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Document Author(s): Susana Lastarria-Cornhiel , Zulema Barahona , Leticia Orti

This TransLinks case study builds on over 15 years of experience of an indigenous terrirorial organization and an international NGO (Wildlife Conservation Society) working collaboratively in the weastern Bolivia lowlands to put in place durable mechanisms for economic development through sustainable community-based management of natural resources. Among the outcomes of this collaboration, the Isoso Guarani, in negotiations with the Bolivian State, has established the Kaa Iya National Park and the Isoso Comunitaria de Origen (TCO) within the larger Gran Chaco area of Bolivia. The case documents the evolution of the role of women within the Isosonyo indigenous peoples' organization CABI, and their growing influence on the governance of natural resources for sustainable economic development within the Isosenyo TCO. This initiative received USAID/Bolivia funding from 1995 to 2003.

Reviewer: Mike Colby

Reviewer Affiliation: USAID/E3/LTRM

Review Date: 2013-03-19

Journal: TransLinks Case Study

Publisher: Wildlife COnservation Society

Document type(s):

• Project technical document (e.g. focusing on one or more aspects, such as technical approach, monitoring, application of a specific tool, etc)
• Site-based case study

Star rating: ★★★★

Regions:

• Latin America and Caribbean - South America

Country: Bolivia

State: Gran Chaco

County/District: Isoso

Donor: USAID

Natural resource(s):

• Fisheries
• NTFPs
• Biodiversity
• Forest
• Whole Landscape

NWP Principles - Nature

• Fostered innovation, social learning, and adaptive management - [Critical]
• Built capacity and invested in human resources - [Critical]
• Promoted local land use planning and appropriate resource tenure systems - [Critical]

NWP Principles - Wealth

• Invested in local organizations - [Accomplished]
• Assured that resource managers have access to NRM means and benefits - [Accomplished]
• Promoted or developed economic strategies for natural resource management - [Accomplished]

NWP Principles - Power

• Procedural rights for all people, especially vulnerable or marginalized groups - [Critical]
• Natural resource authority and functions distribution - [Critical]
• Local stakeholder input into public decisions and policy - [Critical]
• Continuous and inclusive consultations - [Critical]

Tools used

• Land use planning
• Devolution to communities
• Resource user groups
• Value chain strengthening/conservation marketing
• Participatory Planning

Solutions

• Governance/empowerment - [Communal]
• Economic/income generation - [Gender]
• Environmental/productivity - [Communal]
• Economic/income generation - [Communal]
• Environmental/productivity - [Gender]
• Governance/empowerment - [Gender]

Impacts

• Economic/income generation - [Gender]
• Governance/empowerment - [Gender]

Additional Discussion Topics

• Lessons learned (Success Story)
• Governance - [External or structural policies that influenced success or failure]