Spectacled Bear Conservation

Founded in 2009, Spectacled Bear Conservation is a non-governmental organisation based in Batán Grande, Peru working on nature & wildlife conservation, community development, employment & skills.

Spectacled Bear Conservation is a nonprofit organisation registered in Peru in 2009. It researches spectacled bears, protects their dry forest, montane forest and páramo habitats, and works with local communities through private protected areas, conservation education, veterinary care and the Felti artisan program. Its main conservation centre is in Batán Grande, Lambayeque, and it conducts research in northern Peru and Machu Picchu. The organisation focuses on the Tumbes and equatorial dry forest bear populations and on protecting the species, which is considered vulnerable and threatened by habitat loss and human-wildlife conflict.