Management of the protected areas’ buffer zones is essential to ensure the integrity of these areas and the socioeconomic wellbeing of its inhabitants. In this briefing paper, researchers from the Wyss Academy for Nature, Conservación Amazónica - ACCA, and the Centre for Development and Environment of the University of Bern highlight the innovative strategic plan of the Tambopata National Reserve Buffer Zone in Madre Dios, in the Peruvian Amazon, and its potential for replication in other protected areas of the country.

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