Bosque Nativo – Caluvin

Work Areas

Main CEPA work area

1. Communication (Dissemination)
   Content: Digital guides and infographics on local biodiversity.
   Channels: Campaigns on networks on forest conservation.
   Prevention: Key messages to avoid forest fires.
2. Education (Pedagogy)
   Bosque Escuela: Living classrooms and dynamic learning in the field.
   Workshops: School classes on water, soils and agroforestry.
   Science: Training in the use of the iNaturalist app.
3. Participation (Collective Action)
   Monitoring: Neighbors and park rangers recording fauna and flora.
   Brigades: Alliances with firefighters in forest emergencies.
   Working groups: Forest planning with the community.
4. Awareness (Sensitization)
   Hiking: Guided tours to assess environmental services.
   Events: Environmental dates celebrated with tree planting.
   Coexistence: Good practices to protect local fauna. What types of work do you do in relation to communication, education, participation and awareness?

Top three successes

Success: Community planting (mingas) of native plants (such as Polylepis) and agroforestry management in eroded areas.
Why it works: Roots retain soil, capture water, and slow desertification, ensuring local irrigation and committing community members to long-term care of the forest.

Top three challenges

Yes, failures are the most valuable lessons for conservation. Other communities and projects can learn from the mistakes of the Caluvin Forest through three axes:

1. Systematization of errors: Publicly document what went wrong (e.g., poor species selection or lack of irrigation in drought) to prevent others from repeating the same costs.
2. Participatory governance: Show that tax projects or projects without prior consultation fail; the design must always be horizontal with the community members.
3. Technical transparency: Share data from plots that did not work to adjust ecological restoration guidelines in arid Andean soils.