We strengthen local conservation efforts in partnership with individuals, communities, organizations, businesses, startups, and governments across Latin America and the Caribbean.
The Celebration of Protected and Conserved Areas in Latin America and the Caribbean is a regional initiative that supports, organizes, and highlights effective conservation efforts aimed at safeguarding life and promoting well-being.
We work with those who support conservation in their territories, strengthening information, capacities, and governance conditions.
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We support local initiatives related
to Protected and Conserved Areas,
strengthening the capacities of those who drive them.
We organize and systematize basic information
about these initiatives to make them more visible, understandable, and connectable at the regional level.
We promote spaces for exchange and collective learning, aimed at improving management, governance, and advocacy from the local level.
If you are participating from a specific territory
You can strengthen, organize, and raise the profile of processes you are already driving, with concrete tools and ongoing support.
If you are part of an institution, company, or organization
You gain access to relevant territorial experiences that are better organized and backed by information that facilitates decision-making and coordination.
If you are looking to support or fund initiatives
You can identify territory-based initiatives with greater clarity and better conditions for monitoring and learning.
BENEFITS OF JOINING
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Strengthening of territorial processes: We support initiatives related to Protected and Conserved Areas to make them clearer, more sustainable, and aligned with each territory’s priorities.
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Better organization and use of information: We provide simple tools to record, organize, and better understand initiatives, enabling greater coherence and traceability.
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Meaningful visibility: We disseminate concrete experiences in regional forums, strengthening their recognition without losing their territorial roots.
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Better conditions for coordination: We help identify stakeholders and opportunities in each territory, creating conditions for more relevant and sustainable partnerships.
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Learning and exchange: We promote spaces for exchange among diverse experiences, fostering collective, practice-based learning.
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Greater capacity for advocacy: Better-organized and documented experiences have more tools to engage in dialogue, establish their position, and influence their contexts.
October 17: The moment when the region comes together
The Day of Protected and Conserved Areas in Latin America and the Caribbean is the main milestone of the annual APyC LAC Celebration process.
Each year, celebrations driven by local communities converge on this date, highlighting efforts, lessons learned, and concrete progress in conservation since the Third LAC Congress on Protected and Conserved Areas (Lima 2016).
This is not an isolated event: it is a time to recognize the sustained work taking place in the regions, connect experiences, and plan new processes for governance and collaboration.
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