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Projects and Proposals in Peru
Acción Ambiental's essential goal is environmental conservation.
But our projects and proposals, outlined below, although mainly
in Peru cover manifold areas and several countries. |
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Assessment and support of indigenous community of San Antonio,
Ayacucho, Peru to maximise usage of limited water resources;
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Presentation to International Union for the Conservation
of Nature (IUCN) of material advocating Red List status of
Puya raimondii, a spectacular and threatened Andean
plant; (
Listing approved September 2009.)
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Development of an international project to protect the species;
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Formal complaint to British Financial Services Authority
recommending that investment funds making Socially Responsible
Investment claims apply expert-approved and not internally-developed
investment criteria. (“A laudable project” - Rajendra Pachauri.)
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Submission to
European Union's Unit G1, the office responsible
for financial regulation, of material urging adoption
of such standards in its reform of financial institutions;
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Research into and promotion of appropriate strategies to
control Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus;
Article
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Drafting of profile of the insect for IUCN invasive species
database (in progress, November '09);
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Support of Huillcapata, a rural indigenous community near
Cuzco, in development and marketing of yogurt and design and
construction of irrigation reservoir;
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Donation of laptop computer to rural community of Ccorao,
Peru;
- Supply of materials and instructions
on installation of drip-feed irrigation system in Pumamarka
indigenous community near Cuzco
- Critique and proposals to improve
Cuzco's Urban Development Plan; (“the best observations received” - Cuzco Municipal architects;
“very
interesting [document which] can be a major contribution” - Spanish Agency for International
Cooperation; Comments in Spanish
- International competition with
the same purpose; (“Excellent” proposal - Cuzco Mayor
Valencia)
- Identification and description
in three languages of native plants of Cuzco Plaza San Francisco;
- Establishment at request of
Regional Government of a Commission of city's most distinguished
architects and other professionals together with NGO representatives
to advise authorities on future urban development;
- Recommendation
to this commission and to municipal architects of a monthly
competition inviting solutions from the public to the city's
problems with prizes for the best ideas;
- Proposed identification
and description in Spanish, English and Quechua of native
plants in Cuzco's San Francisco plaza;
- Restoration incorporating sustainable
technology of colonial/Inca hacienda; (“A star project” - Arch. Roberto Samanez,
ex Director National Culture Institute) Proposal in Spanish
- Solid Waste Management consulting
offered to Cuzco city;
- Support of Cusichaca Trust,
English NGO, in a range of projects tackling poverty and environmental
problems in Apurimac and Ayacucho provinces;
- Support of Caritas Cuzco for similar measures
in Cuzco region;
- Introduction of high efficiency
stove to Regional Government to combat 4th cause of death
in the Third World, inhalation of domestic fire smoke, and
sequester carbon;
- Study of rice and other product
marketing for farmers in Pillcopata, Amazon region;
- Evaluation of ecotourism potential
of Amazon community of Kosñipata;
- Support of local NGO, ECOAN,
in reforestation with native queuña trees (Polylepis
spp) as a conservation measure to protect threatened
endemic species; distribution of firewood and basic medicine
to Andean communities; demonstration of soil conservation
measures, etc.
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Development of formal complaint to European Ombudsman demanding
that Community MSW landfill specifications match those of
the US Environmental Protection Agency.
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