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Through the leaves footprints initiative, it seeks to protect high mountain ecosystems.Huaraz.- The beautiful landscape of the Llanganuco creek, in the Ancashina province of Yungay, was the propitious scenario for the launch of the Leave Footprints, No Waste campaign, carried out by the Ministry of Environment (Minam) in the Huascaran National Park (PNH), from this month to October of this year.
This, in order to inform and raise awareness among tourists, national and foreigners, about the importance of conserving this protected natural area (ANP), avoiding plastic pollution of a single use through eco -amigable behaviors such as using fabric bags, tomatodos, reusable containers and collecting the waste that is generated when this national park is visited.
The launch was held this morning at the Quebrada de Llanganuco control post, where there was a collective activation in charge of community environmental promoters, who explained to visitors the importance of avoiding plastic pollution and the negative impact of these products on the environment. Likewise, merchants in the area, tourism companies and mountain guides were informed.
The messages emphasized the relevance of having friendly behaviors with nature, mainly when visiting this ANP administered by the National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State (Sernanp).
The general director of Education, Citizenship and Environmental Information of the Minam, Raul Roca, said that the Huascaran National Park and other remote mountainous areas face a problem of solid waste pollution, mainly due, due, the lack of responsible practices. He added that the aforementioned campaign may be replicated in other similar ecosystems, as well as in protected natural areas.
This initiative is aligned with the Holy Week: connects and enjoys nature campaign, which will launch the Minam in the following days; And it is also part of the small -scale financing agreement signed between the United Nations Environment and Minam program, which involves the implementation of the Plastic waste in remote and mountainous areas project.
The PNH protects the ecoregion of wet puna from the central Andes, one of the areas with great biological and cultural diversity of Peru. In its territory, it houses the snowy Huascaran (6768 m. S. N. M.), around 660 glaciers and 300 gaps of glacier origin. In these spaces you can carry out contact activities with nature such as walks, mountain cycling and others.
