Since the end of 2025, in the proposed San Cristóbal de Pucutá-Menkori Regional Conservation Area (Junín), the Huánuco farming community began reforesting a sector of its territory, mobilizing families, students and local authorities to protect their headwaters and strengthen the landscape's capacity to cope with climate change.
In the Paliapampa communal area, seedlings and seeds of native high Andean species, such as queñuales and talhuis, were planted and a perimeter fence was installed for their protection. These actions were co-organized with the Regional Management of Natural Resources and Environmental Management of the Regional Government of Junín, Yunkawasi and the PAIS Program, included maintenance work to improve the survival of the plantations in the face of erosion and extreme weather events.
Young people and adults from the Huánuco farming community at the start of one of the workshops. of reforestation in the proposed ACR San Cristóbal de Pucuta - Menkori.
© Gerson Ferrer | Yunkawasi
Actions such as reforestation are strategic measures for biodiversity conservation and to strengthen water security in the area. In this regard, Alcides Salva, president of the Huánuco Campesino Community, said: “We join the reforestation activities at the national level from our community in the heights of Junín, we are grateful for the support and hope to continue working with the regional government.”.
The community, together with its allies, has been designing a plan to monitor the evolution of the seedlings and replicate the reforestation in other areas, consolidating it as a sustained landscape management and conservation practice that protects the territories of life and its benefits.
From local action to regional recognition
This initiative, promoted by the Regional Government of Junín, has the technical and financial support of Yunkawasi, Rainforest Trust, Andes Amazon Fund and the Bird Conservation Initiative, through its national partners Profonanpe y Ecoan. In addition to the institutional support of partners such as the PAÍS Program, SERFOR and SERNANP.
The project is part of the international initiative Preserves Birds, led by American Bird Conservancy (ABC), National Audubon Society (Audubon), BirdLife International and the Network of Environmental Funds of Latin America and the Caribbean (RedLAC), with the participation of ECOAN, Profonanpe y IDMA, and the financial backing of the Bezos Earth Fund.
