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OSINFOR reinforced inspection with capacity-building actions for users with qualifying titles.Iquitos. - In the department with the largest extension of forests in Peru, during 2025 the Agency for the Supervision of Forestry and Wildlife Resources (OSINFOR) supervised a total of 79,179 hectares of forests in areas with enabling titles, with the purpose of ensuring the legal origin of production and contributing to the sustainability of the ecosystems in Loreto.
This scope was achieved through 233 supervisions of qualifying titles located in the provinces of Maynas, Ramon Castilla, Requena, Loreto and Putumayo. Forests that are managed by native communities were prioritized, where 98 inspection actions were carried out to strengthen the responsible management of a total of 39,635 hectares.
The supervisions are important because we accredit the legal origin of the timber products that are being marketed in the country. In addition, this inspection also seeks to recognize the forest owners and regents who carry out good management of their forests through the delivery of certificates of compliance with obligations, said Cesar Escalante Fernandez, coordinator of the Deconcentrated Office (OD) of OSINFOR in Iquitos, who highlighted that 25 certificates of compliance were delivered in Loreto during the 2025.
Supervisions are essential because they allow us to prove the legal origin of the timber products that are used in this area of the country, said Cesar Escalante Fernandez, coordinator of the Deconcentrated Office (OD) of OSINFOR in Iquitos. In addition, he highlighted that during 2025, 25 certificates of compliance with obligations in his jurisdiction were granted, in recognition of good practices in the use of forestry and wildlife resources. From a promoting supervisory approach, we recognize the holders of enabling titles who carry out adequate management of their forests through these certificates, he added.
Strengthening capacities for sustainable development
Supervisions not only seek to sanction, they also have a preventive - guidance approach that contributes to strengthening the capacities of forest owners on technical and regulatory issues, with the objective that they properly implement their management plans to guarantee the sustainability of forest resources in the long term and prevent violations of regulations that lead to sanctions.
Therefore, during 2025, OSINFOR carried out 16 capacity-building actions, which benefited 299 participants and 50 native communities in the jurisdiction of the OD Iquitos.
Strengthening alliances for 2026
strengthening forest governance from the territory, combating illegal logging and promoting the competitiveness of the sector, OSINFOR met with the Regional Management of Natural Resources and Environmental Management of the Regional Government of Loreto, the Specialized Prosecutors Office for Environmental Matters of Maynas and the Sustainable Productive Forests Program (BPS) of the National Forestry and Wildlife Service (SERFOR).
Our coordination with the Regional Government of Loreto and the Public Ministry will allow us to be much more predictive, based on coordinated work to prevent illegal logging actions that affect forest development, said Williams Arellano Olano, head of OSINFOR.
Likewise, it held a working group with the Center for the Development of the Amazonian Indigenous People (CEDIA), with the aim of reaching more native communities with forestry fines and providing them with technical guidance and information so that they can access compensation mechanisms that allow them to settle their sanctions and thus reinforce community management of their forests.
Traceability that ensures legality
On the other hand, work will continue with the Forestal Maynas Center for Productive Innovation and Technology Transfer (CITE) in the collection of botanical and anatomical samples for the identification of timber forest species, which will contribute to strengthening the traceability of the legal origin of forest production.
The recognition of species, using the technology that CITE has, will be transcendent to achieve traceability and generate greater legal security in the market, emphasized Arellano Olano.
Articulating efforts to protect wildlife
OSINFOR also visited the Amazon Rescue Center (CREA) to manage spaces that allow it to share its experience in managing wildlife in captivity and replicate these good practices in other breeding centers.
Fauna is an important environmental component for the forest because they contribute to the dissemination of seeds and thus to the natural regeneration of forests, so if we neglect them we would be condemning forest ecosystems to degradation, said Arellano Olano.
