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Minister Juan Carlos Castro promotes scholarships for Peruvian features to access an international masters degree on fire prevention and control.Madrid.- In a sample of effective international cooperation, the Government of Peru, through the Ministry of Environment (MINAM), received from Spain an important donation of specialized equipment and implements to reinforce the work of the grapezarks in the attention of forest fires in protected natural areas.
The delivery, made by the Association In the Middle, includes 12 pallets with technical equipment and is part of an agreement signed with the National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State (Sernanp) that also includes volunteering training and actions to strengthen environmental management in the Peruvian territory.
This important international support represents a concrete sample of cooperation between countries and shared commitment to the protection of life and ecosystems. With these teams we strengthen the operational capacity of our brigades against forest fires in protected natural areas, said Environment Minister Juan Carlos Castro.
Within the framework of its official agenda, the head of the Minam agreed with the Polytechnic University of Madrid the implementation of a masters degree in forest fire fighting techniques, aimed at Sernanp technical staff. This formation will be taught with scholarships managed by the Government of Peru, in order to strengthen the capacity to respond to environmental emergencies.
In addition, Minister Castro held a high -level meeting with the Secretary of State for the Environment of the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge of Spain, Hugo Moran Fernandez. The meeting also participated in the meeting of Sernanp, Jose Carlos Nieto; Representatives of the National Parks Autonomous Agency; the Ambassador of Peru in Spain, Luis Iberico Nunez; and members of the Peruvian diplomatic corps.
During the meeting, key issues were addressed, such as bilateral cooperation in environmental management, adaptation to climate change, forest fire prevention and the impulse of a fair ecological transition, for the benefit of the most vulnerable populations.
