anitation, eeding, reproduction, and shearing inrastructure or
he alpaca herd, which initially numbered 70 individuals. The group
o herders were given training in making diferent types o clothing
rom the alpaca wool, including scarves, hats, vests, shawls, and
loves, and were assisted in marketing these goods. CORPEI helped
o establish a handicrat centre or making these goods. Currently,ty community members are active alpaca armers; the herd had
rown to around 150 animals by 2005.
Diversifying sources of income
Community-based ecotourism has also been developed as a source
o income generation. Visitors to the area can take a 2-5 day guided
our o the slopes o the Sangay volcano, led by indigenous tour
uides. The tour shows visitors the slopes alpaca herds, and ofers
hem the chance to buy alpaca wool handicrats. 75 amilies out o
the 101 ASARATY member households have been engaged in
with community members receiving training as artisans, co
porters, porters, and mountain guides. This has helped to re
migration o young community members by creating local job
the provincial level, ASARATY has helped to ound the Corporatio
Community Tourism Development o Chimborazo (Corporacin
el Desarrollo del Turismo Comunitario de Chimborazo - CORDTU
This organisation has successully promoted the community-b
tourism initiatives as an alternative means to generating income
local amilies.
Conservation o the grasslands has been linked to provincial ef
to improve irrigation or agriculture at lower altitudes through
protection o key watersheds on the plateaus. In particular, thisocused on the Guargualla-Licto and Chambo-Guano channe
which 1,800 and 5,000 households respectively have bene
rom improved water ows.
Governance structure
Decisions on new and developing projects are taken in a democ
ashion. ASARATY members meet with the associations leade
make proposals; these are then brought to the general assemb
all member households, ensuring that decisions are approve
a majority o the communities. This has created a high degre
community ownership o the associations diferent projects.
The community has experienced the ravage
of climate change and has responded wit
the conservation of its pramo ecosystem
Jorge Rivas, Fundacin Natura
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Impacts
BIODIVERSITY IMPACTS
The biological diversity o Sangay National Park has been largely
preserved since its ormation thanks to the isolation o many o its
mountainous areas. Very little human activity has reached the central
reas o the park, allowing wildlie and ora species to ourish.
Natural vegetation covers around 84% o the park, which lies within
WWF/IUCN Centre o Plant Diversity: at least 3,000 plant species
re known to exist in the park. Some 93 amilies, 292 genera and
,566 species have been identied in the Andean orests o Ecuador
bove 2,400 meters, and most o these genera are represented in
angay. The vegetation has three main zones: alpine and subalpine
n the high pramo, montane cloud and wet orests, and subtropicalnd wet rain orests in the upper Amazon basin.
Animal species distribution corresponds with vegetation zones.
Mountain Tapir, puma, guinea pig and Andean ox are ound at higher
ltitudes. The park is also home to the spectacled bear, jaguar, ocelot,
margay, white-tailed deer, brocket deer, pudu, and giant otter. The
park contains two Endemic Bird Areas: the Central Andean pramo,
home to ten bird species o restricted range, and Ecuador-Peru East
Andes, home to teen restricted-range species. Noteworthy species
nclude condor, seen particularly around the mountain area o Altar,
ubillin and quilimas, cock-o-the-rock, which exists in substantial
populations in inaccessible upper orest areas o the eastern Andean
lopes, giant hummingbird, torrent duck, king vulture, and swallow-ailed kite.
Reducing the environmental impact of pastoralism
The main conservation impacts o ASARATYs work have been
chieved through greatly reducing the pressures on the plateaus
grassland ecosystem. By embracing alpaca arming over cattle
grazing, the indigenous and campesino communities have
llowed grass to regenerate in the 8,000 hectares under ASARATY
management. Several characteristics o alpaca allow or b
conservation o natural resources in the plateau region. The s
and padding o their hooves and low body weight o on
kilograms ensure that they do not overly damage or compac
soil. In addition, their eeding habits biting of vegetation ins
o uprooting it do not break up the soil, and allow or re-gro
o the vegetation. Alpaca excrement also helps in the recupera
and conservation o the soil and low-growing vegetation in
ecosystem. The expansion o the agricultural rontier has slo
due to the use o organic ertilizer rom alpaca excrement, whic
increased agricultural productivity.
As part o the alpaca herding project, the association researthe herding capacity o the plateau region. The results o this s
demonstrated that the plateau can support 2.73 alpacas per he
annually, compared to 0.33 cows per hectare. The results o
study have been useul in promoting alpaca arming as a mea
sustainably managing the natural grazing areas.
Community members have attested to improved ecolo
conditions resulting rom ASARATYs natural resource managem
From the higher slopes o the Sangay volcano, indigenous tour g
can spot tapir, deer, and occasionally condors. These agship sp
are indicative o improved conservation o the national park, a
turn the improved conservation o its populated bufer zone
initiative has also helped to recover water sources, contributinthe irrigation schemes at lower altitudes in Guargualla and Ceb
Prohibitions on burning have allowed grass to grow higher and a
a wider range; orests o polylepis genus and hesperomeles
species (known locally as yagual and pujin respectively) endem
the Ecuadorian Andes have also been regenerated. In 2005, Sa
National Park was removed rom UNESCOs list o endang
World Heritage Sites thanks to the work o the parks managem
Fundacin Natura, and the eforts o community-based associa
such as ASARATY that inhabit the parks bufer zones.
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SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS
ASARATYs chie socioeconomic impacts have come through
ncreasing and diversiying the income o the associations members.
his has been achieved by processing alpaca wool into clothing
products, increasing agricultural productivity (thanks to the use o
organic ertilizer rom alpaca excrement), improving access to water,
nd through jobs created by ecotourism. In turn, these activities have
llowed the communities to retain many elements o their culturaleritage, while reducing seasonal migration to urban centres.
econdary processing o alpaca products: Having received training in
earing alpaca and producing handcrated clothing rom their wool,
he ty community members engaged in this project were able
o realise prots rom this activity. As an indication, in the rst ew
months o 2003, alpaca herders and weavers received around USD
,000 rom the sale o alpaca products. The growth in alpaca herds
nd improved marketing o these goods alongside the development
o tourism in the region has helped to increase revenues rom this.
Revenues are used by amilies to aford the costs o education,
lothing, and basic goods.
mproved agricultural productivity: The production o organic
ertilizer rom alpaca excrement has acilitated the improvement o
gricultural productivity or the associations arming households.
he use o soil humus has reduced the use o chemical ertilizers, in
urn reducing the cost o arming. Improved soil composition and
gricultural conservation practices such as natural wind barriers and
erracing have helped to increase crop yields: potato production
as increased rom eight tons per hectare to ourteen tons per
ectare, generating higher sales and increased incomes or agrarian
ouseholds.
cotourism livelihood opportunities: O the 101 amilies initiallynvolved in managing the associations 8,000 hectares o land, 65ave benetted rom direct sources o income created by ASARATY
ctivities, including alpaca rearing, weaving, and ecotourism. Forty
o these members are men, and twenty-ve are women. All o the
amilies are now deemed to be sel-supporting, thanks to increased
ncomes. A ar larger number o amilies outside the associations
and, however, have benetted rom their activities, including
ouseholds at lower altitudes who have improved access to water
nd irrigation systems thanks to the conservation o watersheds on
he higher plateau. Local capacity has also been strengthened by the
nitiative, thanks to negotiation and training processes involved in
ommunity-based resource management. The groups experiences
ave also been shared with other Andean alpaca arming groups,promoting the development o knowledge-sharing networks
mong Chimborazos campesino and indigenous communities.
POLICY IMPACTS
he chie impacts on policy resulting rom the work o ASARATY and
other like-minded associations have come through their organisation
nto regional and national bodies. In as much as the groups have
been able to inuence decision-makers, this has come through
their involvement in community-based ecotourism, although
achievements in sustainable arming and conservation have
been widely disseminated.
The Corporacin para el Desarrollo del Turismo Comunitari
Chimborazo (CORDTUCH) has helped to coordinate the advo
eforts o various community-based tourism initiatives in
province. ASARATY was the rst such initiative in Chimborazo
a pioneer at the national level, and has thus played a leadingin advancing the locally-managed tourism agenda. Groups in A
Alao, Candelaria, Pancn, and Retn are currently implemen
projects along the lines o ASARATY. The group has also be
part o Ecuadors Community Tourism Network, while the efor
Fundacin Natura have been recognised at the national level as g
practices or national park management. One o their key p
agendas has been pressing or regulations recognising comm
tourism centres. Another important policy change would
the introduction o regulations to standardize the proper us
grassland moors and their resources, including water sources,
the economic benets being ully reinvested in local commun
The participatory nature o ASARATY at the community leve
networking with groups across Ecuador at the national leve
helped to give power and depth to their advocacy eforts, w
remain on-going.
In other areas, ASARATY communities have aced challen
Notably, improvement o existing inrastructure has been s
although there has been some success in bringing electrici
schools and other buildings in the plateaus communities. On
whole, however, ASARATY members have been critical o the
o public investment and community-level engagement in tou
and conservation in the area, and their lack o political backing
hindered attempts to change this. For instance, the community
not been engaged in National Biodiversity Strategy and Action(NBSAP) processes, despite the experience and knowledge
could bring to these areas.
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Sustainability and Partners
SUSTAINABILITYKey issues or the sustainability o ASARATYs work are maintaining
he alpaca herds, developing alternative sources o income or
member households, and continuing to organise at the community,
egional, and national levels or political change.
he association has ambitious plans to expand the area currently
nder management by ty percent to a total o 12,000 hectares. This
would comprise a ully protected zone o 5,000 hectares o grassland
n the highlands that is currently managed or the protection o
watersheds, and a total o 7,000 hectares to be used or light alpaca
erding and small-scale agriculture. This would allow or expansiono the alpaca herds while enabling the ull protection o important
water sources. The increasing importance o water security makes
his a pressing concern.
he creation o additional livelihood activities has been prioritised
o reduce incidences o hunting in the areas orests. One strategy
dentied or this is establishing a supportive credit union to provide
oans to armers or agriculture and rearing livestock. This would
permit armers to scale-up cultivation or alpaca rearing to increase
ncomes. It would also encourage the development o alternative
velihood options such as pig-rearing or other ecologically low-
mpact economic activities. Improved market access and entry into
ew markets would acilitate higher income generation rom theseinds o activities.
CORDTUCH plays an important role in ASARATYs sustained impact
t the regional level. Continued knowledge exchange with other
ommunity-based ecotourism initiatives and strategic policy
dvocacy will be critical or the growth o the association. Ultimately
t is the level o community engagement, however, that will ensure
ASARATYs long-term success. Since the late 1990s, the associations
eadership has promoted projects and activities that have addressed
eeds identied by the community members themselves, and this
ontinues to guide the groups work. Support rom external sources
in the orm o unding and in-kind donations o equipment, aci
and technical assistance are also important or sustained impac
PARTNERS
The initiative has been supported by various local, regional,
national partners. Chie among these is Fundacin Natura
Ecuadorian Foundation or the Protection and Conservatio
Nature a non-governmental organization created in 1978
the mission o acilitating the conservation o biodiversity
sustainable management o natural resources, and the preven
o pollution in order to improve the living conditions o Ecuador
This NGO helped to acilitate the ounding o ASARATY, andcoordinated conservation activities within Sangay National Park
its bufer zones since the mid-1980s.
The Corporation or the Promotion o Exports and Investm
(Corporacin de Promocin de Exportaciones e Inversiones - CO
has supported the local ASARATY womens association, c
Grupo Germen, through capacity building in artisan textiles.
group o women ormed as part o ASARATYs initial membersh
coordinate and manage the artisanal production o alpaca text
Chimborazo Polytechnic College (Escuela Superior Politcnica
Chimborazo - ESPOCH) has supported ASARATY by helping to
packages and routes or the associations tourism activities, asas in researching the herding capacity o ASARATY plateau terr
Proyecto Pramo has provided technical assistance in surveyin
the plateau region. It also took part in participatory research int
herding areas and compiling ecological inventories, and contrib
to the Management Plan or the Pramo Region.
In addition, ASARATY has received support rom the Founda
o Salineras Organizations (FUNORSAL) and rom private An
Camelid herders, among others.
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