Region: Northern Yungas forests in northern Peru

Long-whiskered Owlet. Photo: ECOAN

Partner: ECOAN

Funding: Moore Foundation, Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (USFWS), and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Project Initiation: July 2004

Introduction: From 2004, ABC and ECOAN jointly created the Abra Patricia Reserve, composed of nearly 6,200 acres and adjoined by 34,000 acres of well preserved public lands that are being negotiated as conservation concession by ECOAN. The reserve’s bird list includes 317 species of which 23 are considered globally threatened, such as the Long-whiskered Owlet, Ochre-fronted Antpitta, and the Royal Sunangel. The Critically Endangered Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey is also found. Once protected by its remote and inaccessible habitat, Abra Patricia is now threatened by the construction of new roads, bringing with them logging, agriculture, and cattle ranching.

Objective: Establish a 10,000 acre reserve and ensure the protection of threatened and migratory birds.

Actions:
1. Establish the Abra Patricia Reserve.
2. Implement a reserve management plan.
3. Assist with long-term reserve sustainability.

Accomplishments:
1. 6,200 acres have been acquired to establish the Abra Patricia Reserve
2. A reserve management plan has been established
3. Ecotourism facilities have been established.

Urgent Funding Needs:
1. Land purchase of a further 3,800 acres to expand the Abra Patricia Reserve
2. Protection of a further 34,000 acres of public lands through a conservation concession to ECOAN
3. Implementation of the reserve management plan.