INITIATIVE FOR CONSERVATION IN THE ANDEAN AMAZON ANNUAL OUTLOOK FISCAL YEAR 2011

F eb ruary 2011 This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). It was prepared by the International Resources Group (IRG) and its subcontractors, the Academy for Educational Development (AED), Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental (SPDA) and Social Impact, Inc. (SI).

INITIATIVE FOR CONSERVATION IN THE ANDEAN AMAZON ANNUAL OUTLOOK FISCAL YEAR 2011

Contract No. RLA-C-00-06-00064-00

Cover Photo:Potential flooded areas of the Inambari and Araza rivers if the proposed Inambari dam and hydroelectric power plant is built. Inambari, Peru. Photo credit: Thomas Mueller/ISU

February 2011

DIS CLA IM E R The views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government.

CONTENTS

ACRONYMS ...... V E XE CUTIVE S UMMARY ...... 1 INT RODUCTION ...... 3 Overview of ICAA ...... 3 L ooking Ahead a t F Y 2011 ...... 4 B UIL DING CAP ACITY ...... 6 P lanned Activities and Expected Results ...... 6 Improved Natural resource management ...... 6 Training and Capacity Building ...... 11 P OL ICY DIAL OGUE AND IMP L E ME NTATION ...... 17 P lanned Activities and Expected Results ...... 17 Policy Implementation ...... 17 Co-Sponsored Stakeholder Dialogue Events...... 17 L E VE RAGING NE W RES OURCES F OR AMAZON CONS E RVATION ...... 24 P lanned Activities and Expected Results ...... 24 CONCL US ION ...... 26

ACRONYMS

ACCA Asociación para la Conservación de la Cuenca Amazónica(Peru – Association for the Conservation of the Amazon Basin) AIDER Asociación para la Investigación y el Desarrollo Integral (Peru – Association for Research and Integral Development) AED Academy for Educational Development APNP Alto Purus National Park ASL Agrupación Social del Lugar (Bolivia - Local Social Association) BSNP Bahuaja Sonene National Park C&D Conservación y Desarrollo (Ecuador – Conservation and Development) CEPF Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund CECOVASA Central de Cooperativas Agrarias Cafetaleras de los Valles de Sandia (Peru - Central Coffee Growers Cooperative of the Sandia Valleys) COICA Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica (Coordinating Body for the Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin) FENACOCA Native Federation of Cacataibo Communities (Peru - Federación Nativa de Comunidades Cacataibo) FECONAPIA Federación de Comunidades Nativas de Puerto Inca y Afluentes (Peru - Federation of NativeCommunities of Port Inca and Tributaries) FECONAU Federación de Comunidades de Ucayali (Peru - Federation of Native Communities of Ucayali) FEINCE Federación Indigena de la Nacionalidad Cofán del Ecuador (Ecuador - Indigenous Federation of the Cofan Nation of Ecuador) FONDAM Fondo de las Américas(Fund for the Americas) FSC Fundación Sobrevivencia Cofán (Ecuador - Foundation for Cofan Survival) FY Fiscal Year IBC Instituto del Bien Común (Peru - Common Good Institute) ICAA Initiative for Conservation in the Andean Amazon IR Intermediate Result IRG International Resources Group IL Indigenous Landscapes, an ICAA consortium ISU Initiative for the Conservation of the Andean Amazon Support Unit

FY 2011 ANNUAL OUTLOOK v LAC Latina America and Caribbean Bureau of USAID MMCC Madidi-Manu Conservation Complex, an ICAA consortium M-P Madre de Dios, Peru and Pando, Bolivia, an ICAA consortium NGO Non-governmental Organization PEMD Proyecto Especial Madre de Dios (Peru - Madre de Dios Special Project) PES Payment for Ecosystem Services PLARs Policies, Laws, Agreements and Regulations RA Rainforest Alliance REDD Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation SI Social Impact, Inc. SL Sustainable Livelihoods, an ICAA consortium SPDA Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental (Peruvian Society for Environmental Law) TNC The Nature Conservancy TNR Tambopata National Reserve UAP Universidad Amazónica de Pando (Bolivia – Amazonian University of Pando) UF University of Florida UNAMAD Universidad Nacional Amazónica de Madre de Dios (Peru - National Amazonian University of Madre de Dios) USAID United States Agency for International Development WCS Wildlife Conservation Society WHRC Woods Hole Research Center

VIFY2011 ANNUAL OUTLOOK EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This Annual Outlook for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 (October 1, 2010 - September 30, 2011) presents the overall workplan of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) regional project for the Amazon, the Initiative for Conservation in the Andean Amazon (ICAA).This Outlook is organized around ICAA’s Performance Management Plan and its three Intermediate Results:

• Capacity building • Policy implementation

• Leveraging new resources for conservation To viewthe complementarities in field activities and focus areas among ICAA consortia, FY11activities are described by countryunder the first two Intermediate Results. ICAA, a five-year program (FY07-11), includes US $35 million in support from USAID and US $10 million in cost-sharing support from implementing partners. Through ICAA, USAID funds 20 partner organizations organized under four field consortia and a Support Unit. Work is underway in the four countries of the Andean Amazon: Bolivia,Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.In addition, ICAA consortia coordinate closely with USAID’s bilateral mission programs in the region, as well as with national governments, universities and other Amazonian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and networks. Exhibit 1 summarizes work locations, objectives and partners for each consortium. E xhibit 1. P artners in the Initiative for Conservation in the Andean Am a zon

Consortium Where They Objective Who Is Involved? Work Conserving the Southwest Improve landscape planning Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Madidi­Manu Amazon; and implementation, develop Asociación para la Conservación de la Landscape of Bolivia Bolivia and community­based eco­ Cuenca Amazónica(ACCA) and Peru (MMCC) Peru enterprises, and build environmental governance. Fondo de las Américas (FONDAM) Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental 1 (SPDA) Indigenous Ecuador and Strengthen environmental The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Landscapes (IL) Peru management of indigenous Instituto del Bien Común (IBC) lands by building the capacity of indigenous and partner Fundación Sobrevivencia Cofán (FSC) organizations to plan, manage Coordinadora de las Organizaciones and protect these lands. Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica (COICA) Strengthening Southwest Reduce the loss of biodiversity The University of Florida (UF) Environmental Amazon; and environmental services, Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC) Management in Bolivia and and serve as an example for Madre de Dios, Peru Peru international collaboration on Herencia and Pando, Bolivia transboundary issues in the Universidad Amazónica de Pando (UAP) (M­P) Andean Amazon. Universidad Nacional Amazónica de Madre de Dios (UNAMAD)

1 Fundación Puma in Bolivia was also a member of this Consortium. However, in August 2010 Puma dissolved its relationship with MMCC and ICAA.

FY 2011 ANNUAL OUTLOOK 1 Proyecto Especial Madre de Dios ­ Gobierno Regional de Madre de Dios (PEMD)

Sustainable Bolivia, Reduce environmental Rainforest Alliance (RA) Livelihoods in the Colombia, degradation and improve Fundación Natura Western Amazon Ecuador and community livelihoods by (SL) Peru increasing the sales volume Conservación y Desarrollo (C&D) and revenue of certified sustainable timber, non­timber forest products, agricultural and tourism products. ICAA Support Unit Bolivia, Build upon efforts of ICAA International Resources Group (IRG) (ISU) Colombia, partners to ensure that the Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ecuador and whole is more than the sum of Ambiental Peru its parts and strengthen institutional capacities. Academy for Educational Development (AED) Social Impact, Inc. (SI)

The ICAA partners have ambitious targets for their shared and consortium-specific indicators.The sixshared ICAA indicators measure achievements in capacity building, policy dialogue and implementation, and inleveraging new resources.By the end ofFY11,ICAA expects to have reached the following results:

• Management will be improved on approximately5.5million hectares in the Andean Amazon, including internationally or nationally prioritized areas of biological significance, as well as lands with valuable natural resources. These hectare targets reflect the work of three consortia.

• At least52,000 people will be trained,including indigenous peoples, producers, local and national government officials, private sector and technical staff of NGOs (including ICAA partner organizations). All five consortia will conduct training in natural resource management and biodiversity topics.

• At least 30 policies, laws, agreements or regulations will be implemented.Three consortia will report on this indicator in FY11.

• More than230 co-sponsored policy-related dialogue events will be convenedon topics related to the core ICAA themes of regional infrastructure, climate change and territorial management. Four of the five consortia will organize these events.

• The field-based consortiawill leverage at leastUS $7 millionin addition to their required cost- share ICAA funding .The four field consortia have submitted targets for this indicator.

2FY2011 ANNUAL OUTLOOK INTRODUCTION

This Annual Outlook provides a snapshot of the proposed activities of implementing partners of USAID’s regional project for the Amazon, the Initiative for Conservation in the Andean Amazon (ICAA) for Fiscal Year 2011 (October 1, 2010-September 30, 2011). ICAA’s Outlook is organized around the Initiative’sPerformance Management Plan and presents the overall work plan of the 20 ICAA partner organizations that carry out conservation-related activities in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. The Andean Amazon Region OVE RVIE W OF ICAA ICAA is a five-year program to improve stewardship of the Amazon Basin’s globally- and nationally- important biological diversity and environmental services. Four field-based consortia implement activities in the four Andean Amazon countries (Bolivia,Colombia, Ecuador and Peru). Their work is supported by an ICAA Support Unit (ISU), with staff based in Lima, Quito, Santa Cruz and Washington, D.C. The Latin America and Caribbean Bureau of USAID (LAC) in Washington, D.C manages Andean Amazon activities. Program funding comes from USAID, with cost-sharing resources from each field-based consortium.Exhibit1provides a snapshot of each consortium, their objectives and geographic focus. The IL Consortiumaims to increase participation of indigenous peoples and organizations in policy decision- making on resource distribution andeconomic, social and political changes in the Andean Amazon. The consortium’s approach strengthensthe capacities of indigenous organizations to influence public policies to promote sustainable development and environmental management. The consortium targets four areas of Cofan lands in Ecuador and the Central Selvalandscape in Peru. The M-P Consortiumdevelops actions to mitigate the loss of biodiversity from deforestation and settlements resulting from large infrastructure projects in the departments of Madre de Dios, Peru and Pando, Bolivia. This group’s work is based on a model of local, national and international collaboration through integrated management plans of the affected basins and sub-basins, and a prioritization of ecosystem maintenance and restoration. The consortium invests in capacity building (both at the school and university levels) and in institutional strengthening to improve long-term environmental management. The MMCC Consortiumworks to conserve the natural corridor (of approximately 19 million hectares) stretching from Manu National Park in Peru to Madidi National Park in Bolivia, which includes widely diverse ecosystems between 150 and 6,000 meters above sea level. The consortium works with national and regional governments, indigenous peoples and local institutions to create capacities for the joint development of integrated strategies for landscape management. It also conducts research for conservation and supports local governments in establishing municipal and regional conservation areas, biodiversity management and

FY 2011 ANNUAL OUTLOOK 3 sustainable productive alternatives such as Brazil nut management, conservationof protected areas and consolidation of indigenous territories. The SL Consortium promotes the conservation of biodiversity and natural resources through the production and marketing of timber, coffee, cocoa, non-timber forest products and tourism services, based on best management practices and certification standards. Consortium activitiesare implemented in the Amazonian regions of Bolivia,Colombia, Ecuador andPeru. The ICAA program goal isto strengthen Andean Amazonian institutions and networks for improved conservation and to build commitment, capacity and cooperation for environmental conservation across the four countries. ICAA’s strategic framework emphasizes capacity building (Intermediate Result 1, IR1), policy dialogue and implementation (Intermediate Result 2, IR2) and leveraging resources for sustainable financing (Intermediate Result 3, IR3). Exhibit 2detailsthe shared indicators for each result. A keyhypothesis underlying ICAA activities is that training will result in increased human and organizational capacity to improve conservation. With strengthened capacities, Amazonian partners will be able to build consensus on implementation of policies, laws, agreements and/or regulationsthroughco-sponsored stakeholder dialogue events. As ICAA partners grow stronger and develop new partnerships, they are more likely to attract increased external resources for their well-managed programs. To view the complementarities in the field activities proposed by each Consortium and the regional scope of ICAA’s work, the Outlook is organized by country. E xhibit 2. ICAA S ha red Indicators

Intermediate Results Shared Indicators (IRs) IR 1: Capacity of 1. Number of hectares under improved natural resource management as a result of United Amazonian institutions States Government assistance. and networks improved 2. Number of hectares in areas of biological significance under improved management as a for conservation and result of United States Government assistance. organizational development 3. Number of people trained in natural resource management and/or biodiversity conservation as a result of United States Government assistance.

IR 2: Implementation of 4. Number of policies, laws, agreements or regulations promoting sustainable natural sustainable Amazonian resource management and conservation that are implemented as a result of United policies improved States Government assistance. 5. Number of co­sponsored, stakeholder dialogue activities, focused on policies, laws, agreements or regulations for more sustainable Amazon resource use, initiated as a result of United States Government assistance

IR 3: Funding for ICAA 6. Amount of leveraged resources for Andean Amazon activities increased. partner organizations increased

L OOKING AHE A D A T F Y 2011 ICAA partners have ambitious plans for FY11 to expand networks, build capacity and strengthen constituency in support of Amazon conservation and sustainable development. Exhibit 3 lists the targets for shared ICAA indicators by consortium. Following a mid-term evaluation and extensive consultation with USAID missions in the region, LAC designed a second-phase program, ICAA II, envisaged as part of a 20-year USAID Andean Amazon program.Overlap of the final months of ICAA I and the beginning of ICAA II is anticipated. All ICAA partners have included exit strategies and, in some cases,ICAA II transitional activities,in their work plans.

4FY2011 ANNUAL OUTLOOK E xhibit 3. F Y 2010 Ta rgets for ICAA S hared Indicators 2

Indica tors M -P IL MMCC S L IS U ICA A -Wide T OT AL S

Number of hectares under improved natural resource Indicator not Indicator 169,000 1,369,685 886,181 2,424,866 management as a result of United adopted not adopted States Government assistance.

Number of hectares in areas of biological significance under Indicator not Indicator improved management as a result 811,522 1,899,500 323,409 3,034,431 of United States Government adopted not adopted assistance.

Number of people trained in natural resource management and/or biodiversity conservation 3,233 432 20,102 27,961 805 52,533 as a result of United States Government assistance.

Number of policies, laws, agreements or regulations (PLARs) promoting sustainable natural resource management Indicator not Indicator 9 60 64 133 and conservation that are adopted not adopted implemented as a result of United States Government assistance.

Number of co-sponsored, stakeholder dialogue activities, focused on policies, laws, agreements or regulations for Indicator not 26 82 108 23 239 more sustainable Amazon adopted resource use, initiated as a result of United States Government assistance.

Amount of resources for Andean Indicator $2,000,000 $250,000 $2,399,207 $3,024,000 $ 7,673,207 Amazon activities increased. not adopted

2 FY 2011 targets were based on information reported in each consortium’s FY11 work plan received from USAID on November ’10 for MMCC and SL, December ’10 for IL and January ’11 for M-P.

FY 2011 ANNUAL OUTLOOK 5 BUILDING CAPACITY

P L A NNE D ACTIVITIE S A ND E XP E CTE D RE S U LTS

IMP ROVE D NATU RAL RE S OU RCE MANAGE ME NT Additional land areas under improved management are expected to result from ICAA training and complementary activities. ICAA will report on two separate USAID indicators related to hectares under improved management.3 One indicator focuses on hectares categorized as areas of biological significance whereas the other refers tohectares in other types of areas. Improved management for biologically-significant areas includes “...activities that promote enhanced management of natural resources for the objective of conserving biodiversity in areas that are identified as biologically significant through national, regional or global priority-setting processes.” For all other areas, improved management includes “...activities that promote enhanced management of natural resources for one or more objectives, e.g., sustaining soil and/or water resources, mitigating climate change and/or promoting sustainable agriculture, etc.” To improvethe consistency of measurement across the consortia, ICAA developed a four-part improved management scorecard for both indicators, which was derived from regional and global USAID experience. The scorecard focuses on the status of efforts related to formal land titling, stakeholder participation, management plan development and financial plans/resources. Exhibits 4 and 5 list hectare targets for FY11. E xhibit 4. Targets for F Y 2011: Hecta res under Im proved Managem ent (Areas Not Classified as B iologica lly S ignificant) SL IL M­P MMCC ISU ICAA TOTAL 886,181 1,369,685 169,000 Indicator not Indicator not 2,424,866 adopted adopted

E xhibit 5. Targets for F Y 2011: Hecta res under Im proved Managem ent (Areas Classified as B iologically S ignificant) SL IL M­P MMCC ISU ICAA TOTAL 323,409 811,522 Indicator not 1,899,500 Indicator not 3,034,431 adopted adopted

The four field consortia will implement activities to improve management of natural resources management in the Andean Amazon in all four ICAA countries. An overview of ICAA activities during FY11 for shared indicators 1 and 2 are presented by country below.

B OL IV IA Three ICAA consortia (MMCC, M-P and SL) have planned activities in Bolivia for FY11. Activities range from the implementation of natural resource management plans to the promotion of forest (timber) certification in northern La Paz Department and Pando Department.

• The MMCC Consortium, through WCS, plans to implement five community natural resource management projects in northern La Paz, with a focus on existing projects that require specific interventions as well as on projects where alliances can be established to provide technical support

3 Source: Office of the Director of United States Foreign Assistance. Indicators: Descriptions and Definitions, Annex 5, Indicator Handbook ­ Economic Growth, January 8, 2007

6FY2011 ANNUAL OUTLOOK beyond ICAA. WCS will also provide technical support to three indigenous organizations and the Association of Municipalities to develop proposals to implement ICAA-supported strategic territorial plans.

• The SL Consortium, which also works in northern La Paz, expects to achieve Forest Stewardship Council certification or improved management of at least five Agrupaciones Sociales del Lugar (ASLs) and twoconcessions. Two of the ASLs are within 10 kilometers of the Madidi National Park and aretherefore of biological significance, in accordance with the USAID definition. To increase the area with biological significance under improved management, SL will work with the seven forest operations to identify and map forests with high conservation value.

• The M-P Consortium will add three additional vegetation types to the network of plots in Pando and will share this experience with UNAMAD to launch the program in Madre de Dios. In addition, M-P will encourage UAP’s Biological and Natural Sciences Area to incorporate work on the permanent plots in the university curriculum. This will leverage faculty experiences in establishing plots and learning monitoring methods and enable UAP to become a capacity builder for forest monitoring and carbon measurement in northern Bolivia.

CONS E RVATION IS A S OCIAL P ROCE S S , WHICH IS W HY IT IS IMP ORTANT TO W ork with leaders like Don Fabio, Colombian coffee producer who helps disseminate the benefits of certification under the Rainforest Alliance’s standards. Photo credit: Thomas Mueller/SPDA COL OMB IA Sustainable Livelihoods is the only ICAA Consortium working in Colombia. • The SL Consortium, through its partner Fundación Natura, will work with 1,000 coffee farms to improve their natural resource management through the implementation of agricultural best management practices. Beneficiary coffee farms are in the departments of Caquetá and Meta, and are expected to

FY 2011 ANNUAL OUTLOOK 7 obtain Rainforest Alliance certification and receive support fromthe National Coffee Federationof Colombia. Coffee farms locatedwithin 10 kilometers of Parque Sumapaz will be considered biologically- significant areas.

E CUADOR The IL and SL consortia will both work in Ecuador, strengthening the capacities of indigenous federations in Cofan territories and cocoa groups in Sucumbíos and Orellana provinces.

• The IL Consortium, through FSC, will continue to help fund the Federación Indígena de la Nacionalidad Cofán del Ecuador (FEINCE’s) institutional operations. This will ensure FEINCE’s continuedoperations and enable it to officially represent the Cofan Nation in all political spheres. FSC will work with indigenous and mestizogroups, especially in the Putumayo border region, thatare interested in forming management structures based on the Cofan model. Itwill also continue support tocommunity- based organizations involved in the administration of the 70,000-hectare La Bonita-Cofanes-Chingual Ecological Conservation Area bordering Cofan territories. TNC, in collaboration with the municipality, will complete the conservation area’s management plan.

Cocoa production is the basis of many rural livelihoods in Ecuador. The Sustainable Livelihoods Consortium trains producers in best management practices which improves resource management and biodiversity conservation for the sustainable cocoa production. Photo credit: Thomas Mueller/SPDA • The SL Consortium will strengthen the internal control system platform of the seven project cocoa groups in Sucumbíos and Orellana provinces to prepare them for the certification process. To this end, SL will provide integrated technical assistance and evaluations based on best-management practice criteria and the agricultural best management practices manual used by consortium partner C&D. Additionally, through RA, the SL Consortium will work with at least 40 tourism operations located in fragile tropical forest ecosystems in the Andean Amazon region of Ecuador to promote improved natural resource management and the application of best management practices in socio cultural, economic and

8FY2011 ANNUAL OUTLOOK environmental activities. The consortium’s aim is to ensure that beneficiary tourism operations have solid waste management systems in place to reduce the waste produced by 10%and that they will have improved waste water systems to reduce soil and water contamination.

P E RU All four field consortia will work in Peru to build capacities for improved natural resource management of a communal reserve in the central rainforestregion, of coffee farms in San Martin, timber and non-timber (Brazil nut) areas in Madre de Dios, three protected areas (Tambopata National Reserve, Bahuaja Sonene National Park and Alto Purus National Park) and the Amazonian University of Madre de Dios. • The IL Consortium, through the Federación de Comunidades Nativas de Puerto Inca y Afluentes (FECONAPIA), will continue to actively engage in the management of El Sira Communal Reserve, togetherwith the German Cooperation Agency (GTZ), which in 2010 was recognized as an official member of the management committee. The Native Federation of Cacataibo Communities (FENACOCA) will also continue its community patrolling program, achieve official recognition by neighboring villages of their territories and improve infrastructure via placement of physical boundaries, communal control points, patrols, etc. IBC also expects to improve the technical committee’s capacity by providing equipment, training and follow-up. This strategy will ensure continuity beyond the life of the project.

The Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) is a non-timber forest product that causes minimal impact to the forest and it provides for the livelihoods of thousands of Amazonian families. Development of management plans and improved post-harvesting handling techniques supported by ICAA ensures the sustainability of this important forest product. Photo credit: Thomas Mueller/SPDA • The MMCC Consortium, through ACCA, will complete forest inventories and management in Madre de Dios, including Brazil nut, ungurahui (Oenocarpus bataua) and palmiche (Geonoma deversa). In addition, it will provide technical assistance for theimplementation ofbusiness plans for products such as power bars. WCS and SPDA will provide technical and legal support to the management committees of the

FY 2011 ANNUAL OUTLOOK 9 Tambopata National Reserve (TNR), Bahuaja Sonene National Park (BSNP) and the Alto Purus National Park (APNP). WCS will help consolidate adaptive planning and monitoring systems in TNR and BSNP, using the Landscapes Species Approach. SPDA will help form the APNP Management Committee, and provide legal advice for increased protection of a critical area of the Tambopata National Reserve. SPDA also will design and implementthe planning and management for the Madre de Dios Biodiversity Conservation Network and aid the network in obtaininglegal recognition from the regional government.

• The M-P Consortium will continue to strengthen UNAMAD through the work of the post-doctoral students who joined the consortium in 2010 to build the capacity of UNAMAD faculty and students for conducting research on environmental change. UNAMAD will continue to work with the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradations (REDD) working group in FY11, when Peru will present a REDD response plan. With M-P support, UNAMAD proposed a new certificate program to aidin remote sensing and Geographic Information System for land cover and carbon monitoring. The M- P Consortium will also support the timber concession Maderacre on establishing methodologies to define “degradation” for REDD-related research. The post-doctoral students are planning a bi-national conference withUAP and UNAMAD to exchange knowledge and research results in the M-P Region.

Sustainable forest management is key to generate jobs and income while conserving biodiversity in the Andean Amazon. Photo credit: Thomas Mueller/SPDA • The SL Consortium will continue to focus on the improved management and certification of coffee, timber, Brazil nut and tourism operations in Peru. For the certified hectares under improved management, the consortium will continue to work with 21 coffee producer groups on the production and commercialization of sustainable coffee, the consolidation of best management practices and increased yields. In terms of forestry, SL expects to certifyseven forestry and Brazil nut operations under improved management in Madre de Dios as well as eight FSC certified operations in Loreto Region. To promote sustainable tourism, SL will work with at least 30 tourism operators located in fragile tropical

10FY2011 ANNUAL OUTLOOK forest ecosystems in Cusco and Madre de Dios to achieve waste reduction and efficient management of sewage systems. At least 160,000 hectares where tourist activities take place are located within areas of special biological importance adjacent to Manu National Park, Tambopata National Reserve and the Historical Sanctuary of Machu Picchu.

TRAINING AND CAP ACITY B U IL DING ICAA’s central premise is that increased capacity and coordination will enable formerly isolated organizations to address large-scale conservation threats and opportunitiesand to have an increased impact on biodiversity conservation.ICAA offers relevant professional development training in the four countries and in locations outside of major urban areas. The Initiative’s capacity-building activities focus on identified needs and gaps, such as land management, managerial skills,response to the effects of climate change,REDD initiatives, economic analysis, gender, communications, implementation of best management practices, alliance building and institutional development issues, including performance monitoring. Exhibit 6liststhe training participant targets for FY11, by consortium and for ICAA as a whole. E xhibit 6. Targets for F Y 2011: Num ber of Tra ining P articipants SL IL M­P MMCC ISU ICAA TOTAL 27,961 432 3,233 20,102 805 52,533

The five consortia will implement training and capacity building activities in the four ICAA countries. Coffee and cocoa producers, concessionaires, indigenous representatives, Brazil nut harvesters and community tour operators are among the target beneficiary groups. Activities planned for FY11 include:

B OL IV IA • The SL Consortium will build capacity of forestry operations, promoting the establishment of four strategic and financial alliances. Over 1,500 people will be trained in natural resource management, and five new operations will receive training in business skills. Five ASLs in northern La Pazwill receive training to improve their business skills and commercial links, and three processing operations will be trained in improving processing efficiency and quality and conducting effective follow-up oftheir FSC Chain-of-Custody certification. This training will enable ASLs to strengthen trade ties with processing plants in the area, which will promotethe long-term commercialization of timber harvested from well- managed forests.

COL OMB IA • The SL Consortiumwill implement capacity-building activities in Colombia, training more than 4,000 people in natural resource management and/or biodiversity conservation. This figure represents nearly all workers involved in coffee production in the project area.

E CUADOR • The IL Consortium, through FSC, will support training activities for Cofan leaders and FSC staff. FSC will continue to offer Spanish classes for groups of women, and will initiate classes of legal/technical Spanish for groups of Cofan leaders to improve their ability to interact and negotiate with governmental and non-governmental actors.Drawing on Cofan models of conservation and sustainability management, FSC will also continue to offer training for Cofan and neighboring non-Cofan groups. • The SL Consortium will train cocoa producers and community tourism operators in the Ecuadorian Amazon. In the case of cocoa, the San Carlos Association and FEINCE will work with four local farmer trainers to establish farmer field schools. The focus will be on the implementation of best management practices (including improved post harvest management techniques; software management for data and process management; and biodiversity conservation (focusing for example on the birds and fauna

FY 2011 ANNUAL OUTLOOK 11 associated with the cocoa cultivation in the Amazon). Project cocoa group leaders will also be trained in business skills and marketing. For farmer exchanges, theconsortium will establish three demonstrationplots in Sucumbíos and Orellana provinces to illustrate the benefits of agricultural best management practices on biodiversity. In terms of tourism, the consortium plans to strengthen community tourism products based on internationalsustainable tourism criteria; train internal SmartVoyager auditors in each project tourism operation; build capacities to enable 40 tourism operators to implement the tools developed for business and environmental management; and strengthen professionals’ ability to replicate the message of sustainability in their areas of expertise. Additionally, 20operations will receive training to monitor the impact of tourism operations on biodiversity. SL will also finalize a case study measuring the impact of the implementation of selectedsustainable-tourism best management practices on biodiversity in the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve.

P E RU • The IL Consortium, through IBC, will continue to strengthen the capacities of the three federations to assume integrated communication capacities through a communications assessment and design of communication plans, organization of campaigns, use of audiovisual technology and production of culturally-appropriate communication material. This training will give theFederación de Comunidades de Ucayali (FECONAU)increased capacity to engage in dialogue on key technical topics such as climate change and REDD payments for environmental services. To ensure the sustainability of these efforts, IL will train community promoters and the federationsin territorial and natural resources activities. Community promoters’ permanent presence in the communities will reinforce members’ capacities to conduct territorial zoning and demarcation, and to implement management plans on their own.

• The MMCC Consortium, through FONDAM, will continue training beneficiaries of the five projects under implementation. For example, FONDAM will provide training and continued technical support to 20 craft-making families of the Association of Artesanas de Shiringa de Iberia - Tahuamanu, to improve their techniques for processing shiringa latex into vegetable leather and manufacturing and marketing of products.

• The SL Consortium will build the capacities of coffee producers, forest operators and community tourism operators in the Peruvian Amazon. The consortium will address weaknesses identified in the producer groups to improve agricultural productivity and quality. Capacity-building workshops will target coffee group technicians and administrators in the formulation of social and environmental management systems and waste management. Farmer field schools will also be established for Rainforest Alliance- certified coffee producers. In terms of forestry, SL will continue to build capacities to ensure that at least 20 strategic and financial alliances are established between concessions and Brazil nut buyers and between private timber harvesters and communities. Training will focus on natural resource management and business skills. Capacity building activities will be implementedthrough local organizations such as the Jefatura de la Reserva Nacional de Tambopata, UNAMAD, World Wildlife Fund, Certificación Forestal Perú, ACCA, and the Asociación para la Investigación y el Desarrollo Integral (AIDER). In addition, SLwill train managers and administrative personnel of 30 tourism operations to strengthen their management and administration capacity, as well as their understanding of natural resource management and conservation.

• The M-P Consortium will respond to requests from local partners to provide additional training support. UNAMAD, UAP and PEMD will continue to disseminate environmental educational materials to elementary schools. PEMD will also support further training of community/school environmental inspectors and of communities and local governments with new management plans. In addition, PEMD

12FY2011 ANNUAL OUTLOOK will organize a series of training events to support development of a management plan for the Acre/ Tahuamanu watershed.

ICAA S UP P ORT UNIT Given its mandate “to build upon efforts of ICAA partners to ensure that the whole is more than the sum of its parts and strengthen institutional capacities”, the ICAA Support Unit implements both regional and country-specificcapacity building activities. These activities seek to strengthen local capacities and contribute to the following objectives: 1) Contribute to ICAA’s regional positioning; 2) Develop synergies through co- sponsorship with other ICAA partners; and 3) Strengthen regional networks. To this end,in FY11, the ISU prioritized issuesrelated to climate change (payment for ecosystem services (PES) and REDD) and established good working relations withjournalists.The ISU distributesa list of capacity-building events programmed for FY11 to USAID missions and ICAA partners(Exhibit 7).

Capacity building is key for the sustainability of the Andean Amazon region. In the picture representatives of the Tikuna organizations learn to map their communities during the workshop “Development of Capacities of Indigenous Organizations” organized by Patrimonio Natural with SGP funding. Bogotá, Colombia. Photo credit: Martha Puga/ISU

The training events planned for FY11 are designed to support other ISU intermediate results, specifically Policy and Communications, as well as to strengthen regional networks. All of ISU’s training and capacity- building events are co-organized with ICAA partners. Exhibit 8highlights the synergies of the planned events with the other IRs, ICAA partners and regional networks.

FY 2011 ANNUAL OUTLOOK 13 E xhibit 7. IS U Capacity-building E vents for F Y 2011

S UP P ORT U NIT TRAINING AND CAP A CITY B UIL DING A CTIVITIE S October 2010 – September 2011

OCTOB ER 2010

Event: AmoAmazonia Biocultural Week Organizers: ISU TCB Coordinator, ARA, Grupo Faro, IUCN-Sur, UNIFEM, TNC, and Finding Species Date: October 11 – 16 and 25 – 30, 2010 L ocation(s) Puyo, Coca and Quito, Ecuador Ta rget audience: Indigenous organizations working with ICAA partners, COICA members, ARA members, citizens of Coca, Puyo and Quito, students, etc. Contact: Gonzalo Varillas [email protected]

Event: CEIC: Strengthening Indigenous Capacities for Integra ting Gender Strategies and Integrated Territorial M ana gement Organizers: ISU TCB Coordinator, TNC, and IUCN-Sur Date: October 12-16 L ocation(s): Puyo, Ecuador Ta rget audience: Indigenous organizations working with ICAA partners and COICA members Contact: Gonzalo Varillas [email protected]

NOVEMBER 2010

Event: Forum: Sta tus on Clima te Cha nge Issues: P erspectives Fa cing COP 16 Organizers: ISU TCB Coordinator, in coordination with the Plataforma Climatica, Latin American Future Foundation (Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano, FFLA), and the SPDA Date: November 9 and 15 L ocation(s): Quito and Guayaquil, Ecuador Ta rget audience: ICAA partners, Plataforma Climática members, indigenous leaders and decision makers Contact: Gonzalo Varillas [email protected]

FE BRUARY 2011

Event: Course: Communications Strategies for Conserva tion Organizers: ISU TCB Coordinator in alliance with IPYS and ARA Date: February 17-18 L ocation(s): Lima, Peru Ta rget audience: ICAA partners’ communications staff and project managers, other regional organizations’ communications staff, and journalists from communications media interested in environmental issues. Contact: Gonzalo Varillas [email protected]

Event: CEIC: Strengthening Indigenous Capacities for Integra ting Gender Strategies and Integrated Territorial M ana gement Organizers: ISU TCB Coordinator, TNC, and IUCN-Sur Date: February 21-25 L ocation(s): Tarapoto, Peru Ta rget audience: Indigenous organizations working with ICAA partners and COICA members Contact: Gonzalo Varillas [email protected]

MA RCH 2011

Event: Course: Communications Strategies for Conserva tion Organizers: ISU TCB Coordinator in alliance with IPYS and ARA Date: March 9-10 L ocation(s): Quito, Ecuador

14FY2011 ANNUAL OUTLOOK Ta rget audience: ICAA partners’ communications staff and project managers, other regional organizations’ communications staff, and journalists from communications media interested in environmental issues. Contact: Gonzalo Varillas [email protected]

Event: Course: Economic and Financia l Susta ina bility of Protected Na tura l Area s Organizers: ISU TCB Coordinator and Conservation Strategy Fund Date: March TBD L ocation(s): Ecuador Ta rget audience: ICAA partners, indigenous organizations, NGOs Contact: Gonzalo Varillas [email protected]

AP RIL 2011

Event: Course: Communications Strategies for Conserva tion Organizers: ISU TCB Coordinator in alliance with IPYS and ARA Date: April 14-15 L ocation(s): Bogotá, Colombia Ta rget audience: ICAA partners’ communications staff and project managers, other regional organizations’ communications staff, and journalists from communications media interested in environmental issues. Contact: Gonzalo Varillas [email protected]

JUNE 2011

Event: Course: Capa city Building for the F orm ula tion of Environm ental P olicies Organizers: ISU TCB Coordinator and SPDA Date: June TBD L ocation(s): Peru Ta rget audience: ICAA partners, indigenous organizations, NGOs Contact: Gonzalo Varillas [email protected]

AU GUS T 2011

Event: Forum: P ost –Cancun Clim ate Change Regional F orum Organizers: ISU TCB Coordinator and Policy Coordinator, in alliance with the Plataforma Climática, CAN, SPDA, and others Date: August TBD L ocation(s): Colombia Ta rget audience: Decision makers, REDD focal point governments’ representatives (Ministries), regional organizations, indigenous organizations, NGOs Contact: Gonzalo Varillas [email protected]

FY 2011 ANNUAL OUTLOOK 15 The biodiversity conservation project implemented by ProNaturaleza and funded by ICAA’s SGP liberated 2,823 new born Taricaya turtles in four communities along the Corrientes River. Loreto, Peru. Photo credit: ISU

E xhibit 8: L oca l and Regional S ynergies of IS U ’s Training and Capacity Building E vents

Training course or Scope Synergies with other Synergies with Regional networks capacity­building activity IRs ICAA partners enhanced Communication Strategies National Contribute to ISU’s SPDA ARA for Conservation and communications Fundación Natura O’Eco regional strategy (IR1, IR3)

Forum: The region’s status National Strengthen regional All ICAA partners Plataforma Climática on climate change issues. and policies promoted by are working with Perspectives for the COP 16 regional Policy team. (IR1, IR3) climate change issues Post–Cancun Climate Regional Contribute to the All ICAA partners Plataforma Climática Change Regional Forum creation of regional are working with ACTO policies promoted by the climate change CAN Policy team (IR1, IR3) issues Capacity Building for the National Infrastructure and SPDA Formulation of Territorial Management Environmental Policies and Climate Change Policy Working Groups (IR3) Economic and Financial National Territorial Management SPDA, ACCA, Environmental Sustainability of Protected and Climate Change TNC Ministries in four Natural Areas Working Group (IR3) countries Indigenous Experience National ISU­TNC­WCS­COICA TNC, WCS, COICA Exchanges CEIC and Agreement (IR1, IR3) COICA IUCN­Sur regional UNIFEM AmoAmazonia: Biocultural National Contributes to ICAA’s WCS, TNC, FSC, AmoAmazonia/ Peru Week and positioning. USAID­Ecuador ARA regional Communications (IR1, IR3)

16FY2011 ANNUAL OUTLOOK POLICY DIALOGUE AND IMPLEMENTATION

P L A NNE D ACTIVITIE S A ND E XP E CTE D RE S U LTS

P OL ICY IMP LE ME NTATION Because policy implementation is a subjective process, the ICAA consortia have agreed to use a common scorecard to measure the adequacy of necessary institutional structure, capacity and investment for modifying existing or new laws. For FY11, the IL, M-P and MMCCconsortia will report on this indicator. Exhibit 9 below liststhe targets. E xhibit 9. Targets for F Y 2011: P olicies, L aws, Agreem ents or Reg ula tions (P L ARs) Im plem ented SL IL M­P MMCC ISU ICAA TOTAL Indicator not 60 9 64 Indicator not 133 adopted adopted

CO-S P ONS ORE D S T AKE HOL DE R DIAL OGUE E VE NTS For FY11, four of the five consortia (IL, M-P, MMCC and the ISU) will conductactivities related to policy dialogue and implementation. From USAID’s perspective, the term “policies” is used in the broadest sense to refer to Policies, Laws, Agreements and Regulations (PLARs). ICAA partners promote policies that strengthen sustainable natural resource management, provide incentives for conservation and minimize environmental threats. Although some consortia may prioritize formal government policies, others focus on informal policies that can be endorsed by governmental or non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, private-sector stakeholders (e.g. associations of sectoral enterprises), communities and resource user groups. Exhibit 10 lists FY11 targets. E xhibit 10. F Y 2011Targets: Num ber of Co-sponsored P olicy Dialog ue E vents SL IL M­P MMCC ISU ICAA TOTAL Indicator not 82 26 108 23 239 adopted

Illustrative ICAA activities for FY11 focus on infrastructure planning, territorial management and climate change. These include the following:

B OL IV IA • The MMCC Consortium, through WCS, will complete technical analyses to calculate carbon levels in the forests of northern La Paz Department and to estimate current and future deforestation levels in coordination with pertinent government offices. The information will be useful for the non-market financing mechanism 4 for climate change mitigation in Bolivia. For many ICAA partners, this mechanism

4 Private, public, and multilateral funds can be established to finance climate change adaptation and mitigation activities. The alternative is the market-based approach of trading carbon credits, but which is not supported by the Bolivian government.

FY 2011 ANNUAL OUTLOOK 17 represents a key opportunity for sustainable financing. Bilateral or multilateral agreements to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation are an alternative to market mechanisms.

• The M-P Consortiumwill continue work to complete a municipal management plan in the municipality of Bella Flor 5, through Herencia’s work in the Pando department.

E CUADOR • The IL Consortium, through FSC, will continue its work on conservation management strategies with other groups in the Cofan mosaic to improve coordination and the implementation of the Cofan model in the area of the proposed tri-national reserve (La Paila in Colombia, Cuyabeno in Ecuador and Gueppi in Peru). FSC will advance negotiations with indigenous communities in the Cofan mosaic to implement conservation initiatives and will engage in outreach with other groups, both indigenous and mestizo, within and outside the Cofan mosaic to support the legal titling of their territories, based on the Cofan model and the Park Guard Ranger Program. This will allow these communities to begin to build their own conservation management structures and to manage the funding necessary to implement them. Also, FSC will engage in dialogue and actions that contribute to conservation on indigenous lands with key government agencies and social movements to engage. In addition, TNC expects to reach an agreement with the Sucumbios provincial government on the land use plan, including conservation and environmental considerations, especially thoseassociated with indigenous lands, protected areas and environmental services. The land use study will be a key input for this agreement and future governmentpolicies to control deforestation, protect environmentally-sensitive areas and ensure the integration of indigenous issues.

P E RU • The IL Consortium will work through IBC to consolidate the internal agreement with FECONAU on its management, territorial land use and strategy development. In particular, FECONAU must ensure that patrolling and monitoring activities begun in FY10 are institutionalized in the local government and local communities. This formal agreement will ensure that the monitoring will continue beyond the life of the project. IBC will formalize FECONAPIA agreements reached with government representatives. It expects the Huánucoregional government to fund FECONAPIA activities in the coming years. IBC and FENACOCA are expected to reach formal agreements among Cacataibo indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation, settlers in the buffer zone and local governments. Finally, COICA expects to sign an agreement with the Brazilian Development Bank to ensure that indigenous interests and considerations are taken into account in future bank investments in the Andean Amazon, especiallyhydroelectric investments inPeru. COICA will also work with national organizations to promote policy dialogues with national governments on issues such as protected areas, REDD, climate change mitigation and infrastructure project development.

• The MMCC Consortium, through ACCA, is preparing a feasibility assessment of small-scale Brazil nut harvesting. This assessment will be published to improve policy and NGO interventions. Recommendations will be validated in Lima and Puerto Maldonado with key stakeholders and will contribute to improved policymaking for the sustainable use and conservation of Brazil nut forests. Through SPDA and WCS, and in close coordination with the ISU, the MMCC Consortium is recruiting volunteer experts to review and comment on the pendingInambari Hydroelectric Project Environmental Impact Assessment, expected to be published for public consultation during the fifth year of ICAA. The

5 M­P recognizes that challenges still exist in the political context in Pando. Consequently, it has suspended Herencia’s proposed management planning activities. As per USAID recommendations, UF, Herencia and PEMD are prepared to reallocate Herencia funds to PEMD.

18FY2011 ANNUAL OUTLOOK consortium has been closely following this process, promoting greater transparency, adequateconsultation and higher technical, environmental and social standards. Regarding improved management of protected areas, MMCC expects two important achievements from SPDA’s technical and legal support to local stakeholders in Madre de Dios: (1) the modification of the National Service for Natural Protected Areas regulations to include tourism activities in Brazil nut concessions of the Tambopata National Reserve, and (2) the creation and official recognition of the Alto Purus National Park Management Committee.

• The M-P Consortium, through PEMD, will conclude its forest fire prevention plan, a joint activity with the Regional Government of Madre de Dios and the regional Fire Commission. This plan will contribute to reducing fire damage in the region. WHRCwill provide information and analysis of climatic conditions to support plan development. PEMD will also pursue a management plan for Acre/Tahuamanu watershed in Madre de Dios. This watershed is of particular importance in the M-P region since it connects Madre de Dios and flows to Cobija, the capital city of Pando. It is key for Pando’s development because of its navigability and the opportunities of using it for the generation of power.The consortium has met with government authorities in Madre de Dios and Tahuamanu to initiate the planning process.

Currently, dredges like the one shown here, are used to extract gold from the river bottom in the Peruvian Amazon, Widespread informal mining results in increased mercury use and contamination of fish consumed by nearby populations. Photo credit: Thomas Mueller/SPDA

FY 2011 ANNUAL OUTLOOK 19 ICAA S UP P ORT UNIT Through its capacity-building and convening activities, the ISU will facilitate civil society participation and help ICAA partners make informed decisions on issues related to regional infrastructure development, territorial management and climate change. ICAA’s ISU Policy Working Groups will implement these activities.

The Interoceanic Highway, which connects Brazil and Peru, has changed the market dynamic in the southern Peruvian Amazon, but has provided access to markets but also raised strong criticisms due impacts resulting from unplanned development. Photo credit: Thomas Mueller/SPDA

20FY2011 ANNUAL OUTLOOK Exhibit 11 summarizes FY11 ICAA Policy Working Groups’ priority topics and activities:

E xhibit 11. Geog ra phic Areas, P riority Topics and Activities for ICAA P olicy Working Groups

Geographic areas Priority Topics Regional Level Draft briefs of situational analyses and trends for the sustainable development of the Colombian and Ecuadorian Amazon considering the mega­investment projects in the region. This activity is based in the Peruvian experience “Amazonia Peruana en 2021.”Promote environmental issues on the agendas of candidates in the Peruvian presidential elections in 2011 based on the Environmental Pact Colombia experience. Andean Amazon Monitor information and participation in regional meetings organized around IIRSA’s new strategic approach and provide input for the development and application of socio­environmental standards for ICAA priority projects. Provide technical assistance to strengthen COICA’s capacity to respond and to draft proposals on infrastructure, territorial management and climate change issues under the collaborative agreement among COICA, TNC, WCS and the ISU. Develop a comparative study on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies. Geographic areas Priority Topics Local Level Provide technical assistance to monitor compliance with environmental and social Napo – Sucumbios (Ecuador) standards of the proposed Coca­Codo Sinclair hydroelectric power project. Ucayali (Peru) – Acre (Brazil) Support the Ucayali regional group and civil society monitoring committees. Support the Civil Society Working Group for the Southern Inter­oceanic Highway. Madre de Dios (Peru) – Pando (Bolivia) Lead dialogue, training and information management on proposed hydroelectric projects in Madre de Dios and Pando.

Exhibit12 presents the ICAA/ISU Policy Working Group’s planned activities for FY11.

E xhibit 12. IS U and P olicy W orking Group S chedule of P olicy-Related E vents

IS U A ND P OL ICY WORKING GROUP A CTIVITIE S Octubre 2010 –– Septiembre 2011 NOVEMBER 2010

Event: Regiona l Forum “Ina mba ri Hydroelectric Power Sta tion” Co-sponsors: GOREMAD, UNAMAD, GTSCIOS, MMCC, M-P Date: November 20 L ocation: Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru

DE CEMBE R 2010

Event: Dia logue Workshop “Cha llenges for the Future of Artisina l M ining: Environmental M a na gement and Decent Work” Co-sponsors: Lima Bar Association Date: December 9 L ocation: Lima - Peru

JANU ARY 2011

Event: Discussion and book la unching with Journalists “Peruvian Ama zon in 2021”

FY 2011 ANNUAL OUTLOOK 21 Co-sponsors: ProNaturaleza, DAR, BICECA, SPDA Date: January 26 L ocation: Lima - Peru

Event: Public book la unching “Peruvia n Ama zon in 2021” Co-sponsors: ProNaturaleza, DAR, BICECA, SPDA Date: January 27 L ocation: Lima - Peru

FE BRUARY 2011

Event: Centro Na ciona l de Pla nea miento Estratégico M eeting Co-sponsors: CEPLAN, ProNaturaleza, DAR, SPDA Date: February 2 L ocation: Lima - Peru

Event: Acuerdo Naciona l M eeting Co-sponsors: ProNaturaleza, DAR, BICECA, SPDA, CSA-UPCH Date: February 19 L ocation: Lima - Peru

Event: Public book la unching “Peruvia n Ama zon in 2021” Co-sponsors: IL, GOREU, SPDA Date: February 23 L ocation: Pucallpa, Ucayali - Peru

MA RCH 2011

Event: M eeting with Journa lists “Peru - Bra zil Energy Integra tion Agreement” Co-sponsors: ProNaturaleza, DAR, SPDA Date: March 29 L ocation: Lima - Peru

JUNE 2011

Event: Public book la unching “Peruvia n Ama zon in 2021” Co-sponsors: Regional Government of Loreto, IIAP, SPDA Date: June 4 L ocation: Iquitos, Loreto - Peru

Event: “Oil a nd M ining booms a nd susta ina ble development: Lessons from Peru for development pla nning a nd revenue ma nagement a t the na tiona l and sub-na tiona l levels” Co-sponsors: Oxfam America,Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, BIC, WRI,Pronaturaleza, SPDA Date: June 16 L ocation: Washington DC - USA

JUL Y 2011

Event: Public presentation of the books “Peruvia n Amazon 2021” a nd CSF’s “Conserva tion Strategies a long the Interocea nica Highway in M a dre de Dios, Peru: a n Economic-Spa tia l Ana lysis” Co-sponsors: ProNaturaleza, GOREMAD, UNAMAD, SPDA, CSF Date: July 19 L ocation: Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios - Peru

AU GUS T 2011

Event: Work meeting for the intersectoria l coordina tion for the Pucallpa (Peru) – Cruzeiro do Sul (Brazil) Highwa y Co-sponsors: IBC Date: August 20 L ocation: Lima - Peru

Event: Coordination meeting of the Ucaya li M egaprojects M onitoring Regional Group Co-sponsors: IBC Date: August 27 L ocation: Pucallpa, Ucayali - Peru

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Event: Coordination meeting of the Civil Society Working Group for the Interocea nica Sur Co-sponsors: ProNaturaleza, SER Date: September 16 L ocation: Lima - Peru

Event: M eeting to develop the proposa l “Environmenta l modeling for the highway infra structure project Puca llpa – Cruzeiro do Sul” Co-sponsors: IBC Date: September 28 L ocation: Lima - Peru

Currently there are 7,455 Kms of national and regional highways projected to be built in the Peruvian Amazon in the next few years. Photo credits: Thomas Mueller/SPDA and Elena Borasino/GRADE

FY 2011 ANNUAL OUTLOOK 23 LEVERAGING NEW RESOURCES FOR AMAZON CONSERVATION

P L A NNE D ACTIVITIE S A ND E XP E CTE D RE S U LTS SelectedICAA partners, particularly those in the SL Consortium, produce economic goods and have actively engaged with private-sector buyers.Others are beginning to explore waysto make their technical or environmental services more attractive to private-sector partners, including those involved in carbon markets, water, etc.By establishing a solid financial base, ICAA partners will be able to expand conservation and sustainable development activities within the Andean Amazon region. In addition to USAID’s requirement forcost-share, ICAA consortia report on additional external funds obtained, specifically those received as a resultof the presence of ICAAfunding and funds used for activities thatcomplement ICAA project activities. External funding sources include international, regional and bilateral donors; national and sub-national governments; and private foundations and other endowment funds.As described below, consortia implement specific activities to increase sustainable financing for partners and client organizations.Exhibit 13 summarizes the expected targets for leveraged resources by consortium and the ICAA total. E xhibit 13. Targets for FY 2010: Funds L everaged for ICAA Activities (U S $) SL IL M­P MMCC ISU ICAA TOTAL $3,024,000 $250,000 $2,000,000 $2,399,207 Indicator not $7,673,207 adopted

• The IL Consortium, through IBC, will finance projects to implement research and activities in the International Development Research Center-funded project with aquatic biodiversity and indigenous communities. It will alsocontinue activities associated with the Moore Foundation’s Sierra del Divisor project, in partnershipwith ProNaturaleza and TNC. TNC expects to secure funding from the Interamerican Development Bank and a second grantfrom private donors in Maine to complement consortium activities, especially those related to policy, environmental services and infrastructure projects. COICA will concentrate efforts on establishing the US $1 million endowment fund with Oxfam International to ensure long-term funding of its operations and toimplement projects with members.6

• The MMCC Consortium expects to raise about US $1million to continue contributing to ICAA goals, through the following actions: a) WCS is applying fora grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation for its Amazon Landscapes Program, ofwhich approximately US $400,000 will contribute to achieving ICAA goals in the MMCC landscape. In addition, the consortium expects that partnerships with CSA and CSF will contribute to raising at least US $70,000 from partner organizations’ matching funds for FY2011; b) ACCA submitted proposals to the Government of Japan (US$100,000) and FONDAM (US$100,000) tosupport the Brazil Nut Conservation Program in Madre de Dios; c) ACCA also submitted a proposal to the JRS Biodiversity Foundation (US $278,070) to support research and conservation in the Takana II Indigenous Territory land claim; d) SPDA is applying for German cooperation funds to design national and regional guidelines for environmental control. In addition, SPDAexpects to receive US $476,000 over 18 months from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to

6 The fund has been on hold for the past four yearsdue to the need to strengthen COICA’s institutional structure and improve its ability to manage a fund of this size. Recently Oxfam and COICA conducted a study to develop the institutional structure and financing scheme for the fund. Although internal arrangements within COICA still need to be resolved, they expect to have the fund established by next year.

24FY2011 ANNUAL OUTLOOK build government capacities to improve institutional and regulatory processes on protected areas and non-timber concessions; and e) FONDAM expects to raise at least US$150,000 through complementary activities associated withthe CEPF – FONDAM initiative “Strengthening the Management and Financial Sustainability of Key Protected Areas along the Southern Inter-Oceanic Highway in Madre de Dios, Peru.”

• The M-P Consortium, through UF, is leading a proposal to the National Science Foundation Coupled Natural and Human systems competition to improve the evaluation of infrastructure impacts. M-P partners and other collaborators are also jointly developing a proposal forEnvironmental Services for Poverty Alleviation. M-P partner PEMD recently secured a US $280,000 grantto strengthen municipal governments in Madre de Dios. In addition, PEMD presented a proposal to the Regional Government of Madre de Dios to implement the ecological-economic micro-zoning of Madre de Dios. The proposal has been approved for US $2,154,300 and will begin in January 2011 and conclude in December 2013.7

• The SL Consortium’s strategy to leverage funds for ICAA partners consists of helping beneficiaries maintain their certification, strengthen their business and marketing skills, link producers with national or international buyers through commercial and strategic alliances and promote the marketing of value- added products. Specific actions include: assisting the Kallari, Aprocash and San Carlos associations in Ecuador to maintain their Rainforest Alliance certification during the final project year, while the newly hired expert in cocoa commercialization focuses on strengthening the business skills of all the project cocoa groups and linking the groups to the growing demand for Rainforest Alliance certified cocoa; develop links and strength relations with at least five cocoa exporters in Guayaquil; help sell 2,000 cumulative metric tons (MT) of coffee produced under improved natural resource management or Rainforest Alliance certification, representing a total value of USD 2,000,000; help sell 33,811 cumulative metric tons (MT) of coffee produced under improved natural resource management or Rainforest Alliance certification, representing a total value of USD $83,486,019 (working closely with RA’s Sustainable Value Chain team in the United States, Europe and Japan); help the five ASLs in Bolivia sell approximately 30,000 m3 of timber produced under improved natural resource management for a total value of $400,000; help the two project concessions sell approximately 20,000 m3 of certified wood; help sell 40,000 m3 of timber and 452MT of Brazil nut in Peru produced under improved natural resource management for a total value of $8,000,000 and $1,808,000 respectively; and help to increase the sales of tourism services in the Andean Amazon through the creation of associative cores and the establishment of commercial agreements between twenty tourism operations in Peru and Ecuador with ten international tour operators oriented toward sustainable markets.

• The ISUwill disburse approximately US $785,692 through its Small Grants Program to indigenous organizations, small and medium-sized enterprises and communities in Colombia, Peru and Ecuador for sustainable resource management. It will also support RA’s conservation alliance proposal “Conservation alliance for economic viability in tourism,” to be implemented with community tourism operatorsin Ecuador and the Central de Cooperativas Agrarias Cafetaleras de los Valles de Sandia (CECOVASA) conservation alliance proposal with coffee producers in Peru.

7 M‐P reports this as leveraging of M‐P activities beyond the life of the M‐P project, for which reason it is not an ICAA activity per se.

FY 2011 ANNUAL OUTLOOK 25 CONCLUSION

ICAA consortia have developed their FY 2011 plans taking into account lessons learned during FY 2010 and previous years, as well as the recommendations from the ICAA’s external mid-term evaluation. All consortia plans emphasizecreating synergies, increasing networking and systematizing lessons learned. Through synergies among consortia partners and other key organizations involved in infrastructure, climate change and territorial management activities;ICAA expects to have an even greater impact on Andean Amazon conservation capacity, networking and constituency-building in the long term.The five ICAA consortia are expected to reach their targets and planned outcomes.

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