Profonanpe, Peruvian environmental fund, organizes free international online event on environmental remediation in remote areas
For more than 40 years, hydrocarbon activities have had negative impacts on the Tigre, Pastaza, Corrientes and Marañón river basins, the most important oil extraction area in the Loreto region. In response to this problem, the Peruvian government, together with the federations of the four basins involved and Profonanpe, Peruvian environmental fund, are seeking […]
RecuperoMiMar.com presented to remedy environmental emergency caused by REPSOL
One week after the infamous spill of 6,000 barrels of oil in the sea off Ventanilla, several organizations have been working hand in hand with Sernanp and Serfor to coordinate the necessary donations to contain and remedy the damage. “All civil organizations have joined together to present a single channel for receiving donations that […]
Business initiatives in 22 protected natural areas access financing to boost and reactivate activities
They belong to the Consorcio Manglares del Noroeste del Perú in Tumbes, winners of the first edition of Emprendedores por Naturaleza. Note author: Sernanp For the second consecutive year, the National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State (Sernanp), an agency attached to the Ministry of the Environment, and Profonanpe, Peruvian Environmental […]
Great news! 26 new species of amphibians and reptiles recorded in Amazonas
August 2021. – A total of 26 new species of amphibians and reptiles were registered in the Cordillera de Colán National Sanctuary, a protected natural area located in the Amazon region, informed the National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State (Sernanp). This important discovery was made as part of the research study […]
Apachicuy, from the GIAHS Project, is awarded as a best practice in public management
Yesterday was held the virtual ceremony of the Best Practices in Public Management Award, in which, after a process of qualification and selection of the initiatives presented, the final results and the list of winners were announced. The practice “Reactivating Apachicuy, a solidarity initiative in times of crisis that alleviates hunger and promotes agrobiodiversity”, carried […]
Learn about Yaguas National Park’s conservation indicator species
Photography: Giant Otter Photographic credits: YNP Headquarters An indicator species is an organism whose presence, absence or abundance reflects the state of an ecosystem. Currently, Yaguas National Park (YNP), located in Loreto, is in a good state of conservation, reporting 100% of its territory conserved and free of human activities. This result has been […]
Successful completion of the “Queuña Raymi 2020 – 2021” Reforestation Day
In December of last year, the rural communities of Cuncani, Pampacorral Tambohuaylla, Lares Ayllu and Quishuarani began the “Queuña Raymi 2020 – 2021” Reforestation Day, which culminated in March of this year. These activities were carried out in alliance with the Andean Ecosystems Association – ECOAN, which works with its partners Acción ANDINA and Global […]
Hub de Innovación Minera of Peru signs agreement with Profonanpe, Peru’s Environmental Fund
Profonanpe, Peru’s environmental fund, and the Hub have signed an alliance that seeks to promote sustainable development in Peru through projects that generate value for and from the mining industry. In this way we join forces to conserve nature. With this agreement, the Hub de Innovación Minera of Peru together with Profonanpe will make […]
Wetlands for Life: Towards Zoning and Land Use Planning in the Datem del Marañón Province
After several months of articulated and sustained work in the Datem del Marañón Province, new perspectives are beginning to emerge that inspire confidence and motivate communities and organizations committed to the sustainability of life to continue on the conservation path that they began to travel quite some time ago. On February 15, the Datem del […]
The difficult task of a fishery worker facing the impact of climate change: the story of Ubaldo Tume
June 2021. – Every day at 3 o’clock in the morning, Don Ubaldo (42) takes the hook he reels in the night before, his fish and leaves his house located in the Pescador area of El Alto, Piura, on his way to the Cabo Blanco dock, not without first giving a kiss on the forehead […]
Lares begins harvest campaign with traditional Native Potato Fair
On April 28th, a ceremony called the Native Potato Festival was held in the community of Lares Ayllu, Chañao, located in the province of Calca, district of Lares in Cusco. This event, which seeks to give sustainability to the conservation and use of agrobiodiversity (ABD), was carried out within the framework of the GEF-Agrobiodiversity-GIAHS Project […]
Ministry of Energy and Mines approves second Rehabilitation Plan under the Contingency Fund for Environmental Remediation
On June 18, the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM) approved through Directorial Resolution No. 149 -2021-MINEM/DGAAH the “Rehabilitation Plan for Impacted Site S0109” as it complies with the technical and legal requirements of environmental regulations. Impacted Site S0109 has an area of 336.58 m2; it is located adjacent to the territory of the José […]
Peru Remedia: More than 3,000 environmental liabilities generated by hydrocarbons in Peru
Apu Alfonso López, President of ACODECOSPAT July 2021. – During the international event Peru Remedia, the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM) revealed that to date Peru has 3231 environmental liabilities generated by hydrocarbons, 152 of which are high risk. According to MINEM, the lack of regulation between 1863, when the first oil exploitation […]
Resilient Fishing: Meet the Faces of the Bicentennial of the Fishing Sector
July 2021. – A few days before the celebration of Peru’s Bicentennial, the most representative faces of our history are regaining prominence and arousing the interest of public opinion. But the figures of the Bicentennial are also the hard-working and enterprising Peruvians who work to continue building a better country for all. In the […]
PAN III Project: Illescas is categorized as a National Reserve to conserve a sample of the Sechura Desert
Author: Sernanp After an arduous participatory process involving the State, local authorities and civil society, Illescas is now categorized as a National Reserve, the first in the Piura region, managed by the National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State (Sernanp), an agency under the Ministry of the Environment. With its formalization, […]
Meet the winners of the Carlos Ponce del Prado Conservation 2021 Award
After a year of holding the Carlos Ponce del Prado Award ceremony virtually, this year conservationists and allies met again in person to celebrate the XIII edition of this award that recognizes environmental leaders and park rangers who actively work in favor of Peru’s biological diversity. This year 94 nominations were received, making this recognition […]
#AnimalFans: Run Run OnlyFans account launched to help animal rescue centers
November 2021. – As part of the #AnimalFans campaign, Profonanpe, Peruvian Environmental Fund, announced the creation of an Only Fans account of the fox named Run Run, a wild animal that has caught the attention of Peruvians in recent days, in order to generate interest and reflection on the trafficking of these wild animals. […]
Protecting forests and reducing methane gas emissions are priorities in first week of COP 26
COP stands for Conference of the Parties. That is, the annual meeting of the nearly 200 countries that are part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The convention was inaugurated in 1992 and established that greenhouse gases emitted by humans in their daily activities are contributing to climate change. The convention also […]
Aguaje: the Amazonian superfruit protagonist of the National Seminar “Aguaje for life”
The National Seminar “Aguaje for Life”, organized by Profonanpe within the framework of the Datem del Marañon Wetlands Project, was held yesterday with the objective of promoting development opportunities in the Loreto region through the sustainable use of its natural resources, specifically the aguaje. The Vice Minister of Strategic Resources of the Ministry of […]
Datem Wetlands: Technical committee announced to strengthen the value chain of the Amazon’s biological resources
October 2021.- The Amazon is the natural region with the greatest biological diversity in the country and is in a situation of special vulnerability due to climate change and human actions. Within this framework, Profonanpe, Peruvian Environmental Fund, promoted the installation of the Amazon Regional Competitiveness Technical Committee led by the Competitiveness and Formalization Council […]
A fleet of vessels was implemented to monitor and control resource extraction in marine protected areas
October 2021.- The Ministry of the Environment, through the National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State (Sernanp), implemented a new fleet of patrol vessels for the San Fernando National Reserve (Ica) and the National Reserve System of Islands, Islets and Puntas Guaneras in order to reinforce conservation and sustainable management of natural resources […]
By Nature: Profonanpe presents report that seeks to define the new challenges of the environmental agenda for the coming years
In order to strengthen the national environmental management system and accompany the implementation of a policy that allows the sustainable development of the country, Profonanpe, Peru’s Environmental Fund, presented the results of the discussions of the Thematic Roundtables: “By Nature”, during a virtual event held last Thursday. The webinar was attended by Gabriel Quijandría, Minister […]
Profonanpe opens new headquarters in search of becoming a hub for nature conservation
Profonanpe, Peru’s Environmental Fund, presented its new institutional headquarters in the district of Magdalena, with which it seeks to position itself as the new hub for nature; and which will serve as a meeting point for all those people and institutions that seek to connect humanity with the environment. For 28 years, the commitment […]
Profonanpe launches call for the development of due diligence and self-assessment mechanism and procedure
Profonanpe, with the support of the Green Climate Fund, is carrying out institutional strengthening activities that include updating and/or generating management documents to strengthen and facilitate its work as a National Accredited Entity. It is within the framework of these activities that a call was launched to hire a consulting team to develop a due […]
Sernanp strengthens protection of guano islands and capes with new administrative headquarters in Ilo
The new administrative headquarters of the National Service for Natural Areas Protected by the State (Sernanp), an agency attached to the Ministry of the Environment (Minam), was inaugurated in the city of Ilo (Moquegua) with the objective of promoting articulated and integrated management in the southern area of the Guano Islands, Islets and Capes National […]
Workshops by nature: good fishing practices and sustainable use of fresh Amazonian fish
In the Kandozi Musa Karusha and San Fernando communities where the Katinbashi and Kachispani artisanal fishermen’s associations have been organized, located in the Datem del Marañón province in Loreto, artisanal fishermen continue to strengthen their capacities for the development of conservation and management of fish products. Because they encountered several setbacks in freezing and transporting […]
Sponsor a taricaya, conserve Pacaya: Join us and become an ally of conservation!
October 2021.- In order to continue the conservation of taricayas and help families affected by the pandemic that depend on this economic activity in the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve, the National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State (Sernanp), the Ministry of Environment and Profonanpe, Peru’s Environmental Fund, announced the reactivation of the campaign […]
Ice plants were officially delivered to the San Fernando and Musa Karusha communities.
Last Tuesday, September 28, a delegation from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) – led by its Director Lee Jung Wook – and the Profonanpe team, headed by Anton Willems, attended the inauguration of the ice plants in the San Fernando and Musa Karusha communities, which have been operating for a couple of months. […]
90 young people seek to form network of agrobiodiversity conservationist farmers
September 2021.- Young farmers from Lares seek to create a network of agrobiodiversity conservationist farmers in Cusco, Puno, Huancavelica, Apurimac and Arequipa. This after a ceremony of recognition to the Pachamama. This network is being implemented with the support of the GEF-Agrobiodiversity GIAHS project, promoted by Profonanpe, the Ministry of the Environment (Minam), the […]
More than 280 tourism managers are trained to strengthen the reactivation of the activity in 27 natural protected areas
September 2021.- In order to strengthen tourism activity in the framework of its sustainable reactivation in natural protected areas, the National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State (Sernanp), Cenfotur, Profonanpe and the Natural Areas Program III (PAN III) articulate efforts to promote the training of more than 280 people involved in the development […]
PACS ceremony recognized the work of the “Bicentennial Farmers of Huancavelica” for conserving native crops that were at risk.
A total of 182 farming families from 16 rural communities in the districts of Laria, Nuevo Occoro, Conayca, Izcuchaca and Huando were recognized as “Farmers of the Bicentennial of Huancavelica”, and received PACS payments, granted by the Ministry of the Environment (Minam), in recognition of their efforts to ensure food security and conserve agrobiodiversity, the […]
Remediation: Call for the preparation of Rehabilitation Plans for sites contaminated by hydrocarbons in the Marañon River Basin
September 2021. – Profonanpe, Peru’s environmental fund, has initiated the process of calling for independent and qualified consultants, alone or in consortiums, to prepare rehabilitation plans for twelve sites impacted by hydrocarbon activities in the Marañón river basin. This stage is one of the first steps in the environmental remediation process in this area, […]
Opening ceremony of the IUCN World Conservation Congres
“The challenge of conserving our planet requires the convergence of our will and our actions.” So said our CEO Anton Willems, who is currently in Marseille, France, as part of the IUCN World Conservation Congress, which opened yesterday, September 3. The #IUCNCongress represents an opportunity where the world comes together to set priorities and […]
Aguaje declared of public necessity and regional interest
The aguaje is an emblematic fruit of Loreto, it also has great potential for the economic development of this department and the possibility of being exploited in a sustainable manner. Therefore, the approval of an ordinance declaring this fruit of public necessity and regional interest is good news. On Friday, August 6, the plenary […]
San Fernando National Reserve’s southern tourist circuit obtains Safe Travels certification
Last month, staff from the National Service of Natural Protected Areas (Sernanp), with the support of the Natural Protected Areas Program PAN III – a project implemented by Profonanpe and financed by the German Cooperation KfW – held meetings and field trips in coordination with the Regional Directorate of Foreign Trade and Tourism of Ica, […]
GEF-Agrobiodiversity GIAHS Project: 51 farming families receive rewards for restoring and conserving species of our agrobiodiversity
A total of 51 families from six farming communities in the district of Cuyocuyo, in Puno, benefited from retributions granted by the Ministry of the Environment (Minam), amounting to S/22,000, in recognition of their work in the recovery of 22 potato, oca, olluco and añu (mashua) cultivars, which were in danger of disappearing. The […]
Visit the Yanachaga-Chemillén National Park
Photo: Nicolas Quendez, Sernanp After several months of paralysis of tourist activities in the Natural Protected Areas (NPAs) – such as Machu Picchu, Paracas, Pacaya Samiria – as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic, the gradual reopening of some of them started, and it is expected to continue in this way in the upcoming months. […]
On the nature and track record of the master Víctor Rojas
Victor Rojas, winner of the Illustrious Park Ranger category of the Carlos Ponce del Prado Conservation Award 2020. During these 28 years, Victor has been a precursor and active promoter of ideas for the conservation of flora and fauna, as well as the proposal of new measures for the sustainable use of natural resources […]
Passages of an everlasting education: the path of Solano Pérez
Two years later, he was promoted to official park ranger. Soon after, he won the admiration and affection of his peers, who identified him as a born leader, one of those who act with sensitivity and resilience, always embracing his community and nature. Not only is his commitment to the sustainable development of the […]
I want you green, Peru
One year after the establishment of the «Natural Protected Areas (NPA) Day» in Peru, we must look back and understand that, although we already have a date in our calendar to remember them, we still have a long way to go to recognize their real impact on our daily lives, in particular, on the […]
Sernanp and Profonanpe launch the Competition: Emprendedores por Naturaleza/Entrepreneurs by nature to promote sustainable entrepreneurships in protected areas
One of the main strategies for the conservation of natural protected areas (NPAs) that the Ministry of Environment has been promoting, through the National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State (Sernanp), is the development of sustainable economic activities based on the management and responsible use of natural resources that contribute to the protection […]
Agriculture with love: Apachicuy reached several regions of Peru
At the end of April, the residents of Tumayhuaracca and surrounding districts of the Apurimac region prepared their parcels to be taken to their relatives. Days later, the remittances were received at the residents’ association of San Juan de Lurigancho and Los Olivos. As a sign of reciprocity, they gave them 500 […]
Peruvian women share traditional knowledge for biodiversity conservation within the framework of the Nagoya Protocol
During the workshop, spaces were created for the integration of the different peoples, strengthening identity and promoting dialogue, within the framework of respect for the different worldviews and native languages. A relevant focus within the workshop was that of gender equality, where girls, young adults and older adults participated equally in all the activities. In […]
New equipment to preserve the coastal marine ecosystem of Peru
On July 7 they arrived at the offices of IMARPE three autonomous underwater vehicles, also known as Glider. These equipments will allow for automatic and near real-time monitoring in the project areas. Its main objective is to obtain oceanographic information on parameters such as temperature, salinity, oxygen, chlorophyll and other parameters of the sea , up to […]
