📋 Tender Overview
This pilot initiative seeks to strengthen environmental education, as well as the connection of minors with nature.An innovative initiative to strengthen the connection with nature has been implemented by the National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State (Sernanp), attached to the Ministry of the Environment, in the Junin National Reserve.
This is the implementation of the first link zone in the national system of protected areas, which seeks to strengthen environmental education, as well as the emotional bond of girls, boys and adolescents with nature.
This initiative is developed within the framework of the agreement between Sernanp and the Association for Children and their Environment (ANIA), and is executed through the project Protectors of the Ecosystem - Link Zone, implemented by Conservation and Environmental Research (CIAM).
This pilot experience was carried out with girls, boys and adolescents who live in the Huarmipuquio sector and surrounding areas, both within the Junin National Reserve and in its buffer zone, so that they grow up in regular and positive contact with nature, developing a sense of belonging, active participation in conservation and appreciation of ecosystem services.
The link zone has an area of 9,349 m2, it consolidates an articulated work between Sernanp, the Villa Junin peasant community, through the Huarmipuquio Partiality, recognized as part of its communal structure the education sector, and non-profit associations such as ANIA and CIAM, strengthening the relationship between the protected natural area and the local population.
Concrete results in environmental education
Through the articulated work between Sernanp and ANIA, a continuous process of environmental education has been developed that until 2025 has shown positive impacts on the learning and capabilities of the participating students. Thus, significant increases in knowledge levels were recorded:
20.5% improvement in knowledge about the Junin National Reserve.
19.6% in understanding of climate change.
18.6% in scientific inquiry capabilities.
These achievements were achieved through the execution of sequential pedagogical sessions, the use of teaching materials adapted to the primary level and experiential learning experiences both in the classroom and in the field.
The project directly benefited 45 students between 9 and 12 years old in the fourth, fifth and sixth grades of primary school from the Seis de Agosto and Vencedores de Junin educational institutions, who are members of the Science and Technology Clubs of their respective schools, as well as six teachers who accompanied the educational process.
Contribution to the management of the ANP
One of the most relevant milestones of this alliance has been the incorporation of the link zone in the update of the Junin National Reserve Master Plan 2025-2030.
This pilot experience reaffirms Sernanps commitment to environmental education, community participation and the training of new generations who grow up in contact with nature, recognizing that when ecosystems are well conserved, people also improve their well-being.
