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ANNUALREPORT2017

ANNUAL REPORTSPDA2017


The year 2017 allowed SPDA to make progress and consolidate work on priority areas towards sustainable development including access to environmental justice, indigenous rights, natural heritage and biodiversity, forest and marine governance and strengthening environmental management practices.

SPDA is also proud to have initiated coordinated actions with state

agencies, judicial authorities and the Public Ministry, international

organizations and civil society, on key issues such as sustainable

fishing, water governance and the defense of environmental rights.

Pedro SolanoExecutive Director

+700 56Some

numbers for

2017

+2000

persons working towardsa sustainable country.

publications onour web sites.

5100 volunteers joineddifferent initiatives ofWe Conserve for/by Naturewith +1000 participantsin the events.

women

men

legal opinions and proposals developed.

persons trained, includingauthorities, experts, studentsand personnel fromdifferent institutions.

+60

projectsexecuted.

25institutional agreements in place.*15

publications.

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The Judicial Branch of Peru, Superior Court of Loreto, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Environment, the National Environmental Certification Service for Sustainable

Investments (SENACE), National Forest and Wildlife Service (SERFOR), National Service of Natural Protected Areas (SERNANP), Peruvian Amazon Research

Institute (IIAP), Regional Government of Loreto, Provincial Municipality of Tambopata, Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon River Basin (COICA),

Native Federation of Madre de Dios (FENAMAD), Aquafondo, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).

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*INSTITUTIONAL AGREEMENTS IN FORCE WITH THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:

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courses, workshops,presentationsand discussionsconducted atnational andinternational levels.

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KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS


In coordination with the Native Federation of the Madre de Dios River

and its Tributaries (FENAMAD) and the Madre de Dios Regional

Government, SPDA implemented a pilot project that allowed us to

work together with 5 native communities on solving problems

regarding physical and legal tenure of their territories.

Thanks to the achievements of this pilot project, presented as a success

story by Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), since 2017 SPDA leads the

first project of the International Land and Forest Tenure Facility, whose

objective is to reach greater legal certainty for indigenous territories in

the country. The scope is national, with an emphasis in Madre de Dios and

Loreto.

In 2017 we worked together with several civil society organizations and

indigenous organizations, on a legal, technical and communicational

strategy to confront threats caused by infrastructure (mostly road)

projects within the territories of indigenous peoples in isolation and initial

contact (PIACI) in Peru.

SPDA also supportedthe physical and legalentitlement of

The creation of the

Land ownershipwas awarded to

communities.

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SPDA is a member of theRegional Working Group onIndigenous Policies of theRegional Government of Ucayali.

hectares of indigenous territories.

multisectoral group at theCongress of the Republic forthe protection of PIACI waspromoted and coordinated.

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During 2017 SPDA continued to support di�erent public actors, including

the Congress of the Republic, in the design of legal norms and tools

needed for adequate economic and environmental development. SPDA´s

team participated actively in debates on and support for the draft

Framework Law on Climate Change.

We developed a detailed scoping analysis regarding the situation of

environmental certification and assessment processes, and the capacities of

public entities responsible for these.

Capacity building on Environmental Law for professionals and university

students who will someday contribute towards appropriate operations of

environmental institutional frameworks.

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In depthassessment:

interviews undertakenin 10 regions.

legal proposalson environmentalcertification andassessment.

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18

20Reviewedlegislativeand regulatoryinitiatives.

studentsgraduated fromSPDA´s XVIWorkshop on Environmental Law.

professionals graduated from the Programof Second Speciality in Environmental Lawand Natural Resources, organized with the PUCP.

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AND CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE


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SPDA has focused on the design of alternatives to achieve financial

sustainability for conservation actions at the national level, based on

extensive research work and legal-technical analysis undertaken by a team

of lawyers and economists.

Research has been undertaken on the relationship between natural protected

areas (NPAs) and climate change, the conservation of agrobiodiversity and

plant genetic resources, and the role of technology in the implementation of

policies on genetic resources.

The Tambopata National Reserve Management Committee´s trust fund was

registered to ensure funding in favor of the Reserve and buffer zones. It was

also recognized as an institution exonerated from income taxation in Peru.

We have worked closely with the Regional Government of Loreto in

strengthening conservation tools and actions such as the Loreto Regional

Strategy for Wetlands, the Loreto Regional Conservation System, and the

development of a legal instrument to Recognize Local Monitoring Organizations

in Regional Conservation Areas (RCAs) and proposals for the establishment of

new regional conservation areas. Additionally, we participated in the

establishment of two new natural protected areas: the Tres Cañones Regional

Conservation Area and Yaguas National Park.

TambopataNational ReserveManagementCommittee´s trust fund.

+300Training for experts andauthorities on NPAs,indigenous peoples, rural land,actions against illegal activities,tourism, control and monitoringof marine spaces, inclusivefinances, among others.

Registration in thePublic Registry of the

Reviewed legal andregulatory drafts and elaboration of the firstRegulatory ImpactAnalysis on anenvironmentaldraft law in Peru.

20+40Innovative mechanismsto finance biodiversityconservation in Peru.

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During 2017, SPDA´s team joined a multisectoral group formed by the

Ministry of Environment (MINAM) and Ministry of Agriculture and

Irrigation (MINAGRI), to prepare a draft procedure for MINAMs prior

opinion in changes in land use administrative procedures and for the

development of a draft to update the Regulation on Land Use Capacity

Classification.

We supported the Regional Government of Loreto in its forest zoning process

and provided legal assistance to those affected by deforestation in

Tamshiyacu. SPDA has conducted several courses and workshops in Loreto

and Madre de Dios, on deforestation, change of land use and forest legislation.

SPDA also participated with partners such as the Wildlife Conservation

Society (WCS), in the elaboration and systematization of the National

Strategy to Reduce Illegal Wildlife Trafficking in Peru (2017 – 2027) and Plan

of Action (2017 – 2022), published by means of Supreme Decree No.

011-2017-MINAGRI. Through ActualidadAmbiental.pe and communication

campaigns, SPDA has disseminated information to contribute to raise

awareness among citizens on these issues.

174 radio spots

on illegal wildlifetrafficking.

The

30participants.

1ºdraft legislationto strengthen forestrymanagement.

newsletters.

workshops,training and events with atotal of

1000

02We promoted thedevelopment of

Course on ForestLegislation directedtowards the JudiciaryBranch in Madre de Dios,with 70 participants.


PHOTO Jhonny Salazar


SPDA promoted the Madre de Dios Pact for Environmental Justice in Peru, led by the Judiciary Branch. Additionally as part of the agreement signed with the Judiciary Branch, we provided support in organizing the 1st International Congress on Environmental Justice in Madre de Dios and creating the first environmental courthouse in the same region.

We installed a new Free Legal Clinic in Piura, which adds to SPDA´s Madre de

Dios and Loreto clinics. The three clinics focus on handling legal cases and

consultations linked to environmental violations, providing training for forest

users, indigenous peoples, artisan fishermen and authorities.

The Environmental Alert Platform that monitors environmental complaints in

Madre de Dios and in the Tambopata National Reserve buffer zone, expanded

its scope to 3 new areas of work: the Madre de Dios nut growing zone, the

shoreline and coastal zones of Piura (Environmental Alert for the Seas of Peru)

and legal initiatives (draft projects by the Congress of the Republic).

SPDA participated actively in the dissemination of the rights to information,

participation and environmental justice, particularly in discussions on the

Regional Agreement on Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration. We participated in

a regional meeting where the threats and challenges faced by environmental

human rights defenders in Latina America were analyzed. The event was

convened by professor John Knox, Special Rapporteur of the United Nations

on human rights and various environmental organizations. SPDA presented the

situation of the Madre de Dios environmental human rights defenders.

The Madre de DiosPact for EnvironmentalJustice in Peru hadmore than

SPDAs Free LegalClinics received

Morethan

Until the end of 2017, the Environmental Alert Platform published

1100

96

people were trained during24 workshops.

100signatures.It was submittedto Pope Francis inJanuary 2018.

Some of the followingorganizations andinstitutions expressedtheir support:Judiciary Branch,Public Ministry,Ministry of Environment,Ministry of Agricultureand Irrigation,AIDESEP,Tambopata NationalReserve ManagementCommittee,FENAMAD,OSINFOR,OEFA,among others.

47new casesand

103newconsultationsduring the year.

alerts and 884milestones weregenerated.

We presented the situation of Madrede Dios environmental defenders atan international event.


45participants to the 1st Workshop“Policies and legislation for fisheriesmanagement in Peru” in Lima and Piura.

150 assistants at the lectures“Perú Natural: Mar Peruanoal 2012”.

4legal proposals in relation to the protectionof whales, benthonic resources, illegal shipyards and stranding of sea lions in the Peruvian Sea.

Throughout this year, SPDA promoted discussions and debates on issues such as artisanal fishing, industrial fishing and protected species, through training courses, lectures and communication tools such as web sites (www.mardelperu.pe), multimedia and news reports.

Based on an extensive analysis to identify key actors of the different

fisheries, assessing the policies and current legal context for their

management, legal proposals and recommendations have been prepared to

promote sustainable fisheries.

The SPDA Free Legal Clinic in Piura trained 15 authorities on matters related

to the supervision and control of sustainable fishing and 57 artisanal

fishermen from all the regions inlets (Máncora, Cabo Blanco, La Islilla, La

Tortuga, El Ñuro, Sechura, Colán, among others), to improve their capacity to

access environmental justice.

The Free Legal Clinic was installed in Piura. It received

12 70legal consultationsand trained morethan individuals.


In 2017 SPDA formed the Invest Green Consortium together with

Forest Trends, CONDESAN, EcoDecision and Imperial College London.

This consortium will implement the Green Infrastructure Project for

Water Security of the United States Agency for International

Development.

The objective is to guarantee social, environmental and hydrobiological

benefits, and attract new agricultural, industrial and hydroelectrical

sectors to use this type of infrastructure.

The project hasa duration of

and willwork with

watersheds at the national level.

05years05watersheds


+132000followers on Facebook ofActualidadAmbiental.pe, Conservamos por Naturalezaand SPDA.

2ndHackathon forthe Amazon:

70participants.

13 technological solutions linked to:forests and climate change,Natural Protected Areas andwildlife trafficking.

+20 videos published onActualidadAmbiental.pe.

+150 mediaappearences

+700 notes during 2017 inActualidadAmbiental.pe andConservamospor naturaleza.org.

325 multimedia reportspublished inActualidadAmbiental.pe.

opinioncolumns.

We organized the


DO IT FOR YOUR BEACHcompleted 5 years of activities and campaigns.

4300 volunteers cleaned up 130 beaches,6 lakes and 2 wetlands, and collected 40tons of waste.

DO IT FOR YOUR RIVERbrought together 800 volunteers

from Loreto, Madre de Dios, San Martín, Ucayali,Pucallpa and Junín, who cleaned 22 rivers andcollected 6.4 tons of waste.

DO IT FOR YOUR WAVEprotected 6 new waves

San Pedro, Piscinas, Muelles, Lobitos, Hueco yBaterías, adding a total of 24 protected waves. Theinitiative was presented as a case of success at IMPAC4.A fund was obtained for the production of a documentary.

25412trees were adopted through

Reforestation for Nature,generating more than 10 thousandsoles from donations, for 3private conservation areas.

people of the Amazon VoluntaryConservation Network were trainedin the design of projects and theirimplementation.


THE NATURAL ROUTEsecond edition.

A second edition of “La Ruta Natural”travel guide was elaborated.

KUYAPANAKUY(love each other mutuallyor reciprocity is mutual).

people came togetherand enjoyed documentariesand short films on marinerelated matters.

to promote ecotourism in voluntaryconservation initiatives.

Celebrated its 5th anniversary with theCxN Festival with the assistance of

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300

destinations

+1000individuals.

27 proposedroutes

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WE CONSERVEFOR/BY NATURE (CxN)

PRESIDENTJorge Caillaux

VICE-PRESIDENTEnrique Ferrando

MEMBERSMartín Beaumont Luisa Elena Guinand Jessica Hidalgo Kurt HolleJoaquín Leguía


Pedro SolanoExecutive Director

Isabel CalleDirector of the Environmental Policy and Management Program

Silvana BaldovinoDirector of the Biodiversity and Indigenous Peoples Program

José Luis CapellaDirector of the Forestry and Ecosystem Services Program

Bruno MonteferriDirector of We Conserve for/by Nature and Marine Governance

Jimmy CarrilloDirector of the Communications Unit

Martha PugaDirector of the Project Management Unit

Miguel MazuelosDirector of the Administration and Accounting Unit

Luisa RíosCoordinator of the Madre de Dios Office

Martín Vasquez Coordinator of the Loreto Office


E X E C U T I V E D I R E C TO R AT E

REGIONALOFFICES

LORETOOFFICE

LIMAOFFICE

MADRE DE DIOSOFFICE

INICIATIVES

FORESTS AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

ENVIRONMENTALPOLICY AND GOVERNANCE

BIODIVERSITY ANDINDIGENOUS PEOPLES

WE CONSERVEFOR/BY NATURE

COMMUNICATIONSUNIT

PROJECT MANAGEMENTUNIT

ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTINGUNIT

MARINEGOVERNANCE


www.spda.org.pe

www.actualidadambiental.pe

www.legislacionambientalspda.org.pe

www.conservamospornaturaleza.org

www.alertaambiental.pe

hazlaportuola.pe

www.mardelperu.pe


Mining and the gold rush inMadre de Dios

Tres Cañones:The other wonder of Cusco

Towards marine governance


PHOTO Otto Alegre


Las áreas protegidas y su relación con la seguridad alimentaria en un contexto de cambio climático: una mirada desde Bolivia, Brasil y Perú

Manuel Ruiz. Lima: SPDA,Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 2017.

La ruta natural:viajes y destinos

Conservamos por Naturaleza.Lima: SPDA, 2017.

Guía de identificación de fauna silvestre para las autoridades ambientales de

Amazonas, San Martín, Loreto y UcayaliNéstor Allgas; Alejandro Alarcón; Noga Shanee, Sam Shanee; Bruno Monteferri; Luis Zari. Lima:

SPDA, 2017.

Biotrade and access and benefit sharing: from concept to practice. A handbook for

policymakers and regulatorsManuel Ruiz; David Vivas; María J. Oliva;

Veronique Rossow. New York: UNCTAD, United Nations, 2017.

Opciones innovadores de financiamiento de la conservación

Carlos Trinidad y Samín Vargas. Lima:SPDA, 2017. 113 p.

Las plantaciones forestales en Perú: reflexiones, estatus actual y

perspectivas a futuroManuel R. Guariguata; Javier Arce; Tania

Ammour; José Luis Capella. Lima: CIFOR, CGIAR, GIZ, SPDA, 2017.


La imprescindible estrategia ambiental peruana para acceder

a la OCDEMariano Castro Sánchez-Moreno. Lima:

SPDA, 2017. 28 p.

Propuesta de diseño e implementación de un fondo para financiar la asistencia técnica a

poblaciones durante el proceso de evaluación de impacto ambiental de actividades mineras

Martha Aldana, Isabel Calle y Carol Mora. Lima:SPDA, 2016.

Conservación para la Paz: Una apuesta participativa para la prevención y transformación

de conflictos socioambientales en el departamento de Loreto

Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambienta. Lima:SPDA, 2016.

Análisis del impacto y avances en la implementación de las políticas,

estrategias, planes y programas de biodiversidad en Bolivia, Brasil,

Colombia y PerúManuel Ruiz. Lima: SPDA, KAS, 2016.

Cartilla informativa: Patronatosde Comités de Gestión de áreas

naturales protegidasAlfredo Gálvez; Carlos Trinidad y Rodolfo

Mancilla. Lima: SPDA, 2017. 9 p.

Serie de Política y Derecho Ambiental No 29, SPDA

Una mirada a los incentivos para la conservación in situ de recursos fitogenéticos

en el Perú. Por Manuel Ruiz Muller; Adam Drucker y Marleni Ramirez. Lima: SPDA, 2017

AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH

VERSION


Andes AmazonFund (AAF)

Strengthen governance, management and public support for the Peruvian system of protected areas. PHASE I, II and III.

June 2016– July 2018

Create enabling conditions to strengthen conservation systems in Peru; as well as provide legal and technical assistance to create new conservation areas in Peru.

Gordon &Betty MooreFoundation

Strengthen the National System of Natural Protected Areas by the State (SINANPE) and provide tools for its sustainability and efficient management.

July 2017-June 2018

Promote and ensure biodiversity conservation and the management of Natural Protected Areas in the Amazon, consolidating financial sustainability tools, strengthening the fight against illegal activities in natural protected areas and capacities at the national and regional levels, in order to ensure the adequate management of natural protected areas.


Conservation and consolidation of protected areas and indigenous territories within the Purús Manu mosaic.

November 2016-January 2019

Consolidate the management of natural protected areas and indigenous territories of the Alto Purús Mosaic, and improve the level of protection and conservation of indigenous peoples in isolation and initial contact by strengthening the capacities of those responsible for their administration, as well a normative framework to ensure adequate management.


Reduce threats through the consolidation of regional environmental institutional frameworks and the participation of civil society in Madres de Dios.

November 2014–June 2017

The Project seeks to strengthen regional environmental institutional frameworks and empower both authorities and civil society of Madre de Dios for efficient environmental management through the protection and conservation of our natural resources.

PROJECTPARTNERS OBJECTIVES PERIOD



Strengthen the National System for Natural Protected Areas by the State (SINANPE) and consolidate regional conservation strategies of Loreto through the Government and Civil Society.

July 2014-June 2017

Ensure biodiversity conservation and management of Natural Protected Areas of the Peruvian Amazon, strengthening their National System for Protected Areas and consolidating regional institutionality in Loreto, as well as civil society.

FordFoundation

For solid and fair environmental public participation in the mining industry of Peru.

July 2017–September 2018

Contribute to strengthening environmental public participation tools during the execution of mining activities in the country.

MacArthurFoundation

Answers to the growing loss of biodiversity due to productive activities in the Amazon by applying research, legal measures and incentives to mitigate tendencies in land use changes and deforestation.

January 2016–December 2018

Improve institutional and legal frameworks to undertake sustainable investments in Amazon areas that are suitable for agricultural and agroindustrial projects, related to the management of areas used for intensive agriculture or potentially affected by this type of agriculture and investments.

New EnglandBiolabsFoundation -NEBF

Create Sustainable Conservation and Tourism Promoters to contribute to financial sustainability and the generational renewal of the Amazon Voluntary Conservation Network (RED AMA), Peru.

August 2017–August 2018

Support the Amazon Voluntary Conservation Network (RED AMA).

FundaciónMar Adentro

Residencias Fundación Mar Adentro. March 2016–August 2017

Support Peruvian artists selected by FMA to carry out an artistic intervention in the private conservation area Paraíso Natural Iwirati of the Puerto Prado Native Community, Peru.



Tides FoundationPatagonia

Do it for your wave – The conservation of spectacular surfing waves in Peru.

April 2017–April 2018

Elaboration of a documentary on the Do it for your Wave Initiative and replicate Do it for your Wave in Chile.

WaltonFoundation

Towards sustainable fishing in the first five nautical miles in Peru.

December 2016–September 2017

Provide the foundation and local members with the necessary legal information and policies to support the sustainable management of fisheries in Peru.

WaltonFoundation

Towards sustainable fishing in the first five nautical miles in Peru.

October 2017Promote reforms in the legal framework for fisheries in Peru in order to sustain management based on the rights to artisanal fishing, as well as formalize the artisanal fishermen.

AmazonConservationAssociation

Capacity building to monitor deforestation and forest governance in real time, to help meet the objectives of REED+ in the Peruvian Amazon.

December 2016–December 2020

Contribute to the implementation of REDD+ policies and the development of social and environmental practices by key actors of the private sector.

Climate &DevelopmentKnowledgeNetwork (CDKN)

Strategic regional communication. May 2016–June 2017

Coordinate the CDKN communications strategy for Latin America.

CriticalEcosystemPartnershipFund (CEPF)

Strengthening private and communal conservation in the Northeast Corridor of Conservation in Peru.

July 2016–June 2018

Contribute to biodiversity conservation in the Amazon Northeast Biodiversity Corridor, through a network of private conservation areas (PCAs) and reach financial sustainability.



Global ForestWatch / WorldResource Institute

Use Global Forest Watch to improve responses to deforestation and wildfires in the context of private conservation in the Amazon, Peru.

June 2017–March 2018

Use the Global Forest Watch platform to support RED AMA in monitoring forests of PCAs in the Amazon, and design responses to deforestation in PCAs and the illegal fires.

RightsResourcesGroup

Proposals to improve land ownership in the native and peasant communities of Peru.

March 2016–March 2017

Generate proposals and working spaces with the governing body and institutions involved, to clarify and simplify demarcation, formalization and land ownership procedures of peasant and native communities, by Regional Governments.

RightsResources(RRI)

Legal security for indigenous territories in Madre de Dios and Cusco in Peru.

October 2015–March 2018

Contribute to strengthen adequate management of natural resources and the capacities, to facilitate the exercise of collective rights of beneficiary communities.

OxfamAmérica

Improving forest governance and access to environmental justice in Tamshiyacu.

November 2017–April 2018

Strengthen the capacities of local actors and their capacity to access environmental justice effectively in cases where their rights are being violated, and provide them with improved elements to communicate and disseminate the problems that afflict them.

EnvironmentalDefense Fund(EDF)

Analysis on the situation of policies and laws for sea fishing in Peru.

August 2016–June 2017

Elaborate a report on the state of ocean fisheries in Peru.



PROFONANPE Mitigate deforestation in chestnut concessions in the Madre de Dios region.

October 2016–October 2017

Elaborate and put into place a local pilot system of control and supervision, including through a participative monitoring mechanism and early alert technological platform, for effective actions in the conservation of chestnut forests in the Alegría sector, Madre de Dios.

The TernureFacility (TF)

Land ownership of indigenous territories in Peru. October 2017–October 2019

Ensure collective land ownership by strengthening institutional frameworks in terms of formalizing communal land. The intervention would provide legal certainty for 5 million communal hectares at the national level and 200 thousand hectares for indigenous territories of Loreto and Madre de Dios.

International Unio for Conservationof Nature (IUCN)

Protecting the Guardians of Natural Patrimony: generating conditions to protect and safeguard the rights of park rangers and communal environmental defenders in Madre de Dios.

January 2017–February 2019

Support the defenders in order for them to conduct their work in a safe manner. This shall take place through information, offering security, training to protect themselves and promoting international recognition.

WildlifeConservationStrategy(WCS)

Capacity building and cooperation to fight illegal wildlife trafficking networks in Latin America and Southeast Asia.

February 2016–June 2017

Contribute to the capacity building of police and criminal justice officers related to wildlife illegal trafficking, contribute to improving transboundary investigations for the exchange of information, and design a pilot training program.

US Fish and WildlifeService

Fighting wildlife illegal trafficking in Peru, through the empowerment of local authorities, civil society and communities in Loreto, Amazonas, Ucayali and San Martín.

September 2016–December 2017

Reduce wildlife illegal trafficking by training regional authorities and a communication campaign at the local level.



PHOTO Otto Alegre


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