{"id":38359,"date":"2024-12-10T14:51:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T19:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/profonanpe.org.pe\/?p=38359"},"modified":"2025-01-27T12:53:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T17:53:18","slug":"viii-corefor-the-urgency-of-conserving-the-dry-forests-of-the-northern-coast-of-peru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/profonanpe.org.pe\/en\/viii-corefor-la-urgencia-de-conservar-los-bosques-secos-de-la-costa-norte-del-peru\/","title":{"rendered":"VIII COREFOR: The urgency of conserving the dry forests of the northern coast of Peru"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chiclayo. December, 2024.<\/b> During the VIII Regional Forestry Congress COREFOR, organized by the Regional Government of Lambayeque and the Macro-regional Platform Forests of the North, in coordination with the Dry Forest Project of the Ministry of Environment, the need to take immediate measures to restore the dry forest of the northern coast of Peru, a territory that in recent years has been lost or degraded almost entirely, was highlighted.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In a context of climate change, COREFOR highlighted the value of knowledge to generate public policies, as well as the need to improve the practices being developed for the recovery of this ecosystem. \u201cWe need to influence institutional and financial strategies for the recovery of degraded areas. As a country, we have the commitment to recover 30% of them by 2030,\u201d said Mirbel Epiqui\u00e9n, Director of Biological Diversity of the Ministry of Environment.<\/span><\/p>\n

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COREFOR is an annual technical meeting that brings together researchers, experts, educators, policy makers and entrepreneurs who have an impact on the dry forest ecosystem of the northern coastal region. This year it was emphasized that knowledge and alliances will be the basis for regional governments to articulate and have a joint vision of macro-regional territorial development.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe dry forest is a valuable ecosystem because of the diversity of species it harbors and also because of the economic opportunities it provides for 2.6 million people. If we do not take immediate measures for its recovery, especially in the midst of a climate crisis, it is possible that it will disappear. From the Dry Forest project we seek to promote spaces such as COREFOR, in which we link the knowledge generated by various institutions, the sustainable initiatives that are being promoted and those who make political decisions,\u201d said Sergio Lazo, coordinator of the Dry Forest project.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Agreements for the dry forest<\/b><\/p>\n

In order to generate commitments for the northern macro-region, the various stakeholders from academia, business and the political sector concluded that it is necessary:<\/span><\/p>\n