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 of Environment; Anton Willems, CEO of Profonanpe, and experts on topics related to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Water, Remediation, Green Climate Fund, Joint Declaration of Intent, Pacaya Samiria and Coastal Marine Zones.
The document will be delivered to the new government elected for the 2021-2026 period and will help defining the areas of work on which the organization will focus in the coming years. With this report, Profonanpe reaffirms its commitment as an ally in the construction and implementation of an environmental agenda that responds to the needs and demands of our situation, and that brings together the public, private and civil society sectors in its development.
“In recent years, we have witnessed a growing interest and commitment to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), whose implementation not only makes us aware of the importance of intersectoriality for growth, but also calls us to act in a timely manner and get involved in the challenge of nature conservation. This change depends not only on Profonanpe, as Peru’s Environmental Fund, but also on the commitment and constant work of the different environmental entities, and above all of the other productive sectors, the public sector and civil society,” affirmed Anton Willems, Profonanpe’s CEO, during the event.
For his part, the head of the Ministry of the Environment highlighted Profonanpe’s role as an ally dedicated to the environmental agenda and the importance of efforts to develop spaces that bring together various members of the public and private sectors to gather opinions on critical issues related to the country’s environmental agenda.
“The concern for environmental issues must be seen in the broader context of development, in the context of generating opportunities and seeing how we can recover the productive capacity of lands that have been degraded due to lack of attention or bad practices. In this sense, the extension of Profonanpe’s mandate allows us to adapt the entity’s capacities to the multidimensional reality, understanding that protected areas must be seen from a territorial logic integrated to what happens outside of them,” said Gabriel Quijandría, Peru’s Minister of the Environment.
Among the panelists participating in the last edition of the Thematic Roundtables: “By Nature” were Carlos Adrianzén, Environmental Affairs Manager of Celepsa; Pedro Gamboa, head of SERNANP; Lucía Ruiz, member of the Board of Directors of Sunass; Clara Indacochea, geological engineer and independent consultant, among other experts. Maria DiGiano, director of the Andes-Amazon Initiative of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, congratulated the preparation of the document and the space to advance the environmental agenda for a Sustainable Peru.
“Many times we measure our achievements in environmental conservation through numbers such as hectares of forests conserved, trees planted and carbon reduced; however, behind all this are people like you. These spaces created by Profonanpe are very valuable to strengthen this articulation between society and the environment, to share information and to build trust,” highlighted Maria DiGiano, director of the Andes-Amazon Initiative of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
Profonanpe will continue promoting these spaces for reflection on the great opportunities, as well as the challenges, that arise in environmental care and sustainable development, and which of them could be taken advantage of in our country.
