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Tropical Andes
Vilcabamba-Amboró Conservation Corridor
Strategic Direction 5.  Strengthen environmental policy and legal frameworks to mitigate the impacts of extraction industries, transportation and infrastructure projects, and large-scale tourism
Disseminating and Implementing Legal Tools for Conservation in the Private Sector in the Vilcabamba-Amboró Corridor, Phase II
Implement legal tools for the creation of private conservation concessions on the Peruvian side of the Vilcabamba – Amboró Corridor with a goal of creating between six to 10 new conservation areas with CEPF funding, all targeted in strategic areas for creating connectivity among other existing protected areas.
Amount $167,735
Grant Term 7/05-2/07
Grantee Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental
Project Documents - Final report, Español (PDF, 61 KB)
Comparing Methodologies for Improved Protected Area Evaluation in the Vilcabamba-Amboró Corridor
Prepare and publish seven park profiles, including carrying out final fieldwork in Amboró, Carrasco, and Isiboro Secure national parks and developing key partnerships within the region. 
Amount $20,000
Grant Term 3/05-8/05
Grantee ParksWatch
Project Documents - No final report is available for this project.
- Park profile: Amboro National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area (IMNA) (PDF, 5.39 MB) / Español (PDF, 5.30 MB); Apolobomba IMNA (PDF, 5.87 MB) / Español (PDF, 6.13 MB); Carrasco National Park / Español (PDF, 4.89 MB); Cotapata National Park and IMNA (PDF, 5.79 MB) / Español (PDF, 5.88 MB); Isiboro Secure National Park and Indigenous Territory / Español (PDF, 4.59 MB); Madidi National Park / Español (PDF, 6.56 MB); Pilón Lajas Biosphere Reserve (PDF, 5.85 PDF) / Español (PDF, 5.90 MB)
Related News and Products - Web site
Updating and Republication of Manual of Legal Tools for Private Conservation in Perú
Revise and publish an additional 1,000 copies of the Manual of Legal Tools for Private Conservation in Peru produced through a previous CEPF-supported project to disseminate and implement legal tools for conservation in the Vilcabamba-Amboró biodiversity conservation corridor.
Amount $3,800
Grant Term 10/04-3/05
Grantee Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental
Project Documents - Final report, Español (PDF)
- Final report, first grant (PDF)
Related News and Products - Full manual: "Manual de Instrumentos legales para la conservación privada en el Perú" (PDF)
- From CEPF E-News, February 2004: Developing Legal Tools for Conservation
Disseminating and Implementing Legal Tools for Conservation in the Private Sector in the Vilcabamba-Amboró Corridor
Promote the use of conservation instruments such as conservation concessions, private reserve establishment and concessions for environmental services for land protection on the Peruvian side of the Vilcabamba-Amboró Corridor as a complement to current government-sponsored conservation initiatives. Activities include an outreach campaign to the nongovernmental sector on Peru's new legislation that underpins such instruments, training for government officials on processing applications and publication of a guide on applying for conservation instruments.
Amount $69,384
Grant Term 11/02-9/03
Grantee Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental
Project Documents - Final report (PDF)
Related News and Products - Full manual: "Manual de Instrumentos legales para la conservación privada en el Perú" (PDF)
- Lesson Learned, July 2006
- From CEPF E-News, February 2004: Developing Legal Tools for Conservation
- Learn more about this project in the Eco-Index
- Para aprender más sobre este proyecto, visite el Eco-Index
Restoration and Sustainable Management of Forest Resources in the Mining Zone of Tipuani, Bolivia
Work with a local mining cooperative and municipality to develop a pilot project in ecological restoration following the closure of small-scale gold mines in the buffer zone of Apolobamba National Park.
Amount $96,350
Grant Term 4/02-3/05
Grantee TRÓPICO
Project Documents - Final report (PDF)
Related News and Products - Eco-Exchange, December 2003-January 2003: Reforestation Underway in Bolivia's Tipuani River Valley
- In Focus, May 2002: TROPICO Ecological Restoration Project
- Learn more about this project in the Eco-Index
- Para aprender más sobre este proyecto, visite el Eco-Index
Evaluating Threats in the Vilcabamba-Amboró Corridor
Together with relevant actors, undertake a corridor-wide assessment to identify human-induced threats to biodiversity and develop and propose strategies to eliminate or mitigate their impact.
Amount $265,240
Grant Term 1/01-6/03
Grantee Conservation International
Project Documents - Final report, Español (PDF)



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