📋 Tender Overview
Loreto. - To repair the damage caused in the past and return to legality, 36 Amazonian communities in five provinces of the department of Loreto carry out forest surveillance and conservation actions of their forests, through the fine compensation mechanisms of the Forest and Wildlife Resources Supervision Agency (OSINFOR).
Between 2022 and 2025, 32 communities adopted the modality of conservation of forest and wildlife heritage, and another four to the recognition of the activities of their community forest surveillance and control committees. As they move forward in this process, they take advantage of resources in other areas of their forests through forestry permits.
The fine compensation mechanisms allow forest producers to correct their errors without affecting access to their main source of subsistence in a responsible manner, maintain their competitiveness and promote friendly learning about the sustainability of forest resources, behavioral change and commitment, said Cesar Escalante Fernandez, coordinator of the Iquitos Deconcentrated Office (OD) of OSINFOR.
Historically, in the jurisdiction of the OD Iquitos, 117 communities in the provinces of Requena, Loreto, Maynas, Mariscal Ramon Castilla and Putumayo took advantage of the fine compensation mechanisms to settle debts exceeding 57 million soles. Of them, four completed the process between 2023 and 2024, while another 23 are in their last year of compensation.
Responsibility and new opportunities
According to information collected by OSINFOR during its interventions, the main causes of sanctions against native and peasant communities are the lack of knowledge of their obligations to manage the forests and the lack of formalization of agreements and contracts with third parties, which gives rise to these people improperly using the forestry permits of the community members to extract quantities greater than those authorized or to market wood from other places, using their forest transport guides.
Experience has shown us that many sanctions against communities originate from the lack of formalization of their agreements. Therefore, through compensation mechanisms we seek to provide them with the opportunity to work within the framework of legality; but they have to take the first step, assume responsibility and commitments, explained Escalante Fernandez.
Conserve to heal the forest
The conservation of forestry and wildlife heritage is a modality that allows Amazonian communities to compensate for their fines in a minimum period of five years through concrete conservation actions. To access this mechanism, communities present a conservation plan in which they detail the activities they will carry out to protect their forest, such as monitoring and surveillance of the area, placing delimitation milestones and installing information panels.
The delimitation of the area to be conserved is proportional to the amount of the fine. However, this modality allows them to sustainably use non-timber forest resources in said territory, such as seeds, fruits, plant fibers, honey and inputs for crafts, in addition to promoting ecotourism activities.
Communities that protect their territory
On the other hand, communities with fines equal to or less than 3 UIT can benefit from the mechanism of recognition of activities of the community forest surveillance and control committee, which allows them to become custodians of their own territory, through forest surveillance and protection actions and identification of possible effects on trees.
