📋 Tender Overview
The Minam highlights the importance of citizen action against these threats that affect the planet.Every June 17, World Fight and Drought Day is commemorated, a date that invites you to reflect on the impact of these threats on our planet.
Desertification is the progressive loss of land productive capacity, often caused by the inappropriate use of land and climate change. And drought is the prolonged lack of rain that affects crops, cattle and livelihoods. Faced with these challenges, citizen action is key to preserving our resources and adapting to climate change.
What can we all do to help reduce their effects on soils, ecosystems and quality of life? Here we present some simple actions and effective that, added, can make a difference:
- Taking care and maintaining the green areas of our neighborhoods not only improves the urban environment, but also helps conserve the land and capture rainwater.
- Avoid agricultural or domestic burning, as well as stop informal deforestation, helps reduce soil degradation and polluting emissions.
- We can also conserve soil health avoiding removing vegetation or compacting the terrain unnecessarily.
- In rural areas, practices such as crop rotation, the use of natural fertilizers, the proper handling of livestock and the installation of living barriers help prevent the earth from losing its productive capacity.
- The care of water sources and respect for local ecosystems are also fundamental.
- Informing and participating is as important as acting. We can join reforestation campaigns, environmental surveillance committees or communal activities to conserve the environment.
- Sharing good practices at home, at school or work allows to build active citizenship in the face of climate change.
The Peruvian State, through the Ministry of Environment (MINAN), in coordination with other sectors involved, are designing public policies such as the National Action Plan for the Fight against Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought to 2030.
This instrument seeks to neutralize land degradation, mitigate the advancement of desertification and strengthen the ability to adapt to drought. It promotes participatory and articulated governance, and involves regional governments, communities, private sector, civil society and international cooperation.
