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Ten indigenous representatives and public entities reinforced their abilities to replicate technical knowledge in the use of forest backpack.Iquitos - With the aim of expanding the scope of technical knowledge and strengthening forest control in the Amazon, the organism for the supervision of forest and wildlife resources (Osinfor) developed in Iquitos a practical workshop on the use of forest backpack in which the responsibilities of the holders of qualifying titles and the proper management of the book of operations were addressed. The activity was aimed at representatives of indigenous peoples, public entities and strategic allies.
During the day, ten representatives were trained, including community and institutional trainers, who reinforced their knowledge about the obligations linked to the qualifying titles, the proper use of the operations book and the practical management of the tools that make up the Osinfor forest backpack. Through theoretical sessions, participatory dynamics and a field practice, participants prepared to replicate what has been learned in the native communities of their areas of influence, thus promoting a responsible forest management and compliance with the rules in their territories.
The forest backpack: a simple way to learn to take care of the forest
The Osinfor forest backpack is a participatory, intercultural, inclusive and gender approach tool. It is designed to strengthen capacities in native and peasant communities, and includes didactic materials such as a franegraph with mobile figures, which facilitates learning on issues such as wood, surveillance, traceability and prevention of forest infractions.
In the Loreto region, the Osinfor forest backpack has trained 357 native and peasant communities, consolidating itself as a key tool to strengthen community forest control and management in the Amazon. Currently, it seeks to expand its scope towards strategic areas such as NAPO, where federations have been actively working with their communities and replicating training; and Putumayo, where the formation of local actors will strengthen capacities in territories with higher access and coverage challenges.
Interinstitutional articulation
The workshop was attended by representatives of the Regional Organization of Indigenous Peoples of the East (Orpio), the Regional Organization of Amazon Nationalities of Loreto (Ornal), and the Federation of Native Communities of Media Napo (Feconamn), together with specialists from the Regional Forest and Wildlife Authority of the Regional Government of Loreto. They were also present strategic allies such as Nature and International Culture (NCI) and International Conservation (CI).
The sessions were carried out in the auditorium of the National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State (Sernanp) and concluded with a visit to a primary transformation center, where the participants applied the wood cubication procedures and the information record in the operations book.
