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Vice Minister Edgar Romero inaugurated modern library and auditorium and IIAP in Iquitos.Iquitos.- The Deputy Minister of Environmental Management of the Ministry of Environment (Minam), Edgar Romero, stressed that this sector is focused on recovering the Amazonian ecosystems affected by the impacts of climate change and the illegal activities that predate forests. We work to guarantee the protection of our Amazon territories, he emphasized.
He indicated that our Amazon is one of the most biodiverse areas of the planet, but also one of the most vulnerable to climate change and deforestation. This was said at the inauguration of the Library and Auditorium of the Institute of Research of the Peruvian Amazon (IIAP), an entity belonging to said sector.
Within that framework, the high training of the specialists of the aforementioned sector agency also highlighted. The information generated by the IIAP contributes to the development of the Amazon and the whole country, since this knowledge is aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals, he said.
He added that with these innovations in infrastructure, technological and scientific development is reinforced. The IIAP works with local communities and ethnicities, valueing the ancestral knowledge that retains our biodiversity, he said. He added that this knowledge is shared with the international scientific community.
On the other hand, Deputy Minister Edgar Romero held a coordination meeting with the authorities of the Loreto region, who was presented with the proposal to implement the Regional Environmental Education Program (Regional Educa).
At the service of society
In this mornings protocol activity, the Biodiversity Library and Amazonian cultures, the Jaime Moro Sommo Auditorium and the multiple use room Aurea Garcia Vasquez were put into operation.
The purpose is to expand services to citizenship and the dissemination of the results of scientific studies, environmental education and interactive information focused on the Amazon, in a duly equipped space.
Unlike a traditional library, the current one will invite to explore, interact and build knowledge actively. The Auditorium will encourage inter -institutional and intergovernmental articulation, offering a strategic space to strengthen alliances between the public sector, academia, international cooperation and indigenous organizations.
