By 2025, one quarter of the watersheds important for drinking water, irrigation and hydropower in Colombia, Ecuador, Perú and Bolivia are protected

Thus will be achieved through creation of:–Local Water Funds–New Protected “Water Sanctuaries”–Reciprocal Watershed Agreements (RWA)

People who produce water, share it, people who benefit from water, share the benefits

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Patricio Roque

Francisco GordilloTechnical Secretary, Regional Water Fund (FORAGUA), Ecuador

FORAGUA• A financing

mechanism (water fund) for municipalities

• Financed by citizens for the conservation of water sources of Ecuador’s cities and towns

615,000 inhabitants of southern Ecuador receive more abundant, higher quality drinking water (a healthier, more prosperous population, resilient in the face of climate change).

Water treatment cost savings for municipalities.

Beneficiaries

Technical and financial support to the watersheds and biodiversity conservation

programs of the municipalities

REGIONAL WATER FUND

Local enterprises (hydroenergy, banks, irrigation)

National and International Corporations/donors

Municipal funds from water fees

DIRECTORS5 members selected by board

TECHNICAL SECRETARY

TRUST BOARDMunicipialities NGOs, Corporations

ANNUAL INVESTMENT

PLAN

TRUST

10%

90%

Environmental fee• 93,729 water users

pay $1 per month (20% of water bill).

• $1,445,000 generated per year

• This local investment leverages additional conservation resouces

217,000 hectares of municipal reserves created, protecting fragile, biodiverse ecosystems

28% of Ecuador’s Municipalities

Renzo PaladinesDirector, Naturaleza y Cultura, Ecuador and Peru

Quiroz Water Fund

Financed by the 22,000 irrigators in the San Lorenzo and Chira Valleys (northern Perú) to conserve sources of the Macará, Quiroz and Chipillico Rivers, compensating 850 property owning families in the upper watersheds of Ayabaca Province

29,000 hectares of páramo (moorland) and cloud forest conserved

Environmental Fee• Annual support from irrigators: $28,200 USD/year• Municipality support: $34,000 USD• Cooperation: $42,000 USD to create the fund

Adolfo Leon CorreaCoordinator, Protected Areas Group, CORANTIOQUIA, Colombia

• Autonomous Regional Corporation of Central Antioquia

• State entity for the administration of natural resources and environmental authority

• 80 municipalities, and 60% of the Departament of Antioquia

Protected Areas, Jurisdiction of Corantioquia

10 Natural landscapes to protect the supply of environmental goods and services152,000 hectares of new reserves created

DMI del Sistema de Páramos y Bosques Alto andinos del Noroccidente Medio Antioqueño

DMI Cuchilla Jardín – Támesis

RFPR Farallones Citará PNR Corredor de Las Alegrías

DMI Cañón río Alicante

DMI Divisoria valle de Aburrá Río Cauca

DMI Nubes Trocha Capota RFPR Cerro Bravo DMI Ríos Barroso – San Juan DMI Cerro Plateado Alto San José

Proposed New Water Sanctuaries

Recategorizar el páramo Santa Inés como Parque Natural Regional

Formular Plan de Manejo para el PNR Corredor de Las Alegrías

Reserva Forestal Protectora Farallones del Citará

170,000 hectares in the declaration process

After Protected Area declaration….Participatory Formulation of a Management PlanImplementation of Plan

Administration of area to maximise water provision

Social work: reconversion from traditional unsustainable farming systems to cleaner, more sustainable alternatives

Ecological Restoration of Degraded Paramos

1. DMI Cañón del Río Alicante2. DMI del SPBANMA3. DMI de la DVARC4. DMI CP-ASJ5. DMI Ríos B-SJ6. DMI Nubes-Trocha-Capota7. DMI Cuchilla J-T8. RFP Farallones del Citará9. RFP Cerro Bravo10. PNR Corredor de Las Alegrías----------------------------------11. RFP Nare12. Reserva Bajo Cauca – Nechí*13. Alto Anorí (Cacica Noría)*14. Complejo Cenagoso Barbacoas*15. Alto San Miguel*16. Recategorización a PNR (Santa Inés)*----------------------------------17. PNN Nudo del Paramillo18. PNN Las Orquídeas1

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Connection of protected areas around Medellin the second city of Colombia

Maria Teresa VargasDirector, Fundación Natura, Bolivia

Dorotea Arteaga, Samaipata, Bolivia

Fecal coliforms in Dorotea Arteaga’s water

Her water source is dirty

Reciprocal Watershed Agreement

Dorotea is protecting 11 ha of her forest in exchange for...

600 metres de plastic tubing, 2 bags of cement, 2 rolls of barbed wire, 76 fruit tree seedlings, and….

A water supply like thisNot like this

Total cost: $ 300

Fecal coliforms in the water before the agreement

NO fecal coliformes after the agreement

Now Dorotea Arteaga has water and food security, and is voluntarily protecting water, forest, carbon and wildlife in one of the most biodiverse areas of the planet

Reciprocity in action

Local Fund

Water

Development

projects

$ $

Water Cooperative

MunicipalGov

$

Upstream landowners

NGO

Reciprocal Watershed

Agreements

226,435 water users

3,147 forest guardians

Today in Bolivia, there are 31 municipal water funds, financed by 226,435 downstream water users, supporting 3,147 upstream families with bee boxes, fruit tree seedlings, plastic pipes etc. in exchange for the conservation of 178,448 ha of biodiverse forest, which is returning 500,000 m3 of water to the aquifer and storing 290,000 tons of carbon

Rafa CalderonSenior Director, Latin America, Rare

Rare inspires change so people and nature thrive

Downstream Users

Landowners working the land

Upstream

Area to be Protected

ARA Concept

The Key Ingredient: “Pride of Place”

~$300,000 local water

funds

~8,000 ha protected

Over 27,000 ha Improved Mangement

Adoption Trends

The Star Institutional Team

Adrian OlivaGovernor, Department of Tarija, Bolivia

People who produce water, share it, people who benefit from water, share the benefits

Adolfo Leon, acorrea@corantioquia.gov.co

Francisco Gordillo, fpgordillo@gmail.com

Maria Teresa Vargas, mteresavargas@naturabolivia.org

Adrian Oliva, waldemarpm@gmail.com

Renzo Paladines, rpaladip@naturalezaycultura.org

Rafael Calderon, rcalderon@rare.org

Ecuador: 615,000 water users generate $1,445,000 in local funds. Inhabitants receive more abundant, and higher quality drinking water because of the protection of 74,000 ha.

Peru: 22,000 downstream irrigators annually pay $62,000 to 850 upstream landowners for watershed conservation in Piura

Bolivia: 226,435 downstream water users support 3,147

upstream families in exchange for the conservation of 178,448 ha of biodiverse forest. Departmental and municipal governments have created 928,700 of new protected areas

Colombia: 73,086 of new protected areas in Antioquia, and more than 10,000 ha under Reciprocal Watershed Agreements

By 2025, one quarter of the watersheds important for drinking water, irrigation and hydropower in Colombia, Ecuador, Perú and Bolivia are protected

Thus will be achieved through creation of:–Municipal Water Funds–New Protected “Water Sanctuaries”–Reciprocal Watershed Agreements (RWA)

• Goal 6 target: “protect water-related ecosystems including mountains, forests (and) rivers”; and “strengthen participation of local communities in water management”

• Goal 13 target: “strengthen … adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards…”

• Goal 15 target: “…ensure the conservation and … sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems and their services, in particular forests (and) mountains”, and “promote … sustainable management of all types of forests, halt deforestation, restore degraded forests and substantially increase … reforestation”.

Watershared directly supports SDG