📋 Tender Overview
Vice Minister Raquel Soto Torres said that this action protects forests from Yungas and Cabeceras de Cuenca in that region; and progress is made to the 30x30 conservation goal.The Regional Conservation Area of the Bride, located in Ucayali (established by D. S. No. 011-2025-minam) will allow to protect this ecosystem and its biodiversity; and advance in the fulfillment of the global goal of conserving at least 30 % of these natural, land and sailor spaces, to 2030 (Meta 30x30).
This was supported by the Vice Minister of Strategic Development of the Natural Resources of the Ministry of Environment (Minam), Raquel Soto Torres. He said that this new regional conservation area (ACR) will positively impact the integral management of the territory.
It will promote the sustainable use of natural resources and encourage the active participation of local communities against the risks that illegal activities represent in the area, he said.
He stressed that the establishment of this ACR is the result of the work led by the regional government based on management instruments such as its regional biological diversity strategy, Regional Climate Change Strategy, Economic Ecological Zoning and other tools, with the leading participation of the local population. All this, with the technical support of the Minam through Sernanp.
The regional manager of the Regional Environmental Authority of Ucayali, Nelson Seijas, said that this space has a great biodiversity and is the head of Cuenca, where many rivers are formed.
Nature refuge
This new ACR covers territories of the districts of Boqueron and Father Abad, province of Padre Abad, and will protect 14 399 hectares of mountain forests of Peruvian Yungas and wet forests of that department. These are key ecoregions for water regulation, carbon capture and the provision of habitats for endangered species.
It houses species such as the Gallito de las Rocas Andino, El Jaguar, the military macaw, the rainbow boa and primates that are part of the National Plan for Threatened Primates Conservation. There are also endemic species of amphibians such as the AMEerega Rubriventris and the Aticulatus Atelopus, present only in this area of the country.
Its forests act as Cuenca headwaters and are source of nascent who feed rivers such as Aguaytia, so that they supply clean water for more than 29 thousand people, including the city of Aguaytia and communities such as Boqueron, Yamino and Shambo.
These conditions grant special conditions for ecotourism and recreation, with natural attractions such as the wedding veil cataracts, the devils shower, Shambuyacu, Lagarto throat and Runu Chaxke. To this is added that it is part of the Jaguar corridor in America.
International support
In the official process, the Environmental Regional Authority and the active participation of local communities had a substantial role, with the technical accompaniment of the Sustainable Productive Landscapes project in the Peruvian Amazon led by the Minam, with the technical support of the United Nations Development Program.
For this project there is the financing of the World Environment Fund (GEF), as well as Andes Amazon Fund and International Conservation through International Nature and Culture.
The aforementioned project helps reduce deforestation and recover forests in the province of Puerto Inca (Huanuco), as well as in the province of Padre Abad and in the district of Nueva Requena (Ucayali).
