Conserving the Amazon Headwaters of the Purus Manu Conservation Corridor: Quarterly Report FY 2014 - QR2

The project is working to build technical capacity of the Regional Governments of Ucayali and Madre de Dios. In addition, a strategy is being designed and implemented to maintain the resilience of ecosystems and production systems of the PMCC against climate change. The project also seeks to have the PMCC considered as a natural asset and object of national pride. The project is being implemented through various intermediate results, including the management of selected landscapes sustainably. Park-rangers and representatives from ECOPURUS and MABOSINFRON have improved their capacities to elaborate communication materials through training workshops. As a result, park-rangers have designed proposals for materials to disseminate the master plan. In Pucallpa, a workshop was carried out to train officials and indigenous leaders in techniques for recording field events through photos and videos. The project has also made progress in key elements of natural resources governance functioning in critical landscapes. An interinstitutional agreement was signed between MINCUL and ORAU to set up the cooperation framework to implement activities that bolster the protection and defense of IPIIC from the TRs in Ucayali. The MINCUL requested the corresponding documentation of the TRs Control Stations from ORAU to begin the recognition co-management processes. The First Session of the Regional Commission IPIIC – Ucayali was held by the Viceministry of Interculturality, where the Regional IPIIC Roundtable was established and short-term agenda items were defined. The project has also supported the elaboration of the draft Cooperation Agreement between SERNANP and MINCUL, which is ready to be signed. FECONAPU has strengthened the alliance with its 47 grassroots communities and State institutions, such as the Purus Agricultural Agency, with whom it has signed a cooperation agreement to work with 5 CCNNs. With cost share funds, FECONAPU finished the review, update, and approval of the new Life Plan for indigenous peoples of Purus (2011 – 2016) through a process led by the new FECONAPU Steering Committee. The project has also made progress in the design of a private sector fundraising strategy for the Financial Sustainability of the APNP and PCR. A training workshop was held to inform members of MABOSINFRON about its organization and functions manual, its administrative and accounting procedures manual, and its internal regulations. MABOSINFRON has signed a cooperation agreement with UGEL, which will allow implementing environmental education activities in schools within Puerto Esperanza. The project has also supported the proposal of creating a new conservation area in Yurua. A work meeting was held between ORAU, FECONAPU, ORDIM, ACONAMAC, and FECONAU to support the proposal. ORAU also consulted ACONADIYSH grassroots CCNNs to obtain their positions on this proposal. The project has also supported the elaboration of the Comprehensive Control and Surveillance Plan for APNP, which has helped the Program to bolster the commitment of authorities and indigenous organizations for planning, patrolling, and using the results from such activities. The project has also made progress in the installation of information panels about APNP in the APNP office in Atalaya and Shimbillo station. Maintenance for information panels and reinstallation of two additional panels was done in the Las Piedras river basin. The improvement of the new technical office in Iberia is now complete, funded by the Tahuamanu Agricultural Agency for 2 years. The Program held two events to inform representatives from DIRESA and Arcapacahuara about the APNP and MDD TR.