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The electronic bulletin of the Tri-national Program of Conservation and Sustainable Development of the Corridor of the Protected Areas La Paya (Colombia), Cuyabeno (Ecuador) and Güeppí (Peru)

www.programatrinacional.comFerney Díaz- WWF Colombia

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COMMUNITY

SPECIAL

Crafts for conservation

7 things you should know about the Memorandum of Understanding.

NEWS AND EVENTS

PHOTO OF THE MONTHJetuDance/Jetuhuë

What you should know about the memorandum that ratifies the commitment of the countries with the Tri-national Corridor.

An experience of craft works in the Lagarto Cocha reserve.

CONTENT

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New Developments in the Tri-national ProgramKnow some past and future events that take place in the frame of the Tri-national program.

An image that reflects the tradition and coloring of the indigenous cultures in the North of Peru.

EDITORIALA tri-national initiative, to generate an integrated management of the three border protected areas in the medium basin of the Putumayo River among Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

“This publication was developed with the assistance of the European Union. Content of same is exclusive responsibility of the authors of the texts and under no circumstance

must be taken to reflect the points of view of the European Union”

DRA. JULIA MIRANDA LONDOÑODIRECTOR

SYSTEM OF COLOMBIAN NATIONAL NATURAL PARKS

DR. PEDRO GAMBOA MOQUILLAZASERNANP CHIEF

NATIONAL SERVICE OF NATURAL PROTECTED AREAS FOR THE STATE

CATALINA VARGASTROPENBOS INTERNATIONAL COLOMBIA

KJELD NIELSEN

WWF PERÚ

RODRIGO DURÁN BAHAMÓN

NATIONAL NATURAL PARKS OF COLOMBIA

ISABEL ENDARADIRECTOR

NATIONAL DIRECTION OF BIODIVERSITYMINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT ECUADOR

JEFERSON ROJASAREA CHIEF

LA PAYA NATIONAL NATURAL PARK

LUIS BORBORAREA CHIEF

CUYABENO FAUNA PRODUCTION RESERVE

TEOFILO TORRESAREA CHIEF

GÜEPPÍ RESERVE ZONE

TRI-NATIONAL PROGRAM

DIANA CARRERATECHNICAL SECRETARY

TRI-NATIONAL PROGRAM

CAMILO ORTEGA P. M. Sc PUTUMAYO TRES FRONTERAS COORDINATOR

JOSÉ LUIS CONDORICOORDINADOR FRONTERAS DE CONSERVACIÓN

FERNEY DÍAZ CASTAÑEDACOMMUNICATIONS

TRI-NATIONAL PROGRAM

ANA ISABEL MARTÍNEZ

NATURAL PATRIMONY COLOMBIA

HUMBERTO CABRERAPROFONANPE

DESIGN, LAYOUT AND EDITORIAL COORDINATION

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EDITORIAL

The signature of the Memorandum of Understanding among Colombia, Peru and Ecuador has been one of the most important achievements currently obtained regarding the sustainable development for the Amazonas. With this, the three countries ratify the will to find joint mechanisms for the coordinated management of border protected areas, joined geographical and biologically with a great variety of cultures.

78% of the protected areas created between 2003 and 2009 are in the Amazo-nas biome area: 2.16% of the total protected areas in the world. In the nine countries that it covers, these areas represent approximately 21% of the total region not including 26% of the lands and indigenous territories in other categories that contribute to the conservation of biodiversity.

This is a border zone crossed by the Putumayo River, one of the most affluent rivers in the Amazonas, therefore, the work carried out in coordination among the 3 bordering countries, to keep biodiversity and integration of the indig-enous towns and border communities, is very valuable.

The medium basin of the Putumayo River comprises around two million hec-tares, covering three protected areas and their influence zones; the Cuyabeno Fauna Production Reserve (Ecuador, 600.000 ha), the Gueppi Reserve (Peru, 625,971 ha) and the La Paya National Natural Park (Colombia, 422.000 ha).

Likewise, the initiative seeks to contribute to the protection of the large diver-sity found in the basin, the variety of ecological, social and economic values and environmental services that, at the same time, contribute to maintain climate changes at regional and global level.

A TRI-NATIONAL INITIATIVE, TO GENERATE AN IN-TEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF THREE BORDER PROTECTED AREAS IN THE MEDIUM BASIN OF THE PUTUMAYO RIVER AMONG COLOMBIA, ECUADOR AND PERU.

Dra. Julia Miranda LondoñoDirectorNational Natural Parks of ColombiaFinanciado por:

Financiado por:

Implementado por:

EN EL MARCO DE LOS PROYECTOS:

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Implementado por:

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Its importance lies in reaffirming the support and commitment with the Work Program in the Protected Areas, established by the Biological Diversity Agreement (CBD). It aims to constitute and maintain national and regional complete systems, efficiently managed, as well as to contribute to the achievement of the three objectives of the Agreement and the goals of the Strategic Plan adopted in Nagoya in the COP10 of the CDB. The Secretary of the CDB recognized our efforts in the conservation of the Amazonas as one of the most important successful issues, particularly through its protected areas, reducing loss of biodiversity, while other studies evaluated the contribution of these protected areas in the reduction of carbon emissions.

This agreement, carried out with the support of the OEA, is consistent with the initiatives of cooperation for the conservation in border zones of the community of Andean Nations (CAN), in particular in the concept of Border integration Zones, and with the Andean strategy of trans-border areas, that identifies this zone as of high priority in the vegetation area called Bosque Pluvial Amazonico (a subunit of humid forests to very humid of Napo). Also, it joins the Colombia-Peru Plan for the integrated development of the Putumayo River Basin.

To sign the Agreement of Understanding, among these three governments, is an example of progress and implementation of regional and sub regional policies and plans in the Amazonas region that aims to maintain conservation of biodiversity in shared ecosystems. These are instruments that show the interest of the countries to deal with environmental topics together, and we expect these plans will result in action policies at regional, national and local level.

Strengthening of a process of environmental management was shared by the protected areas among the 3 States as well as the gradual involvement of the social parties, contributing to the conservation of the protected natural sites and the conservation of the biological diversity in the Amazonas Biome, specially at the reserve of the Pleistoceno of the Putumayo region.

Rodrígo Durán/ PNN Colombia

This memorandum recognizes the achieved goals to date: advancements in management and in the initiative to tend for an ecological and functional connectivity, the contribution of governing schemes for the coordinated management of the 3 protected areas and the increment of levels of governability of same, through the generation of agreements with the local communities, institutions and other entities present in the region.

In conclusion, this memorandum represents, for the three governments, the formal subscription of one of the integrated strategies of conservation with the protected areas. This implies main guidelines and integration among the countries in the handling of ecologic processes and interaction beyond borders, contributing to the effective management of the three adjacent protected areas in border zones.

Additionally, it seeks to apply for a management plan beyond borders, focused on the ecosystem and it represents an innovating model of governability of the units of conservation in virtue of the regional collaboration among neighbor countries, in order to improve capacities of rangers and the mitigation of negative impacts of key threats and hence constitute an example to be replicated in the region.

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EVENT

The Shuar Charap indigenous Center and the Kichwa Zancudo Cocha Community, located in the Cuyabeno Fauna Production Reserve, have been incorporated this year to the Socio Bosque Program.

The Socio Bosque Program is an initiative of Ecuador. It is implemented by the Environmental Ministry that provides an incentive to indigenous communities and peasants that voluntarily compromise themselves to the conservation and protection of the native forests, wetlands and other native vegetable formations. As a strategy to strengthen the conservation of resources in protected areas, we recognized the incorporation of indigenous communities located in the protected areas of this program, from March 2010.

The two communities have included 39.984 hectares of tropical wetlands in the Socio Bosque program that make them responsible to work for their conservation goals, to comply with the expectative of zero deforestation for twenty years. In return, these communities will receive an annual incentive of $99.977.30. Based on an investment plan carried out by the communities, these resources will help maintain the integrity of their territories and their natural resources, strengthen their organizational capa-bilities, improve health and education of the population, as well as stimulate productive activities that will enable them to get better markets and to improve life conditions.

The Putumayo Tres Fronteras Project, coordinated with the technical people of the administration of the Cuyabeno Reserve and the Socio Bosque Program, supported the inclusion of the communities in this State program, by gathering information, arranging community meetings and elaborating an investment plan. There is also the compromise to support these communities to fulfill the investment plan and to plan future actions.

Putumayo Tres Fronteras proyect, coordinated with the technical people of the administration of the Cuyabeno Reserve and the Socio Bosque Program, supported the inclusion of the communities in this State program

Rafael YundaNatura Foundation Ecuador

CUYABENO INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES RECEIVE ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR PRESERVING THEIR FORESTS.

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The signature of the Memorandum of Understanding among Colombia, Peru and Ecuador has been one of the most important achievements currently ob-tained regarding the conservation and sustainable development for the Amazo-nas. With this, the three countries ratify the will to find joint mechanisms for the coordinated management of border protected areas, joined geographical and biologically with a great variety of cultures. As it is a regional agreement, there are some key aspects to be considered by those who take part of this initiative:

This is a trans-border zone of the medium basin of the Putumayo River,among Colombia Ecuador and Peru. This comprises around two millionhectares, covering three protected areas and their influence zones; the

Cuyabeno Fauna Production Reserve (Ecuador, 600.000 ha), the Gueppi Reserve (Peru, 625,971 ha) and La Paya National Natural Park (Colombia, 422.000 ha). Taking into consideration that the Putumayo River is one of the most important affluent of the Amazonas River. The work and advances made in coordination with the three countries to maintain biodiversity and the inte-gration among indigenous towns and bordering communities is very important.

This memorandum represents the formal subscription of one of the integrated strate-gies of conservation with the protected areas. This implies main guidelines and inte-gration among the countries in the handling

of ecologic processes and interaction beyond borders, contributing to the effective management of the three adjacent protected areas in border zones. Additionally, it aims to manage areas beyond borders focused on the ecosystem that represents an innovating model of governance of the units of conservation in virtue of the participation, regional collaboration among neigh-bor countries, in order to improve capacities of rang-ers and the mitigation of negative impacts of key threats and hence constitute an example to replicate in the region.

We recognize the advances achieved up to date in the management and the initiative to tend for an ecological and functional connectivity, and the contri-bution of governance schemes for the

integration of the 3 protected areas as well as to increase the levels of the same, through the gen-eration of agreements with the local communi-ties, institutions and other entities, present in the region.

SPECIAL

By: Sandra ValenzuelaProgram DirectorWWF Colombia

7 THINGS THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT

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With this agreement, the project becomes consistent with the initiatives of cooperation for conservation of border zones in the Community of the Andean Nations (CAN), in particular within the concept of Border Inte-

gration Zones and with the Andean strategy of trans-border zones, that identifies this zone as of high priority in the area of vegetation called Bosque pluvial amazonico (a subunit of wet to very humid forests of Napo). Also, it joins the Colombia - Peru Plan for the whole development of the Putumayo River Basin, carried out with the support of the OEA. Additionally, this is a concrete expression of the regional program for the Sustainable Management of Amazonic Pro-tected Areas of the Amazonic Cooperation Treaty Organization (OTCA). (Organización del Tratado de Cooperación Amazónica).This organization has expressly identified as priority actions the collabora-tion in the management of the border protected areas, and the coordinated processes of planning, learning, training, handling of information and moni-toring.

We also highlight the process of the coor-dinated environmental management of the protected areas among the 3 States, and the involvement of social parties that con-tribute to maintain conservation of the pro-

tected natural spaces, and the conservation of the biological diversity in the Amazon Biome, specially in the Refugio del Pleistocene of the Putumayo region.We point out that this agreement is part

of the Memorandum signed among the countries of the Amazon Biome in October 2009, to build a coordinated vision of conservation and sustainable

development. It was ratified in Nagoya and it pretends to protect the great diversity found in the medium basin of the Putumayo River, the multiplicity of ecological, social and economic values, and environmental services that at the same time contribute to regulate the global and regional climate changes.

The Support and commitment to the Working Program in Protected Areas established by CBD is confirmed as a fun-damental compromise for the achieve-ment of the protected areas systems,

established in Nagoya in 2010, financially sustain-able and managed in an effective way.

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An experience of craft work in the Lagarto Cocha reserve, Department of Putumayo (Colombia).

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«“Our dream is to be able to transmit knowledge to children without losing our tradition…”

Rodrigo Duran BahamonCommunications National Natural Parks of Colombiaa

Her name is Consuelo Guzman, a member of the ethnic Murui group who lives in the Lagarto Cocha reserve in the municipality of Puerto Leguizamo, Colombia. She started to rescue some craft practises in her town a year ago.

Her idea started when she discovered that there was a lot of raw material in the reserve that could be used in the elaboration of crafts. She talked to the people of Lagarto Cocha about the idea of organising a productive project using these national resources. Many of them joined Consuelo’s classes and they began to learn about these raw materials. Some of these materials were unknown, but with this process and interchanging knowledge among families, they are now identified, known and used in the elaboration of crafts.

Later on, after having considered this idea, Consuelo had the opportunity to talk with La Paya PNN people who are now working in the marketing of the products and to facilitate the process of providing working places for the elaboration of crafts. Consuelo said: “Only this year have we started working here”, referring to her working site in one of the rooms of the Lagartococha school.

“This is the opportunity to show what I learned from my mother, a heritage that I want to share with other people. At this moment, we are teaching adults and we hope to do it for children in the future”. Her efforts have been focussed to identify new raw materials in the zone, in order to establish a working plan with the help of the National Parks System.

In the medium term, Consuelo’s goal is to consolidate one site to teach and market crafts. Now they are concentrated in taking advantage of the materials offered by the forest: “We study the time when we can collect seeds, how we can extract buds without damaging the palm trees: for example, we cut the bud off the Cumare plant leaving it alive in order to get a new bud, this way we give the plant the appropriate time to continue growing”.

With this work methodology, where conservation is important, the indigenous Murui ethnic group is reviving its culture, innovating new products like key rings, earrings and ornaments that give them additional income during hard times between harvests:

“Our dream is to be able to transmit knowledge to children without losing our tradition…”. As of the economic part, we do not dream about a large company, we do not want to upset our environment, we only want to survive with the contribution of the forest, as we have always done it”.

Consuelo thanks the help of the people from the parks, and although she recognises that she still has a lot to learn, the truth is that they have started a way that, with the consolidation of an effective and timely working plan, it will start to show results. “The management plan will be our guide and it will let us know where we are going”. She finishes saying that she hopes to count with everybody’s support.

CRAFTS FOR CONSERVATION

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The community women are currently receiving training on different craft techniques.

COMMUNITY

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AGENDA

Every week many activities and events take place to ensure that the Tri-national Program and its objectives go ahead. We invite you to know some past events and future ones that will come in the frame of this initiative in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

With the participation of the directors of the Kichwa Indigenous Federation (FIKAPIR), chiefs, and women leaders of the CC.NN. Kichwas, supported by the technical team AIDESEP and the presence of the National Director Daysi Zapata Fasabi, Vicepresident of AIDESEP, the following issues were cov-ered: the history of the Amazonas Indigenous Movements in Peru, the contribution of AIDESEP, jobs and functions of the officials and local leaders, indigenous rights and instruments, agreements and legislation that cover them, as well as the recognition of institutional order and our relation at com-munity level – Federation - private institu-tions and the Peruvian State

Carried out on May 24th and 25th at the communal site of Soplin Vargas, Distrito de Teniente Manuel Clavero, (PERU).Training Workshop to leaders of Federations and CC.NN

Esteban Francisco Morales Cama

In the frame of the National Technical Commit-tee, and taking advantage of the assistance of the work team of PNN La Paya, a practice was carried out about the distribution of fish in the rivers and creeks of the Amazonas basin. This was based on the work done by the local researcher of the medium region of the Caqueta River, Enrique Hernandez, where diversity of river fish, their natural habitat and social behav-ior was registered. As Puerto Leguizamo is located in a region of similar ecological condi-tions, the practice was directed to survey the knowledge of these species and their location in the Putumayo corridor.

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FUTURE EVENTS

Event: Annual Congress of the Secoya Indigenous Organization of Peru. (OISPE).

Place and date: CC.NN San Martin de Porres, annex of Bellavista, District of Teniente Canuel Clavero, Province of Maynas.

Participants: Authorities of the Organization, chief, plenary and invited of the CCNN secoyas, Technical Team of AIDESEP.

Event: Hand over of new houses to rangers in the Cuyabeno Fauna Production Reserve.

Place and Date: Tarapoa, Cuyabeno Bridge, September.

Event: Signing of the Agreement by the Environment Minister with the Kichwa Zancudo Cocha Community to be included in the Socio Bosque Program.

Leading indigenous, peasant communities and other participants took part in the meeting. This practice will be shown in the raft of the National Parks located in Puerto Leguizamo.

Introduction of Mrs. Daysi Zapata Fasabi, Vicepresident of AIDESEP, together wirh Mr. Demesio Tangoa Guerra, President of KIDAPIR.

FUTURE EVENTS

Exercise: Fish distribution in an amazonas creekLed by Tropembos International Colombia, the activity took place from June 12th to 15th in Puerto Leguizamo, (Colombia).

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NEWS

BORDERS OF CONSERVATION

The new name: BORDERS OF CONSERVATION is given to the project financed by the Organization of the Amazonic Cooperation Treaty – the German International Cooperation – Federal Ministry for the Devel-opment and Economic Cooperation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, (OTCA – DGIS - GIZ) and the CAN with resources from the National Autonomous Body of the Spanish National Parks (OANPN).

The object of the project is to contribute to the consolidation of the Tri-national Program to be a model for the coordinated management of the bordering protected areas in border zones, to be used in other places in the Amazonas region. It also seeks to promote a coordinated vision to plan processes in each protected areas; facilitate learning processes, training and interchange of experience oriented to share technical strengths and to optimize the use of available resources and the cooperation in the territory. It also aims to strengthen the operation capabilities among the Protected Areas, including the development of legal and operative instruments that enable the coordinated and collaborative actions of the teams of the areas and their strategic allies.

This project is implemented in the frame of the Program by the authorities of the Protected Areas of each country. The administration of the resources of this Project is the responsibility of the Ministry of Environment of Ecuador through Ecuador GIZ, and Profonanpe of Peru and the Natural Patrimony Fund of Colombia, these last ones in the frame of the REDLAC as a coordinated financing mechanism to help investment in other countries.

Implemented by:

Financed by:

A NEW COORDINATOR FOR PUTUMAYO TRES FRONTERAS

Camilo Ortega is the new Coordinator. He is a Biologist and Magister in Environmental Administration of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. He has experience in Sustainable Bio-commerce, Ecosystem Services and Climate Changes. He is a professor in the Biology Department of Universidad Javeriana in fields related to the use and valuation of the environment, especially in subjects like Sustainable Bio-commerce and the recognition of Environmental Services provided by the ecosystems.

He has been a consultant to many institutions and currently he is the coordinator for the development of the proposal prepared by Colombia for REDD÷(R-PP) to the Cooperative Fund for Coal for Forests (FCPF) of the World Bank. Coordinator of the Practice Community REDD ÷ of the Knowledge Platform www.finanzascarbono.org of the World Interamerican Bank (BID). He has been a co-author of some publications on the following topics: Avoided Deforestation, Climate Changes, Economy of Low Carbon, among others.

We can contact him at: [email protected]

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Photographer: Esteban Francisco Morales CamaInstitution: AIDESEPPlace: CC.NN. San Martín de Porres, Anexo de Bellavista (Perú)

OUTSTANDING PHOTO

During the anniversary celebrations of the annex of Bellavista, adults, young people and children gathered during the Jetu/Jetuhue (flute) Dance. Dressed in Llamchama, a traditional secoya robe, and trimmed with cahambira, seeds and peccary tusks, dance in harmony next to the married women who also dressed-up, join the dance.

Esteban Francisco Morales Cama