IN THE AREA

• Introduction
• Visiting
• Maps
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• TReeS Peru

In late 1998, a group of Peruvians who had worked in collaboration with the Tambopata Reserve Society at different times in the past decided to found the Tambopata Reserve Society in Peru, in order to open up possibilities for further growth.

All are professionals working in conservation and development, and were attracted to the Tambopata Reserve Society because of our unusual reputation for hands-off management, decentralisation of decision-making, and insistence that beneficiaries take as much responsibility for management and evaluation as possible.

A discussion ensued between TReeS-UK and the incipient TReeS-Peru concerning institutional relationships between the two organisations. It was agreed to that TReeS-Peru would be legally independent and on an equal level to TReeS-UK; it would be a sister organisation rather than a daughter organisation. Institutional links would be developed through adoption of mirror aims and objectives, and through formal written agreements for collaboration on individual projects.

In December 1999 the first meeting of TReeS-Peru was held in Lima, and by January 2000, following consultation with a lawyer, the structure and legal statutes had been approved.  TReeS-Peru is now a legal and fully operational entity in Peru.

TReeS-UK will continue to provide core funds to TReeS-Peru from its income from membership and donations. It will also continue to assist in securing grants for specific projects from European funders. During the next five years, it is expected that TReeS-Peru will develop significant fundraising activities of its own, either from the general public or through submission of independent project proposals to international funding organisations without the assistance of TReeS-UK.