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Professional has extensive experience in public management, territorial development, infrastructure, water resources and management of investment projects in various regions of the country.(Lima, June 2026).- The Ministry of the Environment (MINAM) appointed civil engineer Francisco De La Cruz Ayala as the new Executive Coordinator of the National Forest Conservation Program for the Mitigation of Climate Change (Forest Program), an entity in charge of promoting the conservation of Amazonian forests and contributing to the sustainable development of the populations that depend on these ecosystems.
Francisco De La Cruz Ayala is a civil engineer from the National University of San Cristobal de Huamanga and graduated from the Masters Degree in Water Treatment and Waste Reuse from the Faculty of Environmental Engineering of the National University of Engineering (UNI). He also has specialized studies in territorial planning, public management, road engineering and infrastructure, complemented with extensive experience in conducting investment projects and institutional management.
Throughout his professional career he has held management and highly responsible positions in public entities linked to territorial development, infrastructure and natural resource management. Among them, his performance as Executive Director and Director of Agrarian Infrastructure and Irrigation of the Sierra Centro Sur Special Project (PESCS) of the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (MIDAGRI) stands out, as well as municipal manager, infrastructure manager and person responsible for investment projects in local and regional governments.
The new Executive Coordinator assumes leadership of the Forests Program with the commitment to strengthen actions aimed at the conservation of Amazonian forests, the monitoring of forest cover, coordination with regional governments and indigenous organizations, as well as the promotion of sustainable productive alternatives that contribute to improving the quality of life of the families that inhabit the Amazonian territories.
About the Forests Program
During 2026, the Forest Program projects the granting of S/ 13.5 million in conservation incentives, for the benefit of 85 native and peasant communities located in eight departments of the country. This intervention will contribute to the conservation of more than 800 thousand hectares of Amazon forest, directly benefiting more than 4,400 families.
Likewise, the Forests Program permanently monitors more than 78 million hectares of Amazonian forests through the use of satellite images, which allows generating timely information on the state and changes in forest cover.
On the other hand, with financing from the IDB and the WB, the Forest Program promotes the implementation of 151 business plans, with an investment of S/ 50.2 million, led by 93 native communities and 58 small forest producers, which includes productive associations, cooperatives and forest companies, whose initiatives benefit 3,700 families and ensure the conservation of 967 thousand hectares of forests.
