Posada Amazonas - A Case Study in Joint Ventures

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2010/SOM3/GOS-TWG/CON/004
Session 2
Posada Amazonas - A Case Study in Joint Ventures
Submitted by: Rainforest Expeditions
APEC Ecotourism Conference
Sendai, Japan
16 September 2010
9/22/2010
Posada Amazonas
A case study in joint ventures
Kurt Holle
September 2010
Location
Posada
Amazonas
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Rainforest Expeditions
Nature is our passion. People our commitment.
Connecting people
Residents
Value the Forest
Rainforest
Expeditions
Visitors
V Value the Forest
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Posada Amazonas
Sharing profits, creating employment and developing
suppliers to obtain commitment.
Comunidad Nativa de Infierno (CNI )
• Titled in 1976
(10,000 ha)
• 170 families, 700
persons
• Ese-Eja,
Ribereños and
Colonos
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Communal Infrastructure
• Secondary School
• Medical Post
• Well
• Communal Office
• Communal Assembly Room
• Two ports
• Handicraft Workshop
•Ethnobotanical Center
Economy
• Farm
• Hunting/Fishing
• Microbusiness
• Gold Mining
• Timber
• Brazil Nuts
• Employment
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and … tourism
The Product – Posada
Amazonas
• 30 three walled rustic but
comfortable rooms
• Three and four day
nature based
programs
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The Contract
• Term: 20 years
• Dividends: 60% for the CNI
• Employment prioritized for
• Supplier development where it
makes sense
• Transference in 2016
community members
Results
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Economic Impact
45%
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Dividendos
Proveedores
Community vs Family
Spending
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Type of Expenditure
Profits use by NCI families
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Small Business
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Ethnobotanical
Fish Farm
Port
Fruit Plants
• Cultural Center
• Tres Chimbadas Ecotourism Concession
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Communal Services
• Scholarships
• Insurance
Community Decisions
COMMUNITY
Assembly
Handicraft
Board
Port
Control Commitee
Bawaja
Expediciones
Parents Assoc.
Fish Farm
Communal Administrator
Advisor - Assistant – Accounting Assistant Communicator
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Zoning
Conservacion
• Saving Tres Chimbadas Lake
• Sustainable Harvest of Aguaje Palms
¿Was it worth
it?
it
?
 The
Th market
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…. but does not sacrifice.
 Acquired know how is
difficult to replicate…
….but
but difficult to
monetize.
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¿Was it worth it?
Communal Version
 The management of the commons.
 Ethnic discussions.
 Reverted migration.
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 The social gap.
¿Why is it so difficult?
difficult?
• Trust.
• An enormous family business.
• Different organizations and cultures.
• Negotiate with silence and decida with
•
consensus.
No listening classes.
classes
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Thanks
[email protected]
www.perunature.com
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