During the month of April, Profonanpe, through the JSI, led a series of technical assistance workshops with the JSI’s implementing partners. These workshops, with the participation of the Ministry of the Environment, reviewed and gathered input for the 2024 annual report, and evaluated the progress of the first quarter of 2025.
These evaluation spaces were developed in person with visits to territories in Amazonas, Loreto, San MartÍn, Ucayali and Huánuco, and face-to-face meetings in Lima with SERFOR and the indigenous organizations Aidesep and Anecap. Virtual meetings were also held with the Regional Government of Madre de Dios, the indigenous organization Conap, representatives of the Sierra del Divisor and Yaguas national parks, and the Ministry of Culture.
Progress on Contracts of Assignment in Use for Agroforestry Systems (CUSAF)
The CUSAFs are enabling titles that formalize the productive practices of family farmers and allow them to develop sustainable forest management activities.
With the support of the JSI, 392 CUSAFs have been granted, covering an area of 2,272 hectares in the regions of Huánuco, Loreto and San Martín.
Progress in Community Forest Management and Management Declarations (DEMAS)
This strategy seeks to involve local communities in the management and sustainable use of forest resources. To this end, we are promoting the registration of DEMAS, which are short- or medium-term simplified planning permits applicable to low-intensity forest harvesting activities. In this first quarter of 2025, 26 DEMAS covering 5,418 hectares have been registered.
Progress in Regional Conservation Areas (RCAs) and National Protected Areas (NPAs)
The JSI has been working with eight RCAs in four regions of the Amazon: in Loreto, with the Ampiyacu, Maijuna Kichua, Alto Nanay and Tamshiyacu Tahuayo RCAs; in Ucayali, with the Alto Tamaya Abujao and Imiria Communal RCAs; in Amazonas with the Vista Alegre Omia RCA; and in Huánuco, with the Carpish Montane Forest RCA. Likewise, support is being provided in the Sierra del Divisor and Yaguas national parks, covering more than 1 million hectares during the first quarter of 2025, 25% of the annual target result.
In these conservation areas, control and surveillance work is carried out through patrols, whose monitoring activities are carried out by regional government personnel and native communities through local surveillance organizations, complemented by satellite images.
Evaluation Workshop with the Regional Government of Ucayali (Photo: Regional Environmental Authority of Ucayali)
Progress in the Regional Forestry and Wildlife Control and Surveillance Boards (MRCVFFS) and Regional Satellite Monitoring Units (UMSR).
The JSI has been contributing to the operation and capacity building of these control committees in the regions of Huánuco, Amazonas and Madre de Dios. It also provides technical assistance, equipment and capacity building to the UMSRs for their consolidation and the development of technical instruments for the MRCVFFS and competent entities.
Progress on Forest Zoning (FZ)
In the Amazon region, the updating of the basic cartography has been completed and is now at SERFOR for technical opinion. We have also completed the collection of field information (calicatas and control points) for the study of Soils and Land Classification by Major Use Capacity (CT CUM) and vegetation cover in 5 provinces (Utcubamba, Bongará, Luya, Chachapoyas and Rodriguez de Mendoza), with the objective of assigning each land unit its most appropriate use and management. Finally, there are technical-operational instances, team and technical committee ZF, updated and active who promote the FZ process.
Evaluation Workshop with the Regional Government of Amazonas (Photo: Profonanpe)
About the Joint Statement of Intent (JSI) – Phase 2
The Joint Declaration of Intent is a voluntary cooperation agreement signed by the governments of Peru, Norway and Germany in 2014 to achieve the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions produced by deforestation and forest degradation. In the addendum signed for the period 2021-2025, the United Kingdom joined.
The JSI is led by the Ministry of Environment and executed by Profonanpe as the financial mechanism, with the participation of the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation, through SERFOR; the Ministry of Culture; the regional governments of San Martin, Huanuco, Ucayali, Loreto, Amazonas and Madre de Dios; and the indigenous organizations AIDESEP, CONAP and ANECAP. It is also financed by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation – NORAD. Learn more here.
