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IR1 – SELECTED LANDSCAPES MANAGED SUSTAINABLY. Under AR1, sound landscape planning and use of sustainable natural resource management (NRM) practices, our main achievements are listed below. To work toward strengthening the capacity of local actors and government entities for NRM,  A communal zoning map of El Infierno was approved by the general assembly, and will serve as a key tool for managing commercial productive activities.  GOREMAD incorporated the natural resource and cultural tourism maps we helped DIRCETUR develop into their planning exercises, which for the first time will allow for tourism projects to be included in their activities and budget, as well as inform the Madre de Dios (MDD) territorial land-use planning project.  The first version of the Tambopata tourism attractions map was presented to DIRCETUR.  The Ecuadorian Ministry of Environment (MAE) accepted the proposal presented by the NGO Peace Nexus for providing technical assistance on the security issues to support the development of a security plan for CWR.  The consultancies to identify the socio-economic and cultural factors related to forest use in the Hatun Sumaku Parish and to analyze existing naranjilla and cocoa production practices in Parish and the naranjilla value chain were conducted. The results are now be used to develop the forestry and agriculture strategies for the parish. To help local actors and governments develop NRM plans that better reflect the local environmental and economic realities and needs,  The study on the limits of acceptable change in Lake Xxxxxxxx was approved by the SERNANP tourism unit, and they recommended its use to help develop the Xxxxxxxx Lake Site Plan, which will include tourism regulations.  The Brazil nut Forest Management General Plan for RNTAMB was completed and presented to the relevant actors in MDD. The plan updates and improves sustainable Brazil nut use in the reserve, encompassing 85 concessions and two native communities.  Four risk management plans for tourism operations in CWR were approved by the National Secretariat for Risk Management, bringing the total approved plans to five.  The Hatun Sumaku parish elaborated the first draft of its land use plan which incorporates sustainable land use practices and was derived from a participatory process. Under AR2, improved environmental governance, our main achievements are listed below. To work toward strengthening the capacity of local actors and government entities for NRM,  We assisted the DIRCETUR to develop a project concept for funding from GOREMAD for tourism training and the establishment of biodiversity interpretation and Amazonian arts centers; an important achievement considering that previously DIRCETUR did not have the technical tools to access public funds.  In Cusco, through collaboration with the Echarati municipality, we trained 180 cocoa producers and 25 municipal technicians in sustainable agriculture practices.  Together with the MAE we evaluated all 13 tourism companies operating in the CWR for compliance with sustainable environmental regulations and criteria. Twelve of the operations achieved the minimum required score of 90% compliance needed for obtaining 2014 patents, an improvement from an average 59% compliance in the initial evaluation. To improve local participation in accessing, using and managing natural resources and policies, laws, or agreements for management and administration,  The community of El Infierno updated and approved their communal statutes through a participatory process aimed at improving the conditions for communal planning and resource use. Under AR3, improved sustainable livelihoods and ecosystem resilience, our main achievements are listed below. To improve understanding and application of best management practices, and increase weak market penetration and competitiveness,  In Cusco, we trained producer organizations (Cooperativas Xxxx Xxxxx, Megantoni, CEPROCEC, Maranura, Chaupimayo, Chaco Huayanay, COCLA) and private businesses (Bioazul SAC, HVC exportaciones, AICASA) in high quality coffee production and the application of climate friendly agriculture practices.  We developed an agreement and trained 30 professors from Prorural and the Centro Rurales de Formación en Alternancia in Cusco; the professors will incorporate agriculture best management practices in their primary education curriculums.  In MDD, for the first time four families in Boca Pariamanu jointly harvested 20,000 board feet of lupuna (Ceiba pentandra) using low impact logging techniques, resulting in the establishment of a seed fund for the purchase of a timber resaw machine for the community.  Four native communities (Boca Pariamanu, Puerto Xxxxxx, Tres Islas and Palma Real) increased their primary processing efficiency, leading to an average increase in income of 6%.  Puerto Xxxxxx established an agreement with CANDOR LATAM to sell 500 barricas of Brazil nut (around 30,000 kilograms) from the 2014 harvest. Initial agreements were also established between RONAP and Universidad Nacional Amazónica de MDD for Brazil nut oil production.  The Brazil nut organizations RONAP, AFIMAD, ASCART established preliminary commercial agreements with international buyers and restaurants in Cusco to sell their product with additional value added.  Tres Islas established an initial agreement with CANDELA for implementing a peeling center in the community.  In Ecuador, 35 participants completed a 26 day course on tourism in protected areas. To improve capacity for NRM and access to government and other conservation and development programs,  We launched the first round of our small grants program in Peru. After providing information and guidance to potential applicants, our technical staff accompanied the interested actors in the elaboration of proposals, and our selection committee made up of consortium members and USAID evaluated ten proposals. The five winning proposals are: o PALSAMAD – increase the production capacity of its aguaje and/or unguarhui fruit processing plant through the purchase of a pulper and improved management of the cold chain. o Bawaaja Expeditions – recuperation of organic material to expand the ethno botanical garden the Ñape medicinal center. o Tres Islas Brazil nut committee – increment communal revenue from the sale of Brazil nut through acquiring equipment for the collection center and artisanal processing plant.

IR1 – SELECTED LANDSCAPES MANAGED SUSTAINABLY. Under AR1, sound landscape planning and use of sustainable natural resource management (NRM) practices, our main achievements are listed below. To work toward strengthening the capacity of local actors and government entities for NRM,  • A communal zoning map of El Infierno was approved by the general assembly, and will serve as a key tool for managing commercial productive activities.  GOREMAD • XXXXXXX incorporated the natural resource and cultural tourism maps we helped DIRCETUR develop into their planning exercises, which for the first time will allow for tourism projects to be included in their activities and budget, as well as inform the Madre de Dios (MDD) territorial land-use planning project.  • The first version of the Tambopata tourism attractions map was presented to DIRCETUR.  • The Ecuadorian Ministry of Environment (MAE) accepted the proposal presented by the NGO Peace Nexus for providing technical assistance on the security issues to support the development of a security plan for CWR.  • The consultancies to identify the socio-economic and cultural factors related to forest use in the Hatun Sumaku Parish and to analyze existing naranjilla and cocoa production practices in Parish and the naranjilla value chain were conducted. The results are now be used to develop the forestry and agriculture strategies for the parish. To help local actors and governments develop NRM plans that better reflect the local environmental and economic realities and needs,  • The study on the limits of acceptable change in Lake Xxxxxxxx was approved by the SERNANP tourism unit, and they recommended its use to help develop the Xxxxxxxx Lake Site Plan, which will include tourism regulations.  • The Brazil nut Forest Management General Plan for RNTAMB was completed and presented to the relevant actors in MDD. The plan updates and improves sustainable Brazil nut use in the reserve, encompassing 85 concessions and two native communities.  • Four risk management plans for tourism operations in CWR were approved by the National Secretariat for Risk Management, bringing the total approved plans to five.  • The Hatun Sumaku parish elaborated the first draft of its land use plan which incorporates sustainable land use practices and was derived from a participatory process. Under AR2, improved environmental governance, our main achievements are listed below. To work toward strengthening the capacity of local actors and government entities for NRM,  • We assisted the DIRCETUR to develop a project concept for funding from GOREMAD for tourism training and the establishment of biodiversity interpretation and Amazonian arts centers; an important achievement considering that previously DIRCETUR did not have the technical tools to access public funds.  • In Cusco, through collaboration with the Echarati municipality, we trained 180 cocoa producers and 25 municipal technicians in sustainable agriculture practices.  • Together with the MAE we evaluated all 13 tourism companies operating in the CWR for compliance with sustainable environmental regulations and criteria. Twelve of the operations achieved the minimum required score of 90% compliance needed for obtaining 2014 patents, an improvement from an average 59% compliance in the initial evaluation. To improve local participation in accessing, using and managing natural resources and policies, laws, or agreements for management and administration,  • The community of El Infierno updated and approved their communal statutes through a participatory process aimed at improving the conditions for communal planning and resource use. Under AR3, improved sustainable livelihoods and ecosystem resilience, our main achievements are listed below. To improve understanding and application of best management practices, and increase weak market penetration and competitiveness,  • In Cusco, we trained producer organizations (Cooperativas Xxxx Xxxxx, Megantoni, CEPROCEC, Maranura, Chaupimayo, Chaco Huayanay, COCLA) and private businesses (Bioazul SAC, HVC exportaciones, AICASA) in high quality coffee production and the application of climate friendly agriculture practices.  • We developed an agreement and trained 30 professors from Prorural and the Centro Rurales de Formación en Alternancia in Cusco; the professors will incorporate agriculture best management practices in their primary education curriculums.  • In MDD, for the first time four families in Boca Pariamanu jointly harvested 20,000 board feet of lupuna (Ceiba pentandra) using low impact logging techniques, resulting in the establishment of a seed fund for the purchase of a timber resaw machine for the community.  • Four native communities (Boca Pariamanu, Puerto Xxxxxx, Tres Islas and Palma Real) increased their primary processing efficiency, leading to an average increase in income of 6%.  • Puerto Xxxxxx established an agreement with CANDOR LATAM to sell 500 barricas of Brazil nut (around 30,000 kilograms) from the 2014 harvest. Initial agreements were also established between RONAP and Universidad Nacional Amazónica de MDD for Brazil nut oil production.  • The Brazil nut organizations RONAP, AFIMAD, ASCART established preliminary commercial agreements with international buyers and restaurants in Cusco to sell their product with additional value added.  • Tres Islas established an initial agreement with CANDELA for implementing a peeling center in the community.  • In Ecuador, 35 participants completed a 26 day course on tourism in protected areas. To improve capacity for NRM and access to government and other conservation and development programs,  • We launched the first round of our small grants program in Peru. After providing information and guidance to potential applicants, our technical staff accompanied the interested actors in the elaboration of proposals, and our selection committee made up of consortium members and USAID evaluated ten proposals. The five winning proposals are: o PALSAMAD – increase the production capacity of its aguaje and/or unguarhui fruit processing plant through the purchase of a pulper and improved management of the cold chain. o Bawaaja Expeditions – recuperation of organic material to expand the ethno botanical garden the Ñape medicinal center. o Tres Islas Brazil nut committee – increment communal revenue from the sale of Brazil nut through acquiring equipment for the collection center and artisanal processing plant.

IR1 – SELECTED LANDSCAPES MANAGED SUSTAINABLY. The main achievements by SL in the first quarter of FY2013 included below will allow us to work toward addressing the principal threats of habitat degradation and habitat loss due to wholesale deforestation or land-use conversion through our interventions under the three USAID Activity Results (AR) for Area-Based programs. Under AR1, sound landscape planning and use of sustainable natural resource management (NRM) NRM practices, our main achievements are listed belowduring the quarter include the following: • Through a joint effort with the Ecuadorian Ministry of Environment (MAE), the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (CWR) now possesses key baseline information of tourism activities, which will allow them to make improved decisions related to sustainably managing the reserve through the subsequent development of a tourism operations regulations manual that will cover key topics such as codes of conduct, transportation regulations, and environmental compliance. • During the period, an armed robbery targeting tourists entering the CWR by river occurred, resulting in the kidnapping of two tourists who were rescued a few days later. To work toward strengthening help the capacity of local actors Ecuadorian authorities better understand the tourism context in CWR in order to develop a CWR risk management plan, we facilitated meetings with CWR and government entities for NRM,  A communal zoning map of El Infierno was approved by the general assembly, tourism stakeholders where potential risks and will serve as mitigation measures were identified through a key tool for managing commercial productive activities.  GOREMAD incorporated the natural resource and cultural tourism maps we helped DIRCETUR develop into their planning exercisesrisk management matrix, which will be part of an official risk management plan. • A draft of a socio-economic and environmental baseline and diagnostic for the first time will allow for tourism projects buffer zone of CWR was developed through over 100 in-person interviews with fifteen pre- cooperatives and secondary information to be included help better define the target intervention groups and agricultural and social project interventions. Organizations Xxxx xx Xxxxxxx and San Xxxx de Sansaguari, located in their activities and budgetPalma Roja - Putumayo, as well as inform the with a forest management potential of 2000 ha agreed to work with us in sustainable forest management. • Madre de Dios (MDD) territorial land-use planning project.  The first version of now has a consolidated geographic database with tourism attractions and resources in and around the Tambopata tourism attractions map was presented to DIRCETUR.  The Ecuadorian Ministry of Environment (MAE) National Reserve that has been accepted the proposal presented by the NGO Peace Nexus authorities of DIRCETUR as an official document to be utilized to develop a tourism map that will serve as input for establishing conservation and sustainable natural resource use strategies, as well as to promote sustainable tourism in the region. • We improved the MDD government’s capacity for natural resource management by providing technical assistance on the security issues to support the development of a security plan for CWR.  The consultancies to identify the socio-economic and cultural factors related to forest use incorporate sustainable tourism criteria in the Hatun Sumaku Parish Tambopata National Reserve tourism management plans (Alto Tambopata – Collpas Colorado and to analyze existing naranjilla and cocoa production practices in Parish and Chuncho); tourism operations using the naranjilla value chain were conducted. The results are reserve attractions will now be used required to develop implement the forestry and agriculture strategies for the parish. To help local actors and governments develop NRM plans that better reflect the local environmental and economic realities and needs,  The study on the limits of acceptable change in Lake Xxxxxxxx was approved by the SERNANP tourism unit, and they recommended its use to help develop the Xxxxxxxx Lake Site Plan, which will include tourism regulations.  The Brazil nut Forest Management General Plan for RNTAMB was completed and presented to the relevant actors in MDD. The plan updates and improves sustainable Brazil nut use in the reserve, encompassing 85 concessions and two native communities.  Four risk management plans for tourism operations in CWR were approved by the National Secretariat for Risk Management, bringing the total approved plans to five.  The Hatun Sumaku parish elaborated the first draft of its land use plan which incorporates sustainable land use practices and was derived from a participatory processcriteria. Under AR2, improved environmental governance, our main achievements are listed below. To work toward strengthening we attained the capacity of local actors and government entities for NRM,  We assisted the DIRCETUR to develop a project concept for funding from GOREMAD for tourism training and the establishment of biodiversity interpretation and Amazonian arts centers; an important achievement considering that previously DIRCETUR did not have the technical tools to access public funds.  following achievements: • In Cusco, through collaboration with the Echarati municipalityEcuador, we trained 180 cocoa producers and 25 municipal technicians in sustainable agriculture practices.  Together with helped MAE get one step closer to more effective environmental regulation of the MAE we evaluated all 13 tourism companies operations operating in CWR by helping to better define the CWR impact of environmental threats created by the operations, providing technical recommendations for compliance improving environmental compliance, and developing a simplified environmental datasheet to measure and monitor compliance. • Cuyabeno tourism operators association (FERTOC) was created as a way to strengthen the tour operators’ capacities for sound natural resource policy development and management, including the ability to negotiate with sustainable environmental regulations other tourism stakeholders. • In MDD, indigenous producer groups, ASCART and criteria. Twelve of the operations achieved the minimum required score of 90% compliance needed for obtaining 2014 patents, an improvement from an average 59% compliance in the initial evaluation. To improve local participation in accessing, using AFIMAD have improved their governance and managing ability to manage their natural resources and policiesthrough the development of strategic plans, laws, or agreements for management and administration,  The community of El Infierno updated and approved which are currently being validated by their communal statutes through a participatory process aimed at improving the conditions for communal planning and resource usemembers. Under AR3, improved sustainable livelihoods and ecosystem resilience, our main achievements are listed below. we attained the following achievements: • To improve the quality of the tourism experience in CWR, increase the understanding and application implementation of tourism best management practices, and increase weak market penetration provide employment opportunities for members of the CWR buffer zone and competitivenessAmazonian communities,  In Cuscotogether with the MAE and WWF, we trained 32 new and 40 current naturalist guides were trained; those that pass the courses will receive a license. • XXXXXX, XXXXX, ASCART and PALSAMAD producer organizations (Cooperativas Xxxx Xxxxxhave improved their capacity to access funding from lenders, Megantoni, CEPROCEC, Maranura, Chaupimayo, Chaco Huayanay, COCLA) and private businesses (Bioazul SAC, HVC exportaciones, AICASA) in high quality coffee production and the application improved their market access by obtaining better commercial agreements. XXXXXX obtained a loan of climate friendly agriculture practices.  We developed an agreement and trained 30 professors from Prorural and the Centro Rurales de Formación en Alternancia in Cusco; the professors will incorporate agriculture best management practices in their primary education curriculums.  In MDD, for the first time four families in Boca Pariamanu jointly harvested 20,000 board feet of lupuna (Ceiba pentandra) using low impact logging techniques, resulting in the establishment of a seed $52,000 to fund for the purchase of a timber resaw machine for the community.  Four native communities (Boca Pariamanu, Puerto Xxxxxx, Tres Islas and Palma Real) increased their primary processing efficiency, leading to an average increase in income of 6%.  Puerto Xxxxxx established an agreement with CANDOR LATAM to sell 500 barricas of its Brazil nut (around 30,000 kilograms) from harvest, as well as a sales agreement for 25 tons at 50% above the 2014 harvest. Initial agreements were also established between RONAP and Universidad Nacional Amazónica de MDD for Brazil nut oil production.  The Brazil nut organizations RONAP, AFIMAD, ASCART established preliminary commercial agreements with international buyers and restaurants in Cusco to sell their product with additional value added.  Tres Islas established an initial agreement with CANDELA for implementing a peeling center in the community.  In Ecuador, 35 participants completed a 26 day course on tourism in protected areas. To improve capacity for NRM and access to government and other conservation and development programs,  We launched the first round of our small grants program in Peru. After providing information and guidance to potential applicants, our technical staff accompanied the interested actors in the elaboration of proposals, and our selection committee made up of consortium members and USAID evaluated ten proposals. The five winning proposals are: o PALSAMAD – increase the production capacity of its aguaje and/or unguarhui fruit processing plant through the purchase of a pulper and improved management of the cold chain. o Bawaaja Expeditions – recuperation of organic material to expand the ethno botanical garden the Ñape medicinal center. o Tres Islas Brazil nut committee – increment communal revenue from the sale of Brazil nut through acquiring equipment for the collection center and artisanal processing plantcurrent market price.

IR1 – SELECTED LANDSCAPES MANAGED SUSTAINABLY. Under AR1, sound landscape planning and use of sustainable natural resource management (NRM) practices, our main achievements are listed below. To work toward strengthening in addressing the capacity drivers of local actors unmanaged tourism practices, ineffective implementation of NRM and government entities for NRM,  A communal zoning map of El Infierno was approved by the general assemblyplanning, and will serve as a key tool for managing commercial productive activities.  GOREMAD incorporated the natural resource and cultural tourism maps we helped DIRCETUR develop into their planning exercises, which for the first time will allow for tourism projects to be included in their activities and budget, as well as inform the Madre de Dios (MDD) territorial lack of land-use planning projectregulation/zoning:  In Ecuador, the criteria for sustainable destinations defined by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council were adapted and converted to a field tool for measuring the level of compliance in sustainable destinations. The tool was applied in CWR and LBR in Ecuador and Tambopato National Reserve (TNR) in Peru.  The first version Together with USAID and the Department of Interior (DOI), we met with officials from the biodiversity authority of the Tambopata tourism attractions map was presented to DIRCETUR.  The Ecuadorian Ministry of Environment (MAE) accepted to present the proposal presented by the NGO Peace Nexus for providing technical assistance on the security issues to support the development of a security plan sustainable tourism strategy preparation document for CWR. With the recommendations and observations included, the strategy was presented to the national biodiversity director for review and approval.  The consultancies We have begun carrying out a consultancy to identify the socio-economic and cultural factors related to forest use in the Hatun Sumaku Parish Parish, which will serve as an important natural resource planning input for our intervention strategies.  In Peru, to reduce the potential negative impacts and improve the quality of tourist attractions, we provided technical assistance to analyze existing naranjilla and cocoa production practices TNR for locating camping places for bird watching in Parish and two major tourist attractions within the naranjilla value chain were conductedReserve in the Alto Tambopata Site Plan. The results are now be used to develop  We finalized the forestry and agriculture strategies for the parish. To help local actors and governments develop NRM plans that better reflect the local environmental and economic realities and needs,  The study on the of limits of acceptable change for Xxxxxxxx Lake in Lake Xxxxxxxx was approved by the SERNANP tourism unitTNR, which is the basis for defining indicators, proposing regulations for boats entering the lake, and they recommended its use to help develop the Xxxxxxxx Lake Site Plan, which will include tourism regulationsmonitoring compliance with sustainability criteria and best practices.  The Brazil nut Forest Management General Plan Thirty new site sheets for RNTAMB was completed and presented to the relevant actors in MDD. The plan updates and improves sustainable Brazil nut use tourism resources in the reserveTambopata area were elaborated to be included in the MINCETUR (Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo) national database. These documents will support DIRCETUR in identifying conservation areas for tourism and promoting public or private investments in the attractions, encompassing 85 concessions and two native communitiesare the basis for the inclusion of tourism resources in regional territorial planning.  Four risk management plans for tourism operations We significantly advanced toward developing our gender analysis and action plan through five workshops with project staff and beneficiaries, including one in CWR were approved by the National Secretariat for Risk Management, bringing the total approved plans to five.  The Hatun Sumaku parish elaborated the first draft of its land use plan which incorporates sustainable land use practices and was derived from a participatory processColombia. Under AR2, improved environmental governance, our main we attained the following achievements are listed below. To work toward strengthening addressing the capacity principal drivers of local actors weak natural resource governance, ineffective implementation of natural resources management and government entities for NRMplanning,  We assisted the DIRCETUR to develop a project concept for funding from GOREMAD for tourism training and the establishment of biodiversity interpretation and Amazonian arts centers; an important achievement considering that previously DIRCETUR did not have the technical tools to access public funds.  In Cusco, through collaboration with the Echarati municipality, we trained 180 cocoa producers and 25 municipal technicians in sustainable agriculture practices.  Together with the MAE we evaluated all 13 tourism companies operating in the CWR for compliance with sustainable environmental regulations and criteria. Twelve of the operations achieved the minimum required score of 90% compliance needed for obtaining 2014 patents, an improvement from an average 59% compliance in the initial evaluation. To improve limited local participation in accessing, using and managing natural resources resources, and policies, laws, or agreements indeterminate policies for management and administration, and unmanaged tourism practices:  In Ecuador, the tourism operations regulations manual for CWR and LBR was socialized with key stakeholders such as reserve rangers (including Yasuní National Park) to improve their skills in controlling and monitoring tourism activities and operators; the reserves are already implementing several regulations such as the prohibition of catch and release piranha fishing.  The community Ministries of El Infierno updated Tourism, Interior, Defense and approved Environment signed an interagency agreement to strengthen and improve security in the tourism areas of CWR. The agreement is a positive response to the insecurity issues and reflects the initiatives we have been supporting such as: basic security protocol and communication systems for the tourism areas.  SL participated with the local office of FSC (CEFOVE) to help define the national process for implementing risk assessment.  Digital information was collected from the previous Sumaco program for the Hatun Sumaku communities to continue with the land regulation process for those that do not hold land title.  In the Peru landscape, we came to an agreement with the Department of Legal and Physical Sanitation for Rural Property to strengthen their communal statutes office through a participatory process technical assistance aimed at improving updating information for titling of indigenous communities, and validating the conditions resolution of territorial disputes.  We strengthened the technical support group responsible for communal planning updating the Regional Biodiversity Strategy of the Regional Environmental Commission (CAR). We facilitated several meetings with the outcome of obtaining the commitment of the organizations to work together, and resource usedefining the methodology for updating the strategy.  The environmental governance diagnostics and resulting improvement plans for AFIMAD, RONAP, PALSAMAD, Tres Islas and Puerto Xxxxxx were drafted. Under AR3, improved sustainable livelihoods and ecosystem resilience, our main we attained the following achievements are listed below. To improve understanding that work toward addressing the drivers of lack of income generating opportunities, weak market penetration and competitiveness, lack of knowledge or application of best management practices, unmanaged and increase weak market penetration unorganized logging, and competitiveness, poor agricultural production practices:  In CuscoEcuador, we trained producer organizations facilitated a visit by the regional MAGAP representative to present the national reforestation incentives program to project communities, resulting in solidifying the interest of several communities in participating in the program.  In Peru, XXXXXX won approximately 60,000 USD of public financing from PROCOMPITE by presenting their business plan developed with SL assistance.  Two Brazil nut organizations, ASCART and RONAP, accessed soft credits from AGROBANCO for around 44,000 USD and 22,000 USD respectively to finance the Brazil nut harvest, thereby lessening their dependence on companies who condition loans to the delivery of the product.  RONAP acquired additional land (Cooperativas Xxxx Xxxxx, Megantoni, CEPROCEC, Maranura, Chaupimayo, Chaco Huayanay, COCLA3,800 m2) and private businesses (Bioazul SAC, HVC exportaciones, AICASA) in high quality coffee production and for the application construction of climate friendly agriculture practicesits processing plant from revenue resulting from the Brazil nut harvest trade agreements we supported.  We developed an agreement low intensity participatory forest management plans for three communities, which were approved by the Regional Forest Authority, and trained 30 professors from Prorural are currently being implemented.  Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, project farmer, won 2nd place in the 7th regional cocoa competition held in Quillabamba. Through the implementation of sustainable agricultural practices on his farm, the quality of the cocoa has been improved, thereby increasing competitiveness.  Credit organizations, RESPONSABILY and ECOCREDIT (IFIS) have included the Centro Rurales de Formación en Alternancia rehabilitation and renovation of 400 hectares in Cusco; the professors will incorporate agriculture best management practices Cusco through 50 farmer loans in their primary education curriculumsagendas.  In MDDBased on a study we carried out, for “roya”, a fungus that affects coffee plantations, was identified as a serious problem in coffee farms. SENASA, who was not aware of the first time four families in Boca Pariamanu jointly harvested 20,000 board feet gravity of lupuna (Ceiba pentandra) using low impact logging techniquesthe distribution of roya, resulting in was alerted about the establishment of a seed fund for the purchase of a timber resaw machine for the communityincidence level.  Four native communities (Boca Pariamanu, Puerto Xxxxxx, Tres Islas Seven tourism operations presented a proposal to the PromPerú Biocomercio project to obtain non-reimbursable funds to improve their installations and Palma Real) increased their primary processing efficiency, leading to an average increase in income of 6%.  Puerto Xxxxxx established an agreement compliance with CANDOR LATAM to sell 500 barricas of Brazil nut (around 30,000 kilograms) from the 2014 harvest. Initial agreements were also established between RONAP and Universidad Nacional Amazónica de MDD for Brazil nut oil production.  The Brazil nut organizations RONAP, AFIMAD, ASCART established preliminary commercial agreements with international buyers and restaurants in Cusco to sell their product with additional value added.  Tres Islas established an initial agreement with CANDELA for implementing a peeling center in the community.  In Ecuador, 35 participants completed a 26 day course on sustainable tourism in protected areas. To improve capacity for NRM and access to government and other conservation and development programs,  We launched the first round of our small grants program in Peru. After providing information and guidance to potential applicants, our technical staff accompanied the interested actors in the elaboration of proposals, and our selection committee made up of consortium members and USAID evaluated ten proposals. The five winning proposals are: o PALSAMAD – increase the production capacity of its aguaje and/or unguarhui fruit processing plant through the purchase of a pulper and improved management of the cold chain. o Bawaaja Expeditions – recuperation of organic material to expand the ethno botanical garden the Ñape medicinal center. o Tres Islas Brazil nut committee – increment communal revenue from the sale of Brazil nut through acquiring equipment for the collection center and artisanal processing plantcriteria.

IR1 – SELECTED LANDSCAPES MANAGED SUSTAINABLY. Under AR1, sound landscape planning and use of sustainable natural resource management (NRM) practices, our main achievements are listed below. To work toward strengthening in addressing the capacity drivers of local actors unmanaged tourism practices, ineffective implementation of NRM and government entities for NRM,  A communal zoning map of El Infierno was approved by the general assemblyplanning, and will serve as a key tool for managing commercial productive activities.  GOREMAD incorporated the natural resource and cultural tourism maps we helped DIRCETUR develop into their planning exercises, which for the first time will allow for tourism projects to be included in their activities and budget, as well as inform the Madre de Dios (MDD) territorial lack of land-use planning projectregulation/zoning: • In Ecuador, the criteria for sustainable destinations defined by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council were adapted and converted to a field tool for measuring the level of compliance in sustainable destinations.  The first version tool was applied in CWR and LBR in Ecuador and Tambopato National Reserve (TNR) in Peru. • Together with USAID and the Department of Interior (DOI), we met with officials from the biodiversity authority of the Tambopata tourism attractions map was presented to DIRCETUR.  The Ecuadorian Ministry of Environment (MAE) accepted to present the proposal presented by the NGO Peace Nexus for providing technical assistance on the security issues to support the development of a security plan sustainable tourism strategy preparation document for CWR.  The consultancies With the recommendations and observations included, the strategy was presented to the national biodiversity director for review and approval. • We have begun carrying out a consultancy to identify the socio-economic and cultural factors related to forest use in the Hatun Sumaku Parish Parish, which will serve as an important natural resource planning input for our intervention strategies. • In Peru, to reduce the potential negative impacts and improve the quality of tourist attractions, we provided technical assistance to analyze existing naranjilla and cocoa production practices TNR for locating camping places for bird watching in Parish and two major tourist attractions within the naranjilla value chain were conductedReserve in the Alto Tambopata Site Plan. The results are now be used to develop • We finalized the forestry and agriculture strategies for the parish. To help local actors and governments develop NRM plans that better reflect the local environmental and economic realities and needs,  The study on the of limits of acceptable change for Xxxxxxxx Lake in Lake Xxxxxxxx was approved by the SERNANP tourism unitTNR, which is the basis for defining indicators, proposing regulations for boats entering the lake, and they recommended its use to help develop the Xxxxxxxx Lake Site Plan, which will include monitoring compliance with sustainability criteria and best practices. • Thirty new site sheets for tourism regulations.  The Brazil nut Forest Management General Plan for RNTAMB was completed and presented to the relevant actors in MDD. The plan updates and improves sustainable Brazil nut use resources in the reserve, encompassing 85 concessions and two native communitiesTambopata area were elaborated to be included in the MINCETUR (Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo) national database.  Four risk management plans These documents will support DIRCETUR in identifying conservation areas for tourism operations and promoting public or private investments in CWR were approved by the National Secretariat attractions, and are the basis for Risk Managementthe inclusion of tourism resources in regional territorial planning. • We significantly advanced toward developing our gender analysis and action plan through five workshops with project staff and beneficiaries, bringing the total approved plans to five.  The Hatun Sumaku parish elaborated the first draft of its land use plan which incorporates sustainable land use practices and was derived from a participatory processincluding one in Colombia. Under AR2, improved environmental governance, our main we attained the following achievements are listed below. To work toward strengthening addressing the capacity principal drivers of local actors weak natural resource governance, ineffective implementation of natural resources management and government entities for NRMplanning,  We assisted the DIRCETUR to develop a project concept for funding from GOREMAD for tourism training and the establishment of biodiversity interpretation and Amazonian arts centers; an important achievement considering that previously DIRCETUR did not have the technical tools to access public funds.  In Cusco, through collaboration with the Echarati municipality, we trained 180 cocoa producers and 25 municipal technicians in sustainable agriculture practices.  Together with the MAE we evaluated all 13 tourism companies operating in the CWR for compliance with sustainable environmental regulations and criteria. Twelve of the operations achieved the minimum required score of 90% compliance needed for obtaining 2014 patents, an improvement from an average 59% compliance in the initial evaluation. To improve limited local participation in accessing, using and managing natural resources resources, and policies, laws, or agreements indeterminate policies for management and administration,  and unmanaged tourism practices: • In Ecuador, the tourism operations regulations manual for CWR and LBR was socialized with key stakeholders such as reserve rangers (including Yasuní National Park) to improve their skills in controlling and monitoring tourism activities and operators; the reserves are already implementing several regulations such as the prohibition of catch and release piranha fishing. • The community Ministries of El Infierno updated Tourism, Interior, Defense and approved Environment signed an interagency agreement to strengthen and improve security in the tourism areas of CWR. The agreement is a positive response to the insecurity issues and reflects the initiatives we have been supporting such as: basic security protocol and communication systems for the tourism areas. • SL participated with the local office of FSC (CEFOVE) to help define the national process for implementing risk assessment. • Digital information was collected from the previous Sumaco program for the Hatun Sumaku communities to continue with the land regulation process for those that do not hold land title. • In the Peru landscape, we came to an agreement with the Department of Legal and Physical Sanitation for Rural Property to strengthen their communal statutes office through a participatory process technical assistance aimed at improving updating information for titling of indigenous communities, and validating the conditions resolution of territorial disputes. • We strengthened the technical support group responsible for communal planning updating the Regional Biodiversity Strategy of the Regional Environmental Commission (CAR). We facilitated several meetings with the outcome of obtaining the commitment of the organizations to work together, and resource usedefining the methodology for updating the strategy. • The environmental governance diagnostics and resulting improvement plans for AFIMAD, RONAP, PALSAMAD, Tres Islas and Puerto Xxxxxx were drafted. Under AR3, improved sustainable livelihoods and ecosystem resilience, our main we attained the following achievements are listed below. To improve understanding that work toward addressing the drivers of lack of income generating opportunities, weak market penetration and competitiveness, lack of knowledge or application of best management practices, unmanaged and increase weak market penetration unorganized logging, and competitiveness,  poor agricultural production practices: • In CuscoEcuador, we trained producer organizations (Cooperativas Xxxx Xxxxx, Megantoni, CEPROCEC, Maranura, Chaupimayo, Chaco Huayanay, COCLA) and private businesses (Bioazul SAC, HVC exportaciones, AICASA) in high quality coffee production and facilitated a visit by the application of climate friendly agriculture practices.  We developed an agreement and trained 30 professors from Prorural and regional MAGAP representative to present the Centro Rurales de Formación en Alternancia in Cusco; the professors will incorporate agriculture best management practices in their primary education curriculums.  In MDD, for the first time four families in Boca Pariamanu jointly harvested 20,000 board feet of lupuna (Ceiba pentandra) using low impact logging techniquesnational reforestation incentives program to project communities, resulting in solidifying the establishment interest of a seed fund several communities in participating in the program. • In Peru, ASCART won approximately 60,000 USD of public financing from PROCOMPITE by presenting their business plan developed with SL assistance. • Two Brazil nut organizations, ASCART and RONAP, accessed soft credits from AGROBANCO for around 44,000 USD and 22,000 USD respectively to finance the Brazil nut harvest, thereby lessening their dependence on companies who condition loans to the delivery of the product. • RONAP acquired additional land (3,800 m2) for the purchase construction of a timber resaw machine its processing plant from revenue resulting from the Brazil nut harvest trade agreements we supported. • We developed low intensity participatory forest management plans for three communities, which were approved by the communityRegional Forest Authority, and are currently being implemented.  Four native communities (Boca Pariamanu, Puerto • Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Tres Islas project farmer, won 2nd place in the 7th regional cocoa competition held in Quillabamba. Through the implementation of sustainable agricultural practices on his farm, the quality of the cocoa has been improved, thereby increasing competitiveness. • Credit organizations, RESPONSABILY and Palma RealECOCREDIT (IFIS) increased their primary processing efficiency, leading to an average increase in income have included the rehabilitation and renovation of 6%.  Puerto Xxxxxx established an agreement with CANDOR LATAM to sell 500 barricas of Brazil nut (around 30,000 kilograms) from the 2014 harvest. Initial agreements were also established between RONAP and Universidad Nacional Amazónica de MDD for Brazil nut oil production.  The Brazil nut organizations RONAP, AFIMAD, ASCART established preliminary commercial agreements with international buyers and restaurants 400 hectares in Cusco to sell through 50 farmer loans in their product with additional value addedagendas.  Tres Islas established an initial agreement with CANDELA for implementing • Based on a peeling center study we carried out, “roya”, a fungus that affects coffee plantations, was identified as a serious problem in the communitycoffee farms.  In EcuadorSENASA, 35 participants completed a 26 day course on tourism in protected areas. To improve capacity for NRM and access to government and other conservation and development programs,  We launched the first round of our small grants program in Peru. After providing information and guidance to potential applicants, our technical staff accompanied the interested actors in the elaboration of proposals, and our selection committee made up of consortium members and USAID evaluated ten proposals. The five winning proposals are: o PALSAMAD – increase the production capacity of its aguaje and/or unguarhui fruit processing plant through the purchase of a pulper and improved management who was not aware of the cold chaingravity of the distribution of roya, was alerted about the incidence level. o Bawaaja Expeditions – recuperation of organic material • Seven tourism operations presented a proposal to expand the ethno botanical garden the Ñape medicinal center. o Tres Islas Brazil nut committee – increment communal revenue from the sale of Brazil nut through acquiring equipment for the collection center PromPerú Biocomercio project to obtain non-reimbursable funds to improve their installations and artisanal processing plantcompliance with sustainable tourism criteria.