Forest protection and methane gas emission reduction are priorities in the 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 the greenhouse gases emitted by [...]
Aguaje: the Amazonian superfruit featured at the National Seminar "Aguaje for Life"«
The National Seminar “Aguaje for Life”, organized by Profonanpe within the framework of the Datem del Marañón Wetlands Project, was held yesterday with the objective of raising awareness of the development opportunities in the Loreto region through the sustainable use of its natural resources, specifically aguaje. The Vice Minister [...]
A fleet of vessels was deployed for surveillance and control of resource extraction in marine protected areas.
October 2021 - In order to reinforce the conservation and sustainable management of natural resources in the country's marine protected natural areas, the Ministry of Environment, through the National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State (Sernanp), implemented a new fleet of patrol boats that will be used for the conservation and sustainable [...]
Datem Wetlands: Technical committee announced to strengthen the value chain of Amazonian 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. In this context, Profonananpe, Peru's environmental fund, promoted the installation of the Amazon Regional Competitiveness Technical Committee led by the Council of the Amazonian [...]
Cryptocurrencies and digital assets now at the service of protected natural areas
Digital assets or non fungible tokens (NFTs) and conservation are two concepts that we can hardly associate or believe to have much in common. With the Conservation NFTs campaign, promoted by Profonanpe, Fondo Ambiental del Perú and the NGO Conservation International Peru, this is no longer the case by putting [...]
Sponsor a taricaya turtle, conserve Pacaya: Join us and become an ally of conservation!
October, 2021. - In order to continue the conservation of taricayas and help the 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, the [...]
The ice plants were officially delivered to the communities of San Fernando and Musa Karusha
Last Tuesday, September 28th, 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 communities of San Fernando and San Fernando.
90 young people seek to form a network of farmers who conserve agrobiodiversity
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 SIPAM project, promoted by Profonanpe, Ministry of the Environment (Minam), Ministry of Agrarian Development [...]
More than 280 tourism managers are being trained to strengthen the reactivation of the activity in 27 protected natural areas
September, 2021. - With the aim of strengthening 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 articulate efforts to promote the training of more than 280 people involved in the [...]
Remediation: “It’s an urgent issue”
September, 2021. - On the occasion of its second anniversary, the Mining Innovation Hub of Peru held a special edition of the #CaféHub Environmental Session, a virtual event that brought together experts in environment and sustainability, highlighting the importance of maintaining an ecosystem approach and collaboration to face the challenges of [...]
These are the financing opportunities you've been looking for
September, 2021. - At Profonananpe, we are allies of organizations that work for the conservation of nature. For this reason, if you are looking to contribute to sustainable development in the country, conservation, promote measures to mitigate climate change, promote the care of agrobiodiversity, among others, here are the financing opportunities [...]
Datem Wetlands: Balbina Sundi and the work of the Kandozi women of Musa Karusha for the conservation of taricaya turtles
September, 2021. - Showing its ability to overcome difficult circumstances, the Charapi Women's Association, located in the Kandozi community of Musa Karusha -Datem del Marañón province-, led by Balbina Sundi Akumbari, has been working on the collection, conservation and repopulation of taricaya eggs with the support of Profonanpe, the environmental fund of the Ministry of Environment and Natural [...]
At the ReSCA Ceremony, the work of the "Huancavelica Bicentennial Farmers" was recognized 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 ReSCA rewards, granted by the Ministry of Environment (Minam), in recognition of their efforts to guarantee food security and conserve agrobiodiversity, [...]
This is how the IUCN World Conservation Congress was inaugurated
“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 [...]
They declare the aguaje (a type of wild fruit) to be of public necessity and regional interest.
The aguaje fruit is an emblematic symbol of Loreto, and it also has great potential for the economic development of this region and the possibility of being harvested sustainably. Therefore, the approval of an ordinance declaring this fruit a matter of public necessity and regional interest is good news.
Ladies of San Ignacio: 81 women members and leaders work in the sustainable production of coffee and honey.
The San Ignacio Border Agrarian Cooperative (COOPAFSI), is an organization that has been carrying out activities of mutual support with the Tabaconas Namballe National Sanctuary, with which they maintain a Conservation Agreement, in the districts of San Ignacio and Namballe in the Province of San Ignacio, Cajamarca. This cooperative organizes the work of the ‘Ladies [...]
The southern tourist circuit of the San Fernando National Reserve obtained the Safe Travels certification
In order to verify the activities and routes for the development of tourism activities compatible with the natural protected area, last month personnel 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 [...]
GEF-Agrobiodiversity SIPAM Project: 51 farming families receive compensation for restoring and conserving species of our agrobiodiversity
A total of 51 families from six peasant communities in the district of Cuyocuyo, in Puno, benefited from the compensation granted by the Ministry of the Environment (Minam), for a value of S/ 22,000, in recognition of their work in recovering 22 cultivars of potato, oca, olluco and añu (mashua), which were in danger of disappearing.
The Carlos Ponce del Prado Conservation Award 2021 was launched
With the aim of honoring the work carried out by park rangers and environmental leaders in the conservation of Peru's biological diversity, the call for nominations for the 2021 Carlos Ponce del Prado Award was launched yesterday. This award is inspired by the work and legacy of engineer Carlos Ponce, a master and benchmark for nature conservation.
Excellent news! 26 new species of amphibians and reptiles have been recorded in the Amazon.
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). It specified that this important discovery was made as part of the study of [...]
Resilient Fishing: Meet the faces of the fishing sector's Bicentennial
Just days before Peru's Bicentennial celebrations, the most representative figures of our history are regaining prominence and capturing public interest. But the figures of the Bicentennial are also the hardworking and enterprising Peruvians who are striving to continue building a better country for everyone.
Sernanp strengthens protection of islands and guano points with new administrative headquarters in Ilo
With the aim of promoting an articulated and comprehensive management in the southern area of the National Reserve System of Islands, Islets and Guano Points, the new administrative headquarters of the National Service of 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).
Peru's Mining Innovation Hub 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 Mining Innovation Hub of Peru, together with [...]
Latin America Acts 2021: Latin American environmental funds reaffirm their commitment to developing a human-centered environmental agenda
June 2021. - Profonanpe, Peru's environmental fund, together with the Network of Environmental Funds of Latin America and the Caribbean (REDLAC), organized last Wednesday, June 30, the virtual event «Latin America Acts 2021: United against climate change». This event brought together environmental funds and organizations from Latin America to exchange ideas and experiences on [...]
Peru Remedia: Hydrocarbons generate more than 3,000 environmental liabilities 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 the MINEM, the lack of regulation between 1863, [...]
The difficult task of the fishing worker in the face of 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 before kissing his forehead [...].
Profonanpe receives new accreditation from the Adaptation Fund in recognition of its work on climate change adaptation projects
June, 2021. - As a result of the great work being done to adapt to climate change, Profonanpe, Peru's environmental fund, received a new accreditation as a National Implementing Entity (NIE) from the Adaptation Fund, an international organization that finances projects and programs to help developing countries adapt to climate change.
Adaptation to Marine-Coastal Climate Change: Promoting the articulation and constitution of the representatives of this history
Within the framework of the project “Adaptation to the impacts of climate change on Peru's coastal marine ecosystem and its fisheries”, which aims to support the Peruvian State in reducing the vulnerability of coastal communities to the impacts of climate change on marine-coastal ecosystems and their resources [...]
Ministry of Energy and Mines approves the second Rehabilitation Plan within the framework of the Contingency Fund for Environmental Remediation
The Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM) approved on June 18 through Directorial Resolution No. 149 -2021-MINEM/DGAAH the “Rehabilitation Plan for Impacted Site S0109” as it complies with the technical and legal requirements demanded by environmental regulations. The impacted site S0109 has an area of 336.58 m2; it is located adjacent to the [...]
By Nature: Profonanpe presents a 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, the Peruvian 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 [...]
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 fishery products. Due to the fact that they had several [....]
Profonanpe opens new headquarters in its quest to become the hub for nature conservation
June 2021. - Profonanpe, the Environmental Fund of Peru, 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. [...]
Peru's Natural Heritage: 2 years of public-private commitments for the sustainability of nature
Natural Heritage of Peru. SERNANP team led by Pedro Gamboa. RN Pacaya Samiria, launching of the initiative on May 28, 2019. The National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State - SERNANP has the privilege of overseeing the conservation of Peruvian natural protected areas (NPAs), which represent key spaces for [...]
Profonanpe receives a transfer of 98 million for environmental remediation
The Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM) authorized the transfer of 98 million soles to Profonanpe to finance the execution of environmental remediation actions of sites impacted by hydrocarbon activities in the Corrientes, Pastaza, Tigre and Marañón basins in the department of Loreto, through Ministerial Resolution 133-2021-MINEM/DM.
Wetlands for Life: Towards Zoning and Territorial Planning of 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 they began to follow some time ago. Y [...]
Learn about the conservation indicator species of Yaguas National Park
Photo: Giant Otter Photo 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 [...]
Profonanpe launches call for the development of due diligence and self-assessment mechanisms and procedures
Profonananpe, 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. Within the framework of these activities, a call for proposals was launched to hire a consulting team that will be responsible for [...]
Call for proposals launched for the development of Rehabilitation Plans for sites impacted by hydrocarbons in the Marañón basin
Profonanpe, on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Contingency Fund for Environmental Remediation, has initiated the process of calling for independent and qualified consulting firms, alone or in consortiums, to provide consulting services for the preparation of Rehabilitation Plans for 12 sites impacted by mining activities in the area.
Sustainable businesses in protected natural areas were awarded prizes to boost and revitalize activities in 7 regions
Autor: Comunicaciones Sernanp Nine sustainable projects promoted by native communities and enterprising women in 11 natural protected areas have access today to a total of more than 600 thousand soles as winners of the “Entrepreneurs for Nature” contest of the National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State (Sernanp).
Adaptation story: Reducing the vulnerability of families engaged in artisanal fishing
Author: Adaptation Fund Peru has one of the most productive fishing grounds in the world, as its waters are rich in nutrients. A large part of the sector is made up of local artisanal fishermen, most of whom live in poverty despite providing the main source of food for many of the world's [...]
Danitse, the lead singer of “Sponsor a taricaya turtle, conserve Pacaya”
More than a month after the beginning of the campaign for the conservation of taricayas in the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve, many people have joined as sponsors for their release. The initiative, which began with the objective of releasing 43,000 taricayas and covering logistical expenses [...]
Assessment of the impacts of climate change on the Peruvian coastal marine ecosystem
Within the framework of the project “Adaptation to the impacts of climate change on the Peruvian coastal marine ecosystem and its fisheries”, last Tuesday 9th, the talk “Study of socio-ecological vulnerability to climate change of artisanal fishing communities in the province of Talara” was held, which was attended by Dr. Borja [...]
240 photovoltaic panels are installed in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon
In the communities of San Fernando and Musa Karusha, located in the Datem del Marañón Province, we were welcomed by the leaders of the artisanal fishermen's associations of the Kandozi ethnic group, who have been working in recent years on bio-business ideas that bring to light - once again - the vast resources of the [...]
Sponsor a taricaya turtle and help conserve the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve
Author: Minam More than 30 years ago, the taricaya, an emblematic species of the Amazon, was on the verge of extinction, but thanks to the commitment and articulated work between the State and the native communities, they now live in adequate conservation conditions and are part of the attractions of experiential tourism in the Reserve.
Profonanpe will participate in four new projects financed by the GEF
After a selection process carried out during October 2020, Profonanpe has been chosen as the entity that will provide administrative and fiduciary support to the Ministry of Environment (MINAM), which will execute four projects financed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) after their design has been approved. These projects are framed in the programs of [...]
Visit the Yanachaga-Chemillén National Park
Photo: Nicolas Quendez, Sernanp After several months of paralyzing tourism activities in 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 has begun, and it is expected to continue in this manner in the coming months.
On the nature and track record of the master Víctor Rojas
Winner of the Illustrious Park Ranger category of the Carlos Ponce del Prado 2020 Conservation Award 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 the natural resources of the [...]
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 in him a born leader, one of those who act with sensitivity and resilience, always embracing his community and nature. Not only does his commitment to sustainable development stand out [...]
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 on our calendar to remember them, we still have a long way to go to recognize their real impact on our daily lives, particularly in the future [...]
Sernanp and Profonanpe launch the Entrepreneurs for Nature contest to promote sustainable ventures in protected areas
One of the main strategies for the conservation of natural protected areas (NPAs) promoted by the Ministry of the Environment, through the National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State (Sernanp), is the development of sustainable economic activities based on the responsible management and use of natural resources that contribute to the protection of the environment.
