Conservación De Tierras Privadas En Latinoamérica

LEGAL TOOLS AND INCENTIVES FOR PRIVATE LANDS CONSERVATION IN LATIN AMERICA: BUILDING MODELS FOR SUCCESS

Cover design by Luis Vargas Vallarino, Factor Clave. Photos by Biol. Jorge A. Rojas Tomé, Pronatura, A.C.

LEGAL TOOLS AND INCENTIVES FOR PRIVATE LANDS CONSERVATION IN LATIN AMERICA: BUILDING MODELS FOR SUCCESS

Environmental Law Institute Centro de Derecho Ambiental y de los RecursosNaturales Centro Ecuatoriano de Derecho Ambiental Comité Nacional pro Defensa de la Flora y de la Fauna Fundação O Boticário de Proteção a Natureza Pronatura, A.C. Protección del Medio Ambiente Tarija Sociedad Paruana de Derecho Ambiental

September 2003

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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his report was prepared by the Environmental Law Institute in partnership with the non-profit organizations in seven countries listed below. Byron Swift of ELI was the lead author for this report, together with Susan Bass of ELIand the country co-authors listed below. Other contributors to the report included Marcos Orellana and Kelly Mott, formerly with ELI, and Paula Boland, Juan Jose Dada, Jeff Langholz, Laura Paulson, and Sara Yeatman. In addition, Carlos Chacón of CEDARENA assisted in coordinating the overall study and report, and Sheila Abed and Sylvia Sanchez provided valuable assistance in their roles ascoordinators of ARCA, particularly in holding joint meetings to explore policy issues. Additional contributions to the country reports and summaries were made by Luis Castelli (Argentina), Anita Akella (Brazil), Elisa Corcuera (Chile), Federico Fahsen and Ximena de la Macorra (Guatemala), and Dan Janzen (Costa Rica). Finally, ELI would like to thank the numerous representatives of government agencies,nongovernmental organizations, academic institutions, and private landowners and individuals who generously provided information for this report. Funding for this study was generously provided by The Tinker Foundation, the W. Alton Jones Foundation, the Overbrook Foundation, John and Ginger Sall, Marshall Field, Ivan Gayler, Sally Davidson, Peter Bross, and Lisa Rarick. Partner Organizations andprincipal co-authors Bolivia: Protección del Medio Ambiente Tarija, Verónica Sanjinés Brazil: Fundação O Boticário de Proteção a Natureza, Verônica Theulen, Miguel Milano and Maria de Lourdes Nunes Chile: Comité Nacional pro Defensa de la Flora y de la Fauna, Victoria Maldonado and Alberto Cortés Costa Rica: Centro de Derecho Ambiental y de los Recursos Naturales, Carlos M. Chacón Ecuador: CentroEcuatoriano de Derecho Ambiental, Veronica Arias and Monica Tobar Mexico: Pronatura, A.C., Martín Gutierrez Peru: Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental, Pedro Solano

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface……………………………………………………………………ix I. Introduction……………………………………………………………1 II. The Need for Private Lands Conservation in Latin America…...………3 A. Conserving Critical Sites for Biodiversity in ThreatenedEcosystems................................................................3 B. Supporting Public-Private Partnerships to Conserve Large Landscapes through Buffer Zones, Conservation Corridors and Assisting the Conservation of Public Protected Areas………………4 C. Promoting Sustainable Use of Natural Resources.................………5 D. Limitations of Private Lands Conservation………...............….......6 III. An...