Conanp’s Provicom program provides support to create and equip community watch committees in protected natural areas under federal jurisdiction and their areas of influence, as well as at so-called Priority Conservation Regions (Regiones Prioritarias para la Conservation—RPCs).

These committees perform preventive activities as a strategy to foster social involvement in oversight and monitoring activities, and act as an awareness-creating instrument to foster the conservation of ecosystems and their biodiversity. Their members are trained in community watch planning and operations, biological monitoring and the laws applicable to environmental offenses.

• Gloria Tavera and Marco Castro, Central Region and Neovolcanic Axis Bureau (Dirección Regional Centro y Eje Neovolcánico), National Commission for Protected Natural Areas (Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas—Conanp).
• Conanp (2016), Community Watch Program (Programa de Vigilancia Comunitaria—Provicom).

Amount of the Incentive
Varies. One project provided average P$15,000 per project

Keywords: direct financial payment, monitoring, research, restoration