Component 6

Capacity building of indigenous and other local partners to better protect the forests and to help them attract other funding in the medium and long-term

In order to fulfill conservation objectives while ensuring the indigenous populations are immediate beneficiaries of the nature reserves established in their territories, the Project supports the training of Trio and Wayana as park guards, and supports their training in administration and financial matters related to the management of natural reservations. Thus, in Brazil, in September 2005, Project personnel held the first-ever complete Indigenous Park Guard course, recognized by the International Park Guard Federation.  The course enjoyed the collaboration of IBAMA, the natural resource institute of Brazil, among other institutions. In Suriname, workshops focused on funds management, administration and community participation were planned for the Trio and Wayana communities, have been conducted under the continuous guidance of the local community foundations established as implementing units for the traditional leadership in the indigenous communities of Kwamalasamutu, Tepu and Apetina ( and ). In Brazil, ongoing project activities together with the Associação dos Povos Indígenas do Tumucumaque (APITU) and other indigenous associations of the region include informal instruction in and support with accounting issues. 

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