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Vice Minister Raquel Soto Torres, opened a new decentralized headquarters of Sernanp in the province of La Convention.QUILLABAMBA.- The Ministry of Environment (Minam), through its National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State (Sernanp), reinforces the monitoring and surveillance activities to preserve the ecosystems and the flora and fauna of the Machiguenga communal reserve and the Megantoni National Sanctuary of the Province of the Convention, in Cusco.
For this purpose, today the new headquarters of said sector entity in this city was inaugurated. This initiative will also promote environmental research, in coordination with the Regional Government of Cusco, municipalities and strategic allies. All this will positively impact on the quality of life of the nearby populations to the aforementioned protected natural areas (ANP).
In this regard, the Deputy Minister of Strategic Development of the Natural Resources of the Minam, Raquel Soto Torres, argued that the environment promotes decentralization and strengthening of environmental management. This headquarters will be a meeting point, dialogue and action for all those who believe in economic development in harmony with nature, he said.
For his part, the head of Sernanp, Jose Carlos Nieto, said that the implementation of this new headquarters reaffirms the institutional commitment to the care of the jewels of biodiversity, such as the protected natural areas, which are a sample of the natural wealth that Peru has.
The activity also participated in the Chiefs of the Machiguenga Community Reserve, Ernesto Escalante, as well as the Megantoni National Sanctuary, Cesar Aliaga; together with the councilor of the Provincial Municipality of the Convention, Wilfredo Zarate; and the president of, ECA MAENI, Hector Kaibi.
This work was executed within the framework of the natural heritage initiative of Peru in protected natural areas of the Amazon Bioma, with an investment of almost one million and a half of soles, approximately. From this new Sernanp headquarters, the valorization of the flora and fauna that houses the aforementioned ecosystems will be further enhanced, through population education activities on the environmental, social, cultural and economic benefits of ANP.
Cooperation
During his day in this city of Cusco, the Vice Minister Soto Torres participated in the signing of the agreement between the Sernanp and the Local Educational Management Unit (UGEL) the Convention. Through which the educational community will be sensitized about the care of the environment.
A conservation agreement was also signed between the Coffee Cooperative Jose Olaya and Sernanp, with the aim of conserving the ecosystems of the Megantoni National Sanctuary, through the responsible cultivation of coffee and cocoa under environmental standards and fair trade.
