📋 Tender Overview
The minam and profonanpe promote the Amazon Bioinversion contest to finance eco -amigable ventures in six regions of the country. The Ministry of Environment (Minam), in alliance with the Promotion Fund for the Protected Natural Areas of Peru (Profonanpe), launched the contest Amazon Bioinversion, an initiative that will finance projects in Loreto, San Martin, Amazonas, Madre de Dios, Cusco and Puno to contribute to the restoration and conservation of the forests of our Amazon.
This initiative, backed by the Green Fund for the Climate, will grant partially reimbursable financing and technical advice to prioritized ecoamigable ventures, such as the production of cocoa crops, Cafe, Camu Camu and Sacha Inchi; nature tourism; Sustainable forest exploitation and wildlife management.
In this regard, the Director General of Economics and Environmental Financing of the Minam, Elvis Garcia, indicated that this contest represents a great opportunity to channel financing towards the Eco and Biongocios of our Amazon. We want more entrepreneurs to join this initiative, because sustainability is key to the development of the country, he said.
The program will strengthen sustainable ventures in sectors such as agroforestry, ecotourism and the management of natural resources, promoting productive models that integrate economic growth with the protection of ecosystems. The Executive Director of Profanpe, Anton Willems, highlighted the impact of this financial mechanism. It will allow more ventures from our Amazon regions to consolidate under a sustainable approach, demonstrating that conservation and development can go hand in hand, he said.
The contest will include training workshops in Iquitos, Tarapoto, Puerto Maldonado, Quillabamba, Puno and Chachapoyas, from February 26 to March 13, to guide applicants on the process and financing requirements. From the MINAM, practices that promote an economy based on sustainability will continue to be promoted, promoting the productive transformation of the Amazon with an environmental and social approach.
