RRIpartner Forest Trends partners with USAID's  Support Unit for theConservation of the Andean Amazon Initiative (ICAA)" the AmazonianEnvironmental Research Institute (IPAM)" the Association for the Conservationof the Amazon (ACCA)" and the Peruvian Society for Environmental Law (SPDA) todesign and carry out a Course on PES and REDD for Community Leaders inMadre de Dios" Perú. This is the second workshop in a series designed for the MAPregion formed by Madre de Dios" Acre (Brazil) and Pando (Bolivia) with the objective of building capacity in local Amazon communities in order to ensure that new markets created for payment for environmental services (PES) and REDD represent a positive impact to local populations and the conservation of biopersity. Other supporters of the event included the Moore Foundation" the UNDP" the Global Environmental Facility" NORAD" and the World Agroforestry Center" the Woods Hole Research Center" and the Peruvian National Service for Protected Areas. 

Resources

• To view presentations and reports associated with this event" click here. (Spanish only)