What an organised Landscape can accomplish in one year

The Earth belongs to no one in particular, yet it depends on all of us. Every April 22, we are reminded of this shared responsibility, and in the Abancay Landscape, there are communities that put it into practice 365 days a year. Here, the response does not come from grand declarations, but from rural farming communities that face challenges, plant queñua trees, protect water in their territories, and come together to celebrate their achievements over the past year. This is what took place at the 2025 Annual Co-Evaluation, and these are their stories.

Every year, in the Andes of Apurímac, something unusual happens: rural farming communities, government institutions, partners, and local organizations sit down together to look one another in the eye, review what they have accomplished, and commit to what lies ahead. This is no routine meeting. It is governance in action.

In February 2026, Curahuasi hosted the 3rd Annual Co-Evaluation Meeting for 2025 of the Abancay Regenera Landscape. Seven guardian communities — Karqueque, Atumpata, Ccollpa, Micaela Bastidas, Kiuñalla, Llañucancha, and Ccoya — arrived with something tangible to share: their own results. The year’s achievements were not presented in a dry report, but through the voices of the communities themselves: more than 10,000 queñua trees planted, infiltration trenches built to capture and store water in headwater areas, and Natural Heritage Reserves (REPANAs) restored with full vegetation cover. Every achievement was presented by the people who made it happen.

But one moment, in particular, captured the attention of everyone at the gathering. One of the most energizing highlights was the awards ceremony for the forest fire prevention competition. What began as a pilot initiative has evolved into something much more meaningful: active community fire brigades in all seven communities, training in the proper use of fire as a traditional cultural tool, and women and young people taking leading roles in fire management and prevention. When a community learns to protect its forest together, conservation no longer depends on an external project — it becomes part of the community’s culture.

On Earth Day, we invite you to read the full 2025 Co-Evaluation Report. Because understanding how communities care for their land is also a way of understanding how we care for our own.

→ Click here to read the full report: (EN) Annual Co-Evaluation 2025 Regenera Abancay landscape.pdf