Fundacion Natura Bolivia

Fundación Natura Bolivia (Natura) is a practice and learning organization at the vanguard in developing Reciprocal Watershed Agreements (RWA), an innovative, incentive-based concept to reduce destruction of “water-producing” tropical forests. This initiative establishes a pathway to independence and sustainability for municipal and community RWA mechanisms, tests the approach in three existing RWAs, and formalizes the approach in state and national policies in Bolivia. Natura is integrating these new approaches and lessons into its RWA School for professional and government representatives in the tropical Andes and providing technical support to School alumni to develop 14 new RWAs in Peru and Bolivia. These efforts create and expand incentives and capacity for sustainable conservation mechanisms in the southern Andes.

Fundación Natura Bolivia is a practice and learning organization at the vanguard in developing Reciprocal Watershed Agreements (RWA) as innovative, incentive-based concept to reduce destruction of “water-producing” tropical forests. This grant will support a synthesis of lessons it and others have learned in the last ten years on RWAs and payment for ecosystem services (PES) schemes with the intent of scaling up their application through a mobile seminar style “School for RWAs” in the Andes.

To improve forest management of Amboró National Park and the Cruceño Valley's Natural Area in Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia, through development of payment for ecosystem services incentives (over three years).