Entrepreneurs for Cotahuasi

Reducing the gaps in the management of the Cotahuasi Sub-basin Landscape Reserve, focusing efforts on reducing the loss of ecosystem services in the headwaters of the Ocoña River basin.

Start:

May 3, 2021

Culmination:

December 31, 2023

Financing

$ 120.000.00,00

Role of Profonanpe:

Administrator

Entities
contributors:

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Ares Mining Company SAC.

Ares Mining Company belongs to the Hochschild Group, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange. Ares operates three mines in Arequipa, Peru: Ares, Arcata, and Selene. It also owns a processing plant with a production capacity of 940 tons of minerals per day. Specifically, the company recovers gold using zinc dust and also extracts gold and silver concentrate through flotation. Its exports are primarily destined for the United States, Belgium, and Argentina.

Entities
implementing agencies:

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National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State

SERNANP is a Specialized Technical Public Agency attached to the Ministry of the Environment, responsible for directing and establishing the technical and administrative criteria for the conservation of Protected Natural Areas – ANP, and for safeguarding the maintenance of biological diversity.

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ANP Management Committee Cotahuasi Sub-basin Landscape Reserve

The Cotahuasi Sub-basin Landscape Reserve is a Protected Natural Area, whose objective is to conserve the biological, cultural and landscape diversity of the ecosystem; achieving a harmonious relationship between the economic activities of the population and natural resources, promoting the sustainable development of the Cotahuasi basin.,

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Hochschild Mining

Hochschild Mining plc is a British-based company operating gold and silver mining businesses in America.

Location:

Cotahuasi Subbasin Landscape Reserve.

Partners/Allies in the territory:

The total number of direct benefits is 334.

250 members of the Pampamarca Peasant Community, 84 members of the San José de Luicho Peasant Community and 5700 families from the area of the Cotahuasi Sub-basin Landscape Reserve.

More achievements
important to date

Implementation of a specialized program for the strengthening of ventures based on the sustainable use of natural resources of the Cotahuasi Sub-basin Landscape Reserve.

- Development of the 2 editions of the Entrepreneurs for Cotahuasi competition.

Formation of 03 properly implemented and trained forest fire brigades for an efficient response to the occurrence of forest fires.

Update of management elements of the Cotahuasi Subbasin Landscape Reserve and its indicators for monitoring.

Development of the MARES project, based on solid waste management with schools in Cotahuasi.

Logistical support for the annual work plan with an environmental focus, for its incorporation in Educational Institutions.

Environmental education for the residents continues to be strengthened, working hand in hand with the UGEL and 8 educational institutions in the MARES Program, with the objective of promoting the efficient management of solid waste in the Educational Institutions of the Province of La Unión, with an environmental and sustainable approach.

Updating RPSCC management elements and their indicators for monitoring.

The formation of 03 properly equipped and trained forest fire brigades.

Implementation of three editions of the “Entrepreneurs for Cotahuasi” competition.

Involvement with 5 educational institutions in the development of sustainable economic activities.

Organization of marketing spaces for products based on the development of sustainable economic activities.

Implementation of a specialized program for the strengthening of ventures based on the sustainable use of natural resources of the Cotahuasi Sub-basin Landscape Reserve.

- Development of the 2 editions of the Entrepreneurs for Cotahuasi competition.

Formation of 03 properly implemented and trained forest fire brigades for an efficient response to the occurrence of forest fires.

Update of management elements of the Cotahuasi Subbasin Landscape Reserve and its indicators for monitoring.

Development of the MARES project, based on solid waste management with schools in Cotahuasi.

Logistical support for the annual work plan with an environmental focus, for its incorporation in Educational Institutions.

Environmental education for the residents continues to be strengthened, working hand in hand with the UGEL and 8 educational institutions in the MARES Program, with the objective of promoting the efficient management of solid waste in the Educational Institutions of the Province of La Unión, with an environmental and sustainable approach.

Updating RPSCC management elements and their indicators for monitoring.

The formation of 03 properly equipped and trained forest fire brigades.

Implementation of three editions of the “Entrepreneurs for Cotahuasi” competition.

Involvement with 5 educational institutions in the development of sustainable economic activities.

Organization of marketing spaces for products based on the development of sustainable economic activities.

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