📋 Tender Overview
International meeting brought together member countries to exchange experiences on sustainability, biodiversity and urban development.The Ministry of the Environment (MINAM) presented Perus progress in the use of environmental and urban information to strengthen the management of sustainable cities, during the Global Forum on Integrated Programs of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), held from April 13 to 17 at the United Nations Office in Nairobi, Kenya.
During his participation, the general director of Territorial Planning and Integrated Management of Natural Resources of the MINAM, William Llactayo Leon, pointed out that the GEF-6 program made it possible to establish a baseline on the state of the coastal hills and wetlands, the coastline, the coastal desert and urban areas, as well as the ecosystem services that green infrastructure provides to cities.
He indicated that this information will be incorporated in the initial phase of the project Promoting sustainable, nature-positive, resilient and inclusive cities (GEF-8), aimed at strengthening urban biodiversity, data governance and articulation between the local and national levels. This project will have the cities of Lima, Callao, Ica and Huancayo as its scope of intervention.
As a result of the Peruvian presentation, the head of the World Banks Global Platform for Sustainable Cities, Xueman Wang, raised the possibility of promoting an exchange with China, in order to strengthen the platform that Peru has been developing with a view to the start of the GEF-8.
The meeting allowed a technical and strategic exchange between countries, international organizations and implementation agencies, aimed at accelerating the transition towards sustainable and positive cities for nature.
Perus Commitments
The Peruvian Government reaffirmed that it will continue to promote solid information and monitoring systems that integrate urban biodiversity in planning, citizen participation, decision-making and monitoring of national and international commitments, within the framework of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
Likewise, he highlighted the importance of having practical and comparable tools that facilitate the design of evidence-based public policies and strengthen cooperation between cities, national governments and integrated GEF programs, with a view to GEF-9.
