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The Ministry of Environment and indigenous leaders receive the Climate Impact Award 2025 in Los Angeles, highlighting their commitment to the conservation of the Amazon and the fight against climate change.The Ministry of Environment and indigenous leaders of the Peruvian Amazon have been awarded the Climate Impact Award 2025 in Los Angeles, United States, by the American Carbon Registry (ACR). This prestigious recognition was granted to Minister Juan Carlos Castro Vargas and outstanding indigenous leaders for their innovative Redd+ jurisdictional indigenous initiative, which promotes the conservation of forests and the mitigation of climate change.
The National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State (Sernanp), under the Ministry of Environment, has been a fundamental pillar in this effort by managing 10 communal reserves that make up the practices and knowledge of indigenous communities with state conservation models. In 5 of these communal reserves and one in the process of creation, the REDD+ Jurisdictional Indigenous Project is being developed the Yanesha Community Reserve, Purus, Tuntanain, Chayu Nain, and Huimeki, in addition to the Community Reserve under Putumayo, (in the process of creation).
Through co-management, native communities and administration contract executors work together to guarantee sustainable management of these vital ecosystems, thus strengthening the defense of the countrys natural heritage.
The REDD+ Indigenous Jurisdictional project implements strategies in Loreto, Amazonas and Ucayali, capturing carbon and generating credits in national and international markets, ensuring that indigenous communities obtain direct benefits.
This recognition not only highlights the impact of the project, but also reaffirms the commitment of the Ministry of Environment, the Sernanp and the Peru Group of Indigenous Peoples, formed by the Inter -Ethnic Association of Development of the Peruvian Jungle (AIDESEP), the National Association of Administration Contract Executors of Peru (ANECAP) and the Confederation of Amazon nationalities of Peru (CONAP). Together, these organizations are building a sustainable management model that prioritizes the protection of forests and the well -being of communities.
The REDD+ Indigenous jurisdictional model focuses on the conservation of areas with high forest coverage and low deforestation, and has been fundamental to strengthen indigenous governance and promote sustainable development based on ancestral knowledge.
This award reaffirms Perus leadership in the fight against climate change and highlights the crucial role of indigenous peoples in the conservation of one of the most vital ecosystems on the planet. With this recognition, Peru is positioned as a global reference in the protection of the Amazon, ensuring a sustainable future for coming generations.
