Vilcanota Project
The Vilcanota Project ("Reserva Comunal de los bosques de Polylepis en la Cordillera del Vilcanota") is ECOAN's flagship; it has been running since March 2004 and benefits three Globally Endangered and Critically Endangered bird species as well as over 600 families. Activities are varied, including reforestation, biodiversity monitoring, establishing communal reserves and community outreach programs targeting health, education and civil rights of the campesinos in the area. An important component of the project is the annual participation of volunteers from around the world in tree planting, education and construction of greenhouses and communal buildings. The vast majority of the world's known population of Royal Cinclodes (Cinclodes aricomae) is found within the communal reserves ECOAN has created and proposed in the Vilcanota Mountains, while the Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes alpinus) and White-browed Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura xenothorax) are also target species.	Private Conservation Areas Obtaining official recognition for Communal Reserves
	Afforestation and reforestation 2009-2010 Campaign underway
	Commmunity work How we´re helping the communities of the Vilcanota Mountains
	Volunteers Those who donates their time to our Vilcanota initiatives
Long Term Objectives ●create a network of community-managed reserves ●promote the sustainable use of high Andean forestsShort Term Objectives ●conserve the biodiversity of the Polylepis forests in the Cordillera Vilcanota ●assist communities in the transition to sustainable exploitation of their natural resources ●strengthen the organization of rural communities
Activities ●reforestation and forestation ●delivering non-Polylepis firewood for cooking ●construction and implementation of greenhouses ●supplying fuel-efficient cooking stoves ●fencing areas of Polylepis forest to prevent the entry of grazing animals ●supplying basic medicine and education material ●assisting settlers with acquiring land titles ●assisting with the legal process of declaring Community Reserves ●monitoring Polylepis forests for biodiversity and populations of threatened species
Documents (Adobe pdf format) ●Full Proposal (Spanish) ●Alternative Energy Requirements Study (Spanish) ●Alternative Energy Study (Spanish) ●Installation of Solar Panels at Abra Málaga-Thastayoc (Spanish)
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