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09BRASILIA559
2009-05-06 19:28:00
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Embassy Brasilia
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CONSORTIUM MEMBERS CELEBRATE INITIAL SUCCESS OF THE ANDEAN

Tags:  SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR 
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 BRASILIA 000559 

SIPDIS

DEPT PASS USAID TO LAC/RSD, LAC/SAM, G/ENV, PPC/ENV

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
SUBJECT: CONSORTIUM MEMBERS CELEBRATE INITIAL SUCCESS OF THE ANDEAN
AMAZON CONSERVATION INITIATIVE (ICAA)

REF: 2008 BRASILIA 770

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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 BRASILIA 000559

SIPDIS

DEPT PASS USAID TO LAC/RSD, LAC/SAM, G/ENV, PPC/ENV

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
SUBJECT: CONSORTIUM MEMBERS CELEBRATE INITIAL SUCCESS OF THE ANDEAN
AMAZON CONSERVATION INITIATIVE (ICAA)

REF: 2008 BRASILIA 770

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1. The South America Regional Environmental HUB Office attended the
Third Annual Meeting of the Andean Amazon Conservation Initiative
(ICAA) in Bogota, Colombia, April 19-25. These annual conferences
bring together more than twenty partner organizations of this
USAID-funded initiative to exchange experiences and lessons learned.
(REFTEL) This conference gathered together over 80 people from
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, as well as other international
experts.


2. Consortium members stated that the initiative has been
successful so far and are optimistic about the future of this
regional program. This year's meeting focused on the impacts of the
financial crisis on conservation projects; the threat of
infrastructure development to isolated indigenous populations and
protected areas; the effects of climate change on Andean countries;
impact of informal mining on water resources; and the protection of
Indigenous intellectual property.


3. The purpose of this exchange is to increase regional
collaboration to support the efforts of the indigenous populations
and local communities in conserving biodiversity, using sustainably
their natural resources, and valuing environmental services in the
Andean Amazon. Especially important were the working sessions on
indigenous issues, financial strategies for conservation, policy,
and capacity-building.


4. The move of the HUB from Brasilia to Lima this summer was
welcomed by environmental organizations such as Wildlife
Conservation Society (WCS) and the Peruvian Society for
Environmental Law (SPDA).


5. The HUB (contact StonerLA@state.gov) can provide those interested
with links to the following presentations made at the conference:

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Indigenous Issues
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--Indigenous populations in voluntary isolation: human rights and
industry
--Indigenous people of the Peruvian Amazon and the challenges faced

--Protection of Traditional Knowledge

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Financial strategies
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--General overview and opportunities for the Andean Amazon
--Integrated analysis of environmental services
--Challenges for estimating deforestation rates for REDD
negotiations

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Policies
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--Dialogue on policies
--Strategic Environmental Evaluations
--Progress of the Mega-infrastructure projects monitoring group in
the region of Ucayali (Peru)
--Infrastructure and impacts on indigenous populations: the

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experience of the Cofan tribe (Ecuador).

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