Photo: Profonanpe
The Alto Tamayo-Abujao Communal Regional Conservation Area (RCA) in Ucayali achieved its inscription in the registry of protected areas at the National Superintendence of Public Registries. With this, the RCA CATA will have legal security, reaffirming its legal existence and recognition by the State, guaranteeing the ecosystem services it offers and providing an opportunity for the surrounding communities to develop sustainable economic activities.
The legal registration will facilitate the work led by the Ministry of the Environment through the Joint Statement of Intent (JSI), executed by Profonananpe with funding from NICFI. This effort seeks a participatory, inclusive and sustainable management that articulates local communities, regional government and international cooperation partners.
The RCA CATA was created by Supreme Decree 021-2021-MINAM on July 24, 2021, over an area of 150,010.82 hectares in the districts of Callería and Masisea, in the province of Coronel Portillo. It currently has a Master Plan approved for the 2023-2028 period.
This area seeks to conserve the great diversity of species that inhabit it, including more than 420 species of birds, and emblematic species such as the bush dog and the jaguar; it also seeks to improve the quality of life of the families that depend directly on the area’s ecosystem services.
Mountain dog. Photo: Vecteezy
Within the framework of the JSI, technical assistance and support with human and logistical resources has been provided to the Regional Environmental Authority of Ucayali, through the head of the ACR CATA, for the benefit of more than 2,200 people in 14 communities. In addition, technical and economic resources have been allocated to strengthen the area’s management committee, develop workshops to socialize and disseminate the Master Plan, promote community vigilance, and promote sustainable economic activities.
About the Joint Statement of Intent (JSI) Financial Mechanism – Phase 2
The Joint Statement of Intent is a voluntary cooperation agreement signed by the governments of Peru, Norway and Germany in 2014 to achieve the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions produced by deforestation and forest degradation. In the addendum signed for the period 2021-2025, the United Kingdom joined.
The JSI is led by the Ministry of the Environment and executed by Profonanpe as the financial mechanism, with the participation of the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation, through SERFOR; Sernanp; the Ministry of Culture; the regional governments of San Martín, Huánuco, Ucayali, Loreto, Amazonas and Madre de Dios; and the indigenous organizations AIDESEP, CONAP and ANECAP. It is also funded by the Norwegian International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI). Learn more here.
