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We are all responsible for the change, and we need to commit to act. This is our chance to give back to nature what has been given to us by conserving the environment, collaborating with those that are already doing so, learning to live together in a more sustainable way, inspiring by example and having fun in the attempt. We can lead the way to building a better country for each of us to live in. Every one of us can take part.

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CONSERVAMOS

We support people with voluntary conservation initiatives and promote a more sustainableway of life.

POR NATURALEZA

Conservamos por Naturaleza (We Conserve by/for Nature) works with private and community-based conservation projects which we like to call ‘voluntary conservation’ to emphasize that their work is based entirely on their voluntary choice to conserve a natural site. There are many ways in which private individuals and communities can practice conservation including private conservation areas, conservation concessions, and ecotourism concessions. In this book, we showcase some of the most striking examples of such projects.

We invite you to explore these places and the people behind each project. Let yourself be inspired to take action yourself, to collaborate with them, and to join us in building “Perú Natural,” a Peru closer to nature. It is our vision of a country dedicated to the careful and proper use of its natural heritage and the active participation of committed citizens.

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A COMMITMENT

We can no longer deny that our rapid development is destroying our planet’s natural environments at an enormous scale and speed. Rivers from which we could once drink with our bare hands are now contaminated. The lush Amazon rainforest is being transformed to deserts by illegal mining. The ocean is filled with our plastic waste. And the list continues.

27 years ago, a group of young law students decided to create an organization to push for laws and public policies that would lead to a more sustainable Peru. Their vision was a country that respects, manages and cares for its forests, rivers, ravines, seas, wetlands and deserts, and that values its immense natural and cultural heritage. The result was the foundation of the Peruvian Society for Environmental Law (SPDA).

Over the years, we found that our challenge not only involves government norms and institutions, but that private citizens can – and want to – participate actively in the management of Peru’s natural riches. We therefore took on a new task: to incentivize and support those wanting to practice voluntary conservation. We built a team, and together, little by little, we worked with the government, built alliances with

other organizations, and supported dozens

of voluntary conservation initiatives with technical,

legal, and financial aid.

Thanks to concerted efforts, there are now laws, institutions

and more than 150 projects by individuals or communities in

to protect. Therefore, in 2012, we broadened our efforts and created Conservamos por Naturaleza, a platform to support those interested in protecting the environment through which we also try to trigger a change in people’s attitudes.

Throughout its first year, the team of SPDA’s Conservamos por Naturaleza travelled in search of people that are examples of how to live more sustainable lifestyles. They reciprocated by telling us their stories. We invite you to travel with us, to collaborate with them, to become active yourself, and to be part of this movement. The conservation

Peru that conserve over a million and a half hectares. These examples lead the way towards a life in balance with our surroundings.

The stories of the many voluntary conservation projects give us hope, but they alone are not enough. Our own ways of life and daily decisions continue to cause harm and place pressure on the biodiversity we have pledged

of nature on our planet may be the most important act of

solidarity for this generation. It is what our survival depends on, as well as

the right to healthy lives for us and those that will follow. Solidarity is the element that

every society that values itself must nurture, not just to be viable, but above all to be human.

Pedro Solano / Executive Director / SPDA

www.conservamospornaturaleza.org

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EXPLORE

BE INSPIRED

ACT

CONSERVE

COLLABORATE

LIVE SUSTAINABLY

INSPIRE BYEXAMPLE

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Conservamos por Naturaleza is a journey within a journey. We travelled across Peru in search of people who are conserving nature for us all, and they taught us to love and value the places that we live in. We learned about the importance of lunar cycles for planting and harvesting, about how the forest functions, and the important role each species plays in its ecosystem. They showed us that it is indeed possible to live sustainably, and their stories and passion fuelled our motivation. The journeys are grouped into routes in order to help create

alliances between those practicing conservation and to make it easier for anyone to explore these places on their own and provide support. Here is our chance to

be inspired to travel, to feed our senses, and to give greater meaning to our lives.

EXPLORE

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THE DESERT ROUTELet yourself be surprised by the life, colors, and sounds of the desert. Meet the huarangos, thousand year-old trees that struggle to survive by reaching for water up to 80 meters underground. Brave the sand dunes, sleep under the stars, and feel the grains of sand against your skin.

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“We are a family, we share many experiences and work for everyone, especially the children. If we don’t protect the forest, what will they have left?” asks Consuelo Borda, researcher at Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, one of the people behind a reforestation project for huarango trees in the Nazca desert. A woman that even in the face of difficulties always carries a smile on her face.

lOmaS Of atiquipawww.conservamospornaturaleza.org/area/lomas-de-atiquipa

“Atiquipa is a hidden paradise,” Julieta La Torre tells us while recounting the many attributes of this patch in the middle of the desert. We encounter ruins and ancient Inca trails to explore, lonely beaches, a turquoise sea, vibrant life, and spectacular olive oil.

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adRENaRENa paRK www.conservamospornaturaleza.org/area/maveco-sand

“Connect to disconnect. One can disconnect from the traffic and noise of the city to connect with nature. When the moment comes in which more people discover this, they will want to be here too.” Since childhood, Mario Vera has harbored a passion for the desert that he has made his home. He has lived surrounded by sand and wind for over 20 years.

Aboard sand buggies he coasts and slides across the dunes as if they were waves of sand. His life project is to share his passion. His objective: that more people immerse themselves in the desert and get to know its many facets and colors.

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In this magical corner of Peru, dominated by the mighty fortress of Kuelap and the Gocta waterfalls, families and communities show us that it is possible to dedicate your life to conservation in this country. Come visit these hidden places where a woman lives in a mystical forest, and a community is fighting to maintain the water supply for future generations.

THE UTCUBAMBA ROUTE

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tilaCaNCha www.conservamospornaturaleza.org/area/tilacancha

“When the moment comes where things get critical, only then will we worry,” says José Santos Vargas, gazing at the horizon in this corner of Amazonas where nature still shares its wisdom.

SaN aNtONiO www.conservamospornaturaleza.org/area/san-antonio

“It is very gratifying to see all this. In this place you encounter peace - an invaluable spiritual peace,” says Aldo Muñoz, who enjoys every day that he spends conserving San Antonio, a place where the water is worth more than gold. They even say that the water here can cure disease.

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huiquilla www.conservamospornaturaleza.org/area/huiquilla

“We cannot protect a forest just to look at it – from what would we live?” José La Torre, a resident of Amazonas, tells us. His mission is to make it ever

more viable for people to live close to nature. It is the first private conservation area recognized in the region – a wondrous place overlooking the great fortress of Kuelap.

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milpuJ – la hEREdad www.conservamospornaturaleza.org/area/milpuj-la-heredad

500 meters from the village of Nogalcucho lies the house of Lola and Perico, a mother and son who left the city twelve years ago to build a house of stones and mud with their own hands. In magical cabins camouflaged by the forest they receive their guests. Come and be one of them.

huaylla bElÉN – COlCamaR www.conservamospornaturaleza.org/area/huaylla-belen-colcamar

“Surely, in thirty or forty years we will be gone. We simply have to keep working and conserving the wetlands that we have, always thinking about future generations, so that that the children of our children can still enjoy them,” says Sixto Revatta.

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Wildlife watchers and researchers from around the world travel to this part of Peru that is home to the long-whiskered owlet, the marvelous spatuletail hummingbird, and the yellow-tailed woolly monkey. These amazing animals can only be found in Peru sheltered by the Pomacochas and Alto Mayo Mountains.

THE MISTY ROUTE

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Photo: Michael Tweddle

huEmbOwww.conservamospornaturaleza.org/area/huembo

“One bird changed my life,” laughs Santos Montenegro. He never imagined that he would exchange his cows for hummingbirds. Even though he grew up surrounded by the birds, he never gave them any importance. Today, the buzzing wings of these tiny exotic beings fill his days with hope and joy.

abRa patRiCiawww.conservamospornaturaleza.org/area/abra-patricia-alto-nieva

“We have to protect the forest to keep species from disappearing,” says Roberto Bazán while guiding us through the forest. He is part of the ECOAN team, an NGO that is dedicated to protecting the refuges of thousands of different species.

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hiERba buENa – allpayaCuwww.conservamospornaturaleza.org/area/hierba-buena-allpayacu

“All this was beautiful montane forest,” recalls Pancho López. When he was a child the area was full of cedars twenty to thirty meters high, but the seventies were a fatal decade for the species here. The forest was destroyed, and in two decades the face of the land had changed. However, since 2001, the rural community of Corosha has become aware of its past mistakes and began to conserve the forests. Now the mountains are once again turning green.

Photo: Michael Tweddle

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In all corners of the country, unknown to most of us, communities and individuals are fighting for our continued existence. They protect the pure waters in the heights of Amazonas, they protect ancient trees like the huarango in the deserts of Ica, they care for the spectacled bear in Lambayeque, they trap the mists and convert it to water for the coastal lomas of Arequipa, and they turn earth into colorful dyes in the jungles of Loreto. Thanks to them, pumas, bears, deer, hummingbirds, monkeys, and hundreds of other species can return to the places they were driven from due to human interference.

milpuJ – la hEREdad (AmAzonAs)

Lola Arce and Pedro Heredia, mother and son, left their material things in Lima and now conserve this precious piece of dry forest. They offer lodging, are building a plant nursery, and hope to start selling the wonderful honey they produce.

BE INSPIRED

Conservamos por Naturaleza tries to bring you closer to these inspiring people. Through this magazine, videos, articles, and an online platform, we invite you to get to know their dreams and the incredible places they protect. Your help is needed to improve the management of their areas and to bring us towards the vision of Perú Natural, a Peru closer to nature. In the following pages we will present some examples of people whose stories have inspired us.

Discover more stories here:www.conservamospornaturaleza.org/gente-conservando www.conservamospornaturaleza.org/area/milpuj-la-heredad

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An artist living in the middle of the forest might seem strange. But Nanci Dantas teaches children the value of nature using art. She has created a natural laboratory where learning takes place with clay and fruits.

hERmaN daNtaS(Loreto)

www.conservamospornaturaleza.org/area/herman-dantas

It took twenty years to transform a few patches of grassland into a prospering forest. Víctor Zambrano planted a thousand trees a year and filled this area with life over the span of two decades. He has passed the land on to his daughter, K’erenda, to ensure the continuity of his life’s work.

www.conservamospornaturaleza.org/area/kerenda-zambrano-herrera/

K’ERENda hOmEt(mAdre de dios)

Photo: Thomas Mueller

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The global voluntary conservation movement grows each day as more people become aware of the urgent need to end the destruction of natural ecosystems. Every one of us can take the initiative to improve life on our planet.

If you already own land in an area worth conserving, we will support your conservation efforts with ideas and advice. We can also help you find a place to dedicate to conser-vation. And if you simply want to ensure that an area is protected, we can help you establish agreements and alliances with people that already have a pro-tected area you can support. There are many ways you can assist, depending on your desired level of involvement. What counts is to start collaborating. CONSERVE

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Conservamos por Naturaleza was inspired by the people practicing voluntary conservation all across Peru. We want you to know about their efforts and to collaborate with them. If we all help make their projects more viable, more people will be able to follow in their footsteps. It is an investment we make for Peru’s future - an investment for ourselves and our children.

HERE ARE SOME OF THEPROJECTS THAT NEED YOUR HELP:

After ten years of conservation work in Madre de Dios, this project now involves more than 1600 hectares of forest. They currently have several projects ongoing. You can help by protecting a hectare, adopting a tree, or donating.

COLLABORATEaRbiO: aSSOCiatiON fOR thE RESiliENCE Of fOREStS alONg thE iNtEROCEaNiC highWay

For more information, go to:www.arbioperu.org

To find out more about the conservation projects and how you can help, go to:www.conservamospornaturaleza.org/colabora

Photo: ArBio

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The community is located in the middle of the Utcubamba Valley in Amazonas. One of its main objectives is to conserve their forest in order to maintain the high water quality. They are protecting more than six thousand hectares and need our help. One of their projects is the sale of hand-made, high-quality blankets and rugs.

For more information, go to:www.conservamospornaturaleza.org/area/huaylla-belen-colcamar

Since 2005, we have organized an annual Seed Funds Contest to support voluntary conservation initiatives. In total, we have helped more than 64 conservation projects and distributed over $350,000. At the same time, throughout each year we organize campaigns to collect funds for specific projects.

Scotiabank became the first enterprise to collaborate directly with the Seed Funds Contest in 2012 which allowed us to support 8 conservation projects. The following projects are some examples.

There are various ways to provide support. If you or your enterprise are interested in adopting a prize for conservation initiatives or would like to aid specific projects, please contact us:

Bruno Monteferri - bmonteferri@spda.org.pe

aCp huaylla bElÉN - COlCamaR SEEd fuNdS CONtESt

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In Loreto, the native community of Puerto Prado received support to conduct the necessary studies and administrative processes in order for the area to be officially recognized as Private Conservation Area “Paraíso Natural Iwirati”.

Between the mountains of San Martín, the ABOFOA Association manages a conserva-tion concession for a forest spanning more than 2,400 hectares called “Ojos de Agua” (“Eyes of Water”). Winning the Seed Funds Contest helped them come closer to fulfilling their dream: dedicating their lives fully to conserving their land.

paRaÍSO NatuRal iWiRati bOSquES dEl futuRO “OJOS dE agua”

www.conservamospornaturaleza.org/area/asociacion-bosques-del-futuro-ojos-de-aguawww.conservamospornaturaleza.org/area/paraiso-natural-iwirati

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The decisions we make every day have impacts, both positive and negative. We buy many products without knowing how they were made, what materials are used to make them, or where they come from. We are missing the link between our daily decisions and how they impact the world around us. But everything, from the things we buy to the food we eat and the way we build, is connected with the natural world. Having the freedom to define our actions also implies great responsibility. The alternative is indifference and passiveness, an option that sooner or later will claim its price.

LIVESUSTAINABLYWhat are the impacts of your actions?Where do the things you consume come from?Where does your waste go?

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“HAZ” (Act) are volunteer-driven campaigns that we created to inspire people to take environmental action.

Our leading HAZ campaign is “HAZla por tu playa” (DOit for your beach), a community-driven beach-cleanup that we developed in collaboration with the social enterprise L.O.O.P. (Life Out Of Plastic).

“HAZla por tu playa” takes place on one weekend each year. We launched the campaign in 2013, and the support we received from across the country left us speechless. 1,000 volunteers along the entire coast united to collect 14 tons of garbage. In 2014, 2,500 people joined us, removing 20 tons of garbage from beaches on Peru’s coast and Amazonian riverbanks.

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LEARN Walking through the forest of Puerto Pra-

do’s native community we sighted a pygmy mar-

moset. We spoke about this incredible species with

Walter Wust, a well-known photographer and ally of

Conservamos por Naturaleza. Here is what he told us: “The

pygmy marmoset is the smallest monkey in the world. As adults they

measure 12 cm – the size of a tooth-brush – and weigh less than a tennis

ball. They live in family groups and feed mainly on the resin of various tree species

which they harvest with their tiny canines. These monkeys have the best whiskers of all

primates – specialized hairs like a mustache that function as tactile sensors and for identifying

the source of smells. They can spend hours groo-ming themselves and communicating using striking

facial expressions (some of which resemble human expressions). They live in polyandrous groups, and all

adults participate in breeding and caring for the young, which are generally twins that are born twice a year.”

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TRAVEL TO FEED YOUR SENSES:LEAVE THE CITY. FOLLOW THE SUN. LAUGH. PROTECT THE SILENCE. EXPLORE. SING. PLAY. SHARE. CONTEMPLATE. (RE)CONNECT.

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THANKS

The Conservamos por Naturaleza team

Even though we created Conservamos por Naturaleza not long ago, it is difficult to recount all that we have lived through on a single page. We visited 32 conservation areas to discover the stories behind each place, hiked more than 100 kilometers through incredible landscapes in Peru, organized 15 events that united over five thousand people, wrote 50 articles and produced over 30 videos, which, thanks to our allies and collaborators, have reached several million people. It is therefore impossible to give individual thanks to every one of the people that contributed to turning a shared feeling into a community that continues to grow each day. The goose-bumps, tears in our eyes, and brilliant smiles symbolized, more than once, the shared passion that moves us and the bonds we created.

Thanks especially to the entire team behind Conservamos por Naturaleza, our allied conservation organizations, foundations, enterprises, and public entities that placed their trust in us and the with whom we work hand in hand. Thanks also to the people conserving nature who are our main source of inspiration.

Our warm, sincere gratitude also goes to all of those that have donated their time and talent to this cause: you are what makes Conservamos por Naturaleza a reality. We find ourselves at the beginning of a long journey and we have many reasons to be optimistic. There are over 150 voluntary conservation initiatives in Peru, who as a result of our promotional work, have built more bridges for collaboration and were visited by more people. Dozens of people have approached us to ask how to create their own private conservation area, and every day news reaches us that shows that we are not alone in this movement. Otto Neurath, the Austrian philosopher, once said that we that live in the 21st century have a grand challenge to protect the world we live in.

We have to repair a ship in

the middle of a storm without any other tools

than those on our sinking vessel. Thanks to solidarity and

creativity, we remain afloat. It has become clear that if we stay united and

lucid we can form a crew that knows how to sail these seas. It implies reconciliation with

nature and, more importantly, with ourselves.

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A COMMUNITY

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Miguel Mori / Johann Velit / Melissa Segovia / Luiggi Canepa / Ximena Velez / Shaleyla Kelez / Carlos Kouri / Luis Espinel / Juan Antonio Gordillo / Alexia Pedal / Yasmina Neus-tadtl / Yacub Tabja / Gabriel Lama / Aldo Defilippi / Daniela Sánchez / Noga and Sam Shanee / Rodrigo Condezza / Martín Aramburú / Pez Plátano / Fanny Cornejo / Daniela and Stéfano Mendieta / Cynthia Cavero / Alberto, Ana Rosa and Rafael Benavides / Car-los Roig / Katia Duharte / Los Monteferri / Carlos Barrientos / Aldo Villanueva / Daniela Benavides / Guillermo Palacios / Claire Camus / Claudia Espinosa Seminario / Javier Swayne / Pippo Reiser / Efraín Wong / Julio C. Tello / Carly & Liam / Diana Arce / Evette Kotze / Josie Chambers / Aldo and John Gonzales / Elke Neustadtl / Renato Marsano / Mariano Palacios / Valentín Yoshimoto / I Am Genko / Ale Hop / Bárbara de Meijere / Alejandra and Natalia Ipince / Mario Maywa / Daniel Cuya / La Renken / Laguna Pai / Esa Ruoho a.k.a Lackluster / Olaya Sound System / Tom Adams / The Mountaineering Club Orchestra / Niño Elefante / Felipe Salmón / Augusto Siles / Ian Gatjens / José Arbulú / Kanaku and El Tigre / Daniel Mujica / Gabriel Mujica / Juana Molina / Salo Lan-gberg / Lorenzo Zolezzi / Sergio Abugattas / Michael Tweddle / Mario Flores / Musuk Nolte / Camila Rodrigo / Juan Puelles / Claudio Gordillo / Diego Alvarado / Evelyn Meri-no-Reyna / Germán Falcón / Gihan Tubbeh / Federico Romero / Javier Larrea / Martín Chumbe / Roberto Zamalloa / Renzo Giraldo / Santiago Barco / Ben Flores / Francesca Sissa / Andrea Lértora / Santiago de la Puente / Michelle Borda / Corine Vriesendorp// Collaborating enterprises // Bodegas Gran Cruz / Baruva / Dunkelvolk / Quiksilver / Lost / Nat Geo Camping Collection / RKF / The North Face / Sector 9 / Skullcandy / Promart / Huntington / Larroca Piscos / Gocta Lodge / Puerto Mirador / NEGRAPATA / Musmuqui / Chuyo / Columbia / Veggie Pizza / Sodimac / Chorrillos Color SA // Allies // ACCA / APECO / AMPA / ANIA / Conservation International / ECOAN / MINAG / MINAM / PROFONANPE / PROCREL / SERNANP/ ConCiencia / Ecofest / ecOceánica / Asia Sur / Canal SurPerú / CaraCara Producciones / Dédalo / Domingo / House of Birds / Me-gapack Trading / MAC Lima / MUNAY / Naish Paddle-Boards / NCI / Nómadas / NNM. Studio / Rumbos / Sophimanía / Recíclame Planeta / Revista Vamos! / Viajeros / Wust Ediciones / WCS / ICAA / Proyecto Mono Tocón / Fundación Ballena Azul / Pacífico Ad-ventures / CSA UPCH / Fab Lab Lima / Iniciativa Interocéanica Sur / Galería Delbarrio / Jardín Botánico de Kew / Alto Perú / AQUA / Actualidad Ambiental / Cambia.pe / L.O.O.P / Pirqa / Plantón Móvil / Global Shapers Hub Lima / Samaca Orgánico / Patagonia / PromPeru // Yachachiqs // Renzo Uccelli / Carlos Ponce del Prado / Fernando Parraud / Titi de Col //

Team // Alan Sánchez / Alfredo Gálvez / Bruno Monteferri / Carlos Benvenuto / Clau-dia Godfrey / Claudia Ochoa / Christel Scheske / Dana Bonilla / Dino Delgado / Diego Rey de Castro / Eddy Peña / Elvio Elías / Inés Gallegos / Jack Lo / Janeth Machuca / José Vargas / José Luis Capella / Luisa Ríos / Nacho Sarmiento / Pablo Peña / Pedro Paucar-caja / Rosa Pineda / Silvana Baldovino / Encarnación Poquioma / Rocio Lopez / Sergio Fernandez / and Pedro Solano, who united us in this endeavor // Those that left their mark // Diego Coll / Eduardo Murrieta / Carlos Bustamente / Lorena Durand / Zarela Reyes / Fátima García / Frida Sánchez / Gabriela Baluarte / Heidi Rubio / Jessica Untama / Loyola Escamilo / Mariella Laos / Martín Vásquez / Mirbel Epiquién / Lucía Florez / Simy Benzaquén / Jonathan Hunter / Santiago Pillado / Ale Kaiser / Miriam Cer-dán / Carmen Guerrero / Tania Pérez / Ramón Rivero / José Luis Escurra / Luis García / Javier Noriega / Nelson Gutierrez / Rosa Barrios / Federico Contreras / Iris Rojas / Isabel Gonzales / Angie Hanawa / Grant Mulligan / Krysia Solheim / Liria di Franco // Collaborators // The entire SPDA family / with special acknowledgment Angie Reyes / Carmen Heck / César Ipenza / Marcel Caillaux / Martín Cabrera / Jaime Tranca / Isabel Felandro / Elizabeth Quispe / Lenin Valencia / Zoila Meléndez / Roy Palomino / Gaby Rivadeneyra / Isabel Calle / Carol Mora / Natalia Queirolo / Mario Vilchez / Sebas-tían Suito / Martín Cabrera / Anna Cartagena / Jean Pierre Araujo / Nathaly Chumbe / Paula Layango / Manuel Ruiz / Miguel Mazuelos / Mariana Otero / Norita Aguirre / Gaby Velarde // Those that gave us counsel // Guillermo Reaño / Joaquín Leguía / Walter Wust / Lucía Monge / Guillermo Carrillo / Kurt Holle / Claudia Cisneros / Jimmy Carrillo / Jorge Caillaux / Manuel Pulgar-Vidal / Enrique Ortiz / Thomas Mueller / Lucía Ruiz / Renato Portillo y equipo / Ernesto Ráez / Adrian Forsyth / and of course, our families // Those that accompanied us // Akira / Anaí Mujica / Andrea Valencia / Andrés Gálvez / Ana Paula Montalvo / Blue / Matías Rubio / Arturo Woodman / Jaymee Silva / Bertha Alvarado / Chesca Forno / Tito Cornejo / Paloma Lores y familia / Nico Miranda / Galia Gálvez / Jordi Valdivia / Joseph Torrejón / Nadia Balducci / Irene Hofmeijer / Leandro Castaño / Milagros Sandoval / Omar Cosio / Paulina Arroyo / Jeff Pradel / Paul Little / Nadir Cárdenas / Mónica Romo / Tito Cabrera / Lily Rodriguez / Leoncio Luna / Daniel Huamán / Augusto Mulanovich / Adrián Tejedor / Ronald Catpo / Daniela Pogliani / René Gomez Palau / Delcy Machado / Sandra Isola / Jannet Benavides / Fiorella Ceruti / Ju-dith Schleicher / Izabelle Zimmermann / Lina / Milagros Hinojosa / Mitsuo Maruyama / Os Villavicencio / Lali & Celine & Qino / Eduardo Nycander / Jaime Valdez / Rafael Otero / Diego Villarán / Matías Ballón / Jesús Falto / Mariana and Luana Letts / Nico Saba /

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Colcamar / Heinz Plenge Sánchez and Ana María Pardo Díaz de Plenge / Comunidad Campesina Pillco Grande Quipo / Juliane Koepcke Von Mikulicz-Radecki de Diller and Erich Helmut Diller / Comunidad Campesina Japu / Comunidad Nativa Queros Wachiperi / María Cristina Weyrauch, Ramón Delucchi, Javier Alfonso Mazuelos, Paula Arianna Mazuelos y toda la familia Weyrauch / Nemecio Dario Barrientos Ortíz and Herminia Sotelo Cerón / Mario Corisepa and Micaela Shimbo / Raimundo Suico and Rosa Luz Montes / Ysolda Arias Chávez / Marleny Martha Arias Chávez / Eduardo Ramírez Pizan-go / Comunidad Campesina Taulía Molinopampa / Luciano Troyes Rivera and Marleni Dominguez Sánchez / Comunidad Campesina Leymebamba / Robin Gwilym Van Loon / Teofisto Delgado Ríos / Teofisto Delgado Ríos and Sheila Solano Reátegui / Familia Rimarachin Cayatopa / Comunidad Campesina Samanga/ Victoria Beatriz Escalante Salazar and don José Javier Huinga / Trinidad Vela, Karina Pinasco, Miguel Tang, María José and Mikaella / Comunidad Campesina de Yambrasbamba / Michel Saini / Tatiana and Rocío Espinosa / Ronal Pereyra (Botafogo) / Julia Alegría / Susana Perea / Federico Durand and la Comunidad Nativa Ese Eja Infierno / Inversiones Maldonado / Magaly Salinas / Tiburcio Huacho / AMTUSET / Percy Balarezo / Martín Schmidt / Gustavo Pasco / Manuel Rubio / Gilberto Vela/ Natalia Vizcarra and Jerome / Familia Pilares / Abigail, Miguel, Rodrigo and Olga de Punta Patillos Ecolodge / Familia Koe-chlin / Antonio Fernandini / Familia Pastorelli / Eduardo de la Cadena / Mario Vera / Alvaro Ibarra / Lotty Morey / Universidad Alas Peruanas / Universidad Científica del Sur / Universidad Nacional del Centro / Caserío Delta / Sam and Noga Shanee / Diego Valderrama / Lourdes Fernández / Carlos y Pipe Berninzon //

Those that put their trust in us // Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation / Blue Moon Fund / Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund / Scotiabank / Rufford Small Grants Foundation / New England Biolabs Foundation // Those behind the voluntary conservation areas // Comunidad Campesina Muchick Santa Catalina de Chon-goyape / Cooperativa Agraria de Usuarios TECAPA / Comunidad Campesina Pacllón / Comunidad Campesina Huayllapa / Juan Vicente Galindez / Familia La Torre Montoya / Familia Muñoz Saavedra / Auristela Toledo Cabrera and Jorge Villafuerte Recharte / Comunidad Campesina Queropalca / Costantino Aucca y todo el equipo de la ONG ECOAN / Asociación de Conservación para la Selva Sur / Comunidad Campesina Hua-manmarca Ochuro Tumpullo / Asociación Agraria Thastayoc-Abra Málaga / Pierina Zlatar / Comunidad Campesina Quishuarani Ccollana / Comunidad Campesina Llámac / Comunidad Campesina Uchumiri / Comunidad Campesina Lares Ayllu Talana / Asocia-ción de Productores San Isidro Cusibamba Yanahuara / Comunidad Campesina Ollanta / Armando Rodríguez Tynan and Johanne Delisle / Comunidades Campesinas de Levan-to and San Isidro del Mayno / Herbert Lobón Zegarra and Ana María Ríos de Lobón / Víctor Zambrano and K’erenda Homet Zambrano Herrera / Edgar Isuiza Balarezo and Juana Clorinda Pérez Correa / Yuliana Angélica Yabar Bautista / Javier Chang Lay and Teresa Sylvia Fu Huby de Chang / Wilson Petit Pizango / Nanci Dantas Sibina de Tanner/ Familia Hoyos Salazar / Comunidad Campesina Pampacorral / Comunidad Campesina Rumira Sondormayo / Comunidad Campesina de Corosha / Comunidad Campesina San Marcos / Comunidad Campesina Copallín / Jungle Xports S.A.C. / Lola and Perico Here-dia / Comunidades Campesinas Yauca, Jaqui and Atiquipa / Comunidad Campesina de

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“Our reciprocity is mutual/Caring for one another”

KUYAPANAKUY

A blackboard accompanied us on all our travels. We asked people to write down a message about how to live a better life.

Follow your ideals

LIVE

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You can only love what you know, travel Have fun (like the monkeys)

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Let the path find you The Apus (Mountain Gods) exist

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