📋 Tender Overview
In Apangurayacu, the people most beaten by these accidents in 2024, a new hope flourishes thanks to the support of the Minam, through the IIAP.Where there was fire before, today there is hope. The Ministry of Environment (Minam), through the Peruvian Amazon Research Institute (IIAP), launched more than 12,500 restorative spheres in five hectares of forest of the Poblado de Apangurayacu center, in Yurimaguas, which was very affected by forest fires in 2024.
With these spheres, made of native seeds, clay, humus and rice cascarilla, it seeks to recover the biodiversity of the area.
The act of launching them on the ground was a day full of enthusiasm, union and commitment to nature. Around 80 people, including residents, schools, teachers and volunteers participated in this community activity, promoted by the IIAP, in alliance with Caritas Yurimaguas, green connection and the National University of the Peruvian Amazon.
As reported by the president of the IIAP, Carmen Garcia, this action is part of the project Fast restoration response in areas affected by forest fires in the Amazon, promoted by the Minam. He said that this action (performed on the last June) will be replicated in other affected areas of our Amazon, to stop environmental degradation and fight climate change.
The forest is life for our Amazon compatriots. With these spheres, we are recovering hopes and sow the future, he said, while throwing stab of reforesting spheres on the dry and gray soil that remained as a bitter footprint of the incident.
