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The geographical complexity of the site, including high mountains and deep valleys, allows for a variety of wildlife that doesn’t normally share the same habitat. As well as being incredibly biodiverse, this area is home to many rare, endemic and threatened species of birds and mammals, including the Endangered Royal Sunangel hummingbird (Heliangelus regalis) and the Endangered White-fronted Spider Monkey (Ateles belzebuth). It is part of the recently classified Gran Pajatén UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, which covers over 2.5 million hectares of forests and Andean puna (grasslands) and protects both the unique biological and cultural heritage of the area.
Ecoregion: Peruvian Yungas (NT0153)
Some of the threatened species protected on this land include:
- Endangered Johnson’s Tody-flycatcher (Poecilotriccus luluae)
- Endangered Royal Sunangel (Heliangelus regalis)
- Endangered Peruvian Night Monkey (Aotus miconax)
- Endangered White-fronted Spider Monkey (Ateles belzebuth)
- Vulnerable Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus)
- Near Threatened Jaguar (Panthera onca)
Local Partner NGO
Status of registration at the national level
Nonprofit association in Peru
Governance and management structure of the group
NPC Peru is an independent office of NPC, which is a registered charity in the UK (#1131122); NPC also has offices in Colombia and Argentina. NPC Peru reports on its activities internally to the UK office and submits its accounting to the Peruvian government.
NPC Peru’s major activities in the past three years have been land-protection initiatives with local communities, scientific investigation and monitoring of biodiversity, and environmental education.
Conservation Plans
TiME’s conservation model is not your typical conservation solution. In contrast to “Green Colonialism” schemes where locals are dispossessed and denied access to vital resources, this land is now owned by the community of La Primavera, through the local conservation organization, the Asociación de Productores Agropecuarios La Primavera (APALP). Along with the purchase, APALP signed a conservation agreement promising to ensure the protection of the land in perpetuity.
By strengthening capacity and leadership, indigenous peoples and local communities participate more fully in making the decisions that will shape their futures and the future of the environment.
TiME’s conservation initiatives are not only an honest and efficient answer to habitat and species loss but are also uniquely tailored to the local community’s social structure, allowing for local participation in conservation efforts.
Updates
2023:
- Signed a long-term funding agreement with a local conservation organization for carbon credit purchases from the Sun Angel’s Gardens conservation concession.
- Mapped area limits (protected area and purchases) to increase the size of the protected area.
- Collaborated with local communities to help them develop and maintain sustainable livelihoods within the broader landscape and ecosystem.
- Secured funding for park-guard patrols.
2022:
- Camera traps caught footage of Spectacled Bears within the area, and locals recorded the increased presence of Jaguars in the area.
- We received extra funding (from a third organization) for the purchase of extra lands to be incorporated into the Jardines Angel del Sol Conservation Concession.*
- We began a project to monitor and conserve Spectacled Bears in the Jardines Angel del Sol and other sites. The project is between NPC, the community, and San Diego Global.
* The paperwork and internal communal, regional, and national politics means that the official inscriptions have not been completed. However, the community has accepted the proposal.