WATERSHARED

Watershared is a joint venture funded by the public-local governments and donors including the European Union-private sector investors such as Swiss Re, and foundations such as Natura. Local governments, supported by CVC, ETAPA and other partners implement each program. The research upon which Watershared is based was undertaken by Harvard University and the National University of Colombia, supported by the Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation Program and the UK's Natural Environment Research Council, Innovations for Poverty Action and the Jameel Poverty Action Lab... The municipalities of Oxapampa, Chontabamba and Huancabamba, in the central jungle of Peru, in coordination with the Insituto Bien Comun (IBC), have been working for approximately 10 years to protect the forests of caberas that constitute water sources that supply the urban population of these districts. To this end, they have ensured the protection of 1,506 hectares of forest in private land through the..