Promoting environmental and forest management in Peru

Context

Peru is one of the ten most biodiverse countries in the world. Around 60 per cent of its surface area is covered by the Amazon rainforest. Peru’s economic model is largely based on using natural resources. However, this often does not take place in a climate-friendly and environmentally sound manner, and it is too rarely geared towards long-term, responsible use of resources. This is particularly true with regard to forests, which are crucial for biodiversity conservation and in the fight against the climate crisis.

In recent years, Peru has made important progress by improving legal conditions and establishing institutions for environmental and climate protection.

Objective

The conservation and responsible use of biodiversity and tropical forests has been improved.

Approach

The project supports the management of protected areas in line with international standards. To achieve this, it encourages the use of tools to measure effective management in protected areas. It also fosters biodiversity-friendly products and tourism in protected areas, which improves the living conditions of the local population.

The project supports wood products from environmentally friendly forest management and offers digital tools to prove that they were produced in this way.

In addition, it is developing stricter environmental criteria for investment projects and implementing more effective environmental management.

The measures take into account framework conditions such as the Global Biodiversity Framework, the European Union’s regulation on deforestation-free supply chains, the Joint Declaration of Intent on deforestation, Peru’s accession process to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the climate partnership between Germany and Peru.

The project cooperates with Peru’s Ministry of Environment (MINAM), Ministry of Agriculture (MIDAGRI), the National Service for Protected Areas (SERNANP), the National Service of Environmental Certification for Sustainable Investments (SENACE), the Agency for Environmental Assessment and Enforcement (OEFA), the National Forestry and Wildlife Service (SERFOR) and the Agency for the Supervision of Forest Resources and Wildlife (OSINFOR). Additional support is being provided by the consultancy GITEC-IGIP Consult GmbH.

Last update: October 2024