Tag Archives: reciprocal watershed agreements

Pride of Place: A powerful emotion motivates athletes, local communities and me

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Pride in Action

As Rare’s programs evolve and deepen in complexity, they will always retain the foundation upon which they were built: pride of place. The power of pride supports upland farmers signing reciprocal water agreements or fisher’s adopting TURF-reserves (territorial user rights in fisheries). Pride also motivates the wider communities to create an enabling and supportive environment for resource–user behavior change, just as Olympic spectators encourage athletes to unimaginable success. Continue reading →

Transformations

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Fellows practice yoga three times a week at ITESCO University in Guadalajara.

Impact on personal, professional and planetary levels Eight master’s degrees, two pregnancies, one marriage, two home purchases, one birth. Luis quit smoking. Jaime gained eight kilograms. Marco lost just as many. The 11 Rare Conservation Fellows who just completed their … Continue reading →

Assuring water for the long term in Espíndola Canton, Ecuador

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Note: This blog post originated on RarePlanet, our online community inspiring conservation. It was written by Pride Program Manager Marissa Anzueto and translated from Spanish by Natalia Santoyo. With the signing of a commitment letter by the local autonomous government … Continue reading →

‘Together for Yanuncay,’ protecting vital water resources in the Andes

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Note: This blog post originated on RarePlanet, our online community inspiring conservation. It was written by Conservation Fellow Marco Bustamante and translated from Spanish. The “Together for Yanuncay” campaign, which aims to protect the Yanuncay Watershed, kicked off on February … Continue reading →

The people of El Queremal, Colombia begin their efforts for the conservation of the San Juan Watershed

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Note: This blog post originated on RarePlanet, our online community inspiring conservation. It was written by Pride Program Manager Marissa Anzueto and translated from Spanish by Natalia Santoyo. The campaign for protection of the San Juan Watershed in Colombia kicked … Continue reading →

A song to encourage citizens to protect the environment of the Yanuncay Watershed, Ecuador (audio slideshow)

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If the above embedded video does not display, click here to view it. The video can be viewed at full screen and in HD. Rare has launched 11 campaigns in the Andes to help protect vital watersheds as well as safeguard … Continue reading →

When the streets got their names: Watershed protection kicks off in Zumba, Ecuador

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On January 2, 2011, while most people around the world slept off the last champagne bubbles, Luis López left his home at 6 am to get to work. In the heart of the Andes, near the Peruvian border, López spent … Continue reading →

Protecting cloud forests and endangered species in the Andes with reciprocal watershed agreements (Q&A)

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In late 2009, the Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) approached Rare to launch a series of campaigns in the Andes protecting the forest habitats of highly endangered species. In our search for communities that had curbed deforestation, Rare identified Fundación … Continue reading →