While legislation for the creation of protected areas in Peru has existed since the 1960s, legislation relating to privately and/or communally protected areas (PCPAs) dates only to the early 2000s, from which point the number of PCPAs has grown rapidly. We examine the growth of PCPAs in Peru, the laws key to their creation, and the actors who have shaped them, highlighting where national-level data obscures local dynamics that have driven or sustained their growth. Combined with ethnographic research in the region of San Martin, we show that while PCPAs have spread through processes of conservation contagion, increasing legal and economic requirements, lack of support, and negative interactions with state agents are discouraging local conservationists. At the same time, the promotion of conservation as an economic opportunity is encouraging foreign interest in developing market-based projects, risking increasing exclusion of local populations and ongoing sustainability of PCPAs in Peru.

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秘鲁非政府保护的发展和壮大：私人和公共保护区

虽然秘鲁建立保护区的立法自 1960 年代以来一直存在，但有关私人和/或社区保护区 (PCPA) 的立法仅可追溯到 2000 年代初，从那时起，PCPA 的数量迅速增加。我们研究了秘鲁 PCPA 的增长、创建它们的关键法律以及塑造它们的参与者，突出了国家级数据在哪些地方掩盖了推动或维持其增长的地方动态。结合圣马丁地区的人种学研究，我们表明，虽然 PCPA 已经通过保护传染过程传播，但法律和经济要求的增加、缺乏支持以及与国家代理人的负面互动正在阻止当地保护主义者。同时，