Ecuador

Cofán Turtle Recovery Project and Reserva Ecológica Cofán de Bermejo (Sucumbios, eastern Ecuador)

• Record indigenous knowledge and produce technical manuals to support community resource management and conservation practices such as monitoring/census work
• Involve community members in extending knowledge to other groups

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Peru

Parque Nacional Cordillera Azul

• Communications training and support to develop community-based resource management and conservation practices within Peru’s newest national park (based in Tarapoto, Department of San Martín, eastern Peru)

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Bolivia

Amazonian University of the Pando (Cobija, Department of Pando, northern Bolivia)

• Training at institutional level to provide media support for environmental education and community development
• Support for documentation and production center
• Assist in development of university museum and botany collection

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Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Project BEATRA, Bukavu (Programme Biodiversité des Ecosystémes Aquatiques et Terrestres dans le Rift Albertin)

An interdepartmental Field Museum effort (ECP, Zoology) supported by the MacArthur Foundation

• Enhance ability of Congolese research institutions to provide research-based information/educational materials to community conservation projects (establish documentation and media production center, in addition to training staff)

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