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Conatura-Perú : Integrating
Conservation of Biodiversity and needs of Indigenous Communities
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Environmental EducationInstilling knowledge, pride, and values while re-enforcing traditions
Photos: One-room classroom in the village of Tambo Cañahuas; schoolchildren tending to greenhouse vegetables; student receives school supplies for the year. Property of C.T. Sahley Conatura's philosophy is that for a conservation program to be effective, local communities need to be actively engaged. A critical component of our efforts has been including primary school children in as many aspects of our program as possible. Children in the villages where we conduct our conservation efforts have few educational resources available to them. They attend one-room school houses that have no electricity, running water, or telephones. Because of the extreme poverty many families in these areas face, children have little access to school supplies or books. At Conatura, our environmental education program addresses the following critical needs:
Photos: A greenhouse built by parent-teacher association with technical, logistic, and financial support by Conatura;on link bar, a child's drawing of her home environment. Animals, plants,(such as the Condor, Vizcacha, vicuña, alpacas, cactus, and humans) and mountains, indicate the important ties of humans with nature. Property of C.T. Sahley
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Our education program has been extremely popular and we
are seeking to continue it where we work and replicate it in additional
villages. Parents, by actively participating in education activities,
become more receptive to conservation ideas. Children are extremely
excited about learning in creative ways, and this excitement is contagious. We
know that in a few years, the children we teach today will become community
leaders who will make important decision concerning the conservation of their
high Andean habitat.