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In coordination with the Forests Program, the Palma Real native community plans to exceed 80 tons of chestnut production in 2026.The Ministry of the Environment (Minam), through the Forests Program, promotes the conservation of more than 8 thousand hectares of forests in the Palma Real native community, in Madre de Dios, directly benefiting 62 indigenous families through the sustainable use of the chestnut or Amazonian nut.
Within the framework of this intervention, an investment of S/ 370 thousand was allocated for the implementation of a business plan aimed at strengthening the chestnut production chain, with emphasis on improving post-harvest and marketing processes. This action allows us to reduce losses, optimize product quality and ensure better sales conditions.
It should be noted that before this initiative, the community lost up to a fifth of its production due to inadequate practices in post-harvest management. With the implementation of the Business Plan, today they have specialized training and adequate equipment that allows them to optimize their production processes, reduce losses, take advantage of all of what is collected and access better marketing conditions.
As part of the productive strengthening, the community also acquired two dryers and warehouses with a capacity of up to 70 tons, in addition to safety equipment, a motor freighter and a boat with a load capacity greater than 7.5 tons, facilitating transportation and storage in adequate conditions.
Before we struggled to remove the chestnut from the forest and we did not have adequate dryers. Today we send a clean, well-dried and better quality product, said the head of the community, Jose Sehua.
By 2026, the community projects a production of more than 80 tons of chestnuts, consolidating a model that integrates forest conservation, local economic development and sustainable management of the territory.
With this initiative, Minam reaffirms its commitment to the protection of Amazonian ecosystems and the promotion of sustainable productive activities that contribute to the well-being of indigenous populations and the maintenance of the standing forest.
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*In Madre de Dios, the Forest Program implements 71 business plans, of which 49 are aimed at the sustainable use of the chestnut, contributing to the conservation of 441,329 thousand hectares of Amazonian forests, within the framework of the Forest Investment Program in Peru (FIP Peru), with financing from the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
