Implementing Wildlife-friendly Agroforestry Context The T’simane Mosetene, Leco and Tacana indigenous territories in Bolivia cover over 1,000,000 ha bordering and overlapping the Madidi and Pilón Lajas protected areas. This region contains globally important avian diversity and populations of vulnerable wide-ranging species, such as jaguar and spectacled bear. This region’s high biodiversity value is threatened by deforestation from illegal agricultural clearing and settlements, timber extraction and gold mining. This deforestation and degradation negatively impacts forest-dependent community livelihoods, perpetuating a cycle of poverty. Indigenous communities in the region benefit from access to collective lands. By supporting indigenous community efforts to maintain control over theselands, coupled with investments to support sustainable agroforestry, this project aims toaddress the abovementioned threats. This, in turn, delivers benefits for biodiversity, local livelihoods, and safeguards the capture and storage of carbon from the atmosphere. Executing entities: © WCS | Robert Wallace Project objectives: To conserve over 1,000,000 ha of highly biodiverse forests by addressing threats in the region. To increase the capacity of indigenous communities to control and protect their forests. To strengthen livelihoods by improving coffee and cacao agroforestry management. To increase avian diversity in and around agroforestry plots. Funding: Total project budget: approx. £751,347 (GBP) and Sustainable Forest Management in Bolivian Indigenous Territories Darwin initiative: £398,871 (GBP) NORDECO (match funding) 3410,000 (EUR) Location: Bolivia Dates: 2017–2021 Ecosystem: Tropicaland subtropical forests Nature-based Solution: Agroforestry Biodiversity 22% increase inavian diversity;increased native tree diversity in agroforestry plots. Climate On track to sequesteror avoid 199,046 tCO2eby project completion. People 271 indigenous producers have yield and income benefits, including 102% increased income for cacao producers. Project achievementsas of 2020: 146