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Conatura-Perú : Integrating
Conservation of Biodiversity and needs of Indigenous Communities
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Capacity Building in Andean Communities:Facilitating conservation through organization and collaborationConatura completed a capacity-building program in 2005 designed to strengthen community vicuña management committees and their regional association, ACVIRA (Asociación de Criadores de Vicuña-Arequipa/regional chapter of the National Vicuña Society) Our key strategy in this program is utilizing "participatory management", which entails working with local people as partners. While we impart knowledge on needed technical and entrepreneurial skills, we also learn from communities and develop our workshops and materials in line with their observations and needs. The areas of focus we addressed were:
Photos: A) Technician teaching proper use of shearing machine; b) training in mechanized shearing; (previously done with scissors); c) Workshop on cleaning and preparing vicuña fleece for sale to textile factories. Download a copy of the manual "Gestión Ambiental de la Vicuña"
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In addition to assisting at a regional level, Conatura provides
technical advice to the