The city of Cusco, Peru's cultural capital, will host the 25th International Congress of the Latin American and Caribbean Network of Environmental Funds (RedLAC), comprised of 27 delegations from 19 countries. These delegations meet annually to address issues of relevance to the community, in line with global conservation goals. Through conferences, panels, and workshops, the environmental funds will participate in discussions about innovation and opportunities in the world of conservation. They will also showcase the initiatives they are leading in their countries for sustainable environmental development.
Profonanpe, as Peru's only private environmental fund, has been chosen to organize this congress in 2023. It is expected to bring together more than 150 representatives and experts to further strengthen capacities and knowledge management in support of the conservation of the planet's biodiversity. Cusco, home to several globally significant protected natural areas, including the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu and Manu National Park, will be the ideal setting to discuss the most important aspects of the sustainable management of these areas in Latin America and the Caribbean. This discussion will draw on Profonanpe's experience in channeling and managing financial resources, which has enabled close collaboration with SERNANP (the National Service of Natural Protected Areas).
In this regard, Profonanpe will make available all the information and experiences accumulated during its 30 years of successful institutional management, which have allowed it to obtain accreditation from the Green Climate Fund and Adaptation Fund, two of the most important environmental funds worldwide.
Likewise, the XXV RedLAC Congress will be a space to continue the discussion initiated this 2022 in Quito, with a view to an environmental agenda towards 2030 and the new management challenges amidst various social and political changes in the region, an impending food crisis and a climate change that is becoming more imminent every day.
More details about this annual congress will be released soon, which hopes to continue bringing together leading environmental funds in the development of financial mechanisms that generate measurable impacts on a local, regional and global scale.
