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Minam and Potato International Center promote actions to revalue the role of communities in the protection of the genetic heritage of our biodiversity.Lima.- The Ministry of Environment (Minam), in alliance with the International Pope Center (CIP), work together in the design of financial mechanisms and economic incentives that allow recognizing and assessing the traditional practices of conservation of agricultural biodiversity developed by the high Andean communities of the country.
Peru is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world and the center of origin of essential crops such as potatoes, corn and other Andean grains. This diversity is part of our history and basis for present and future food security, said David Castro, director of the Directorate of Genetic Resources of the aforementioned sector.
He said that this seeks to establish direct incentives to conservation farmers, without intermediaries, as key actors in the protection and sustainable use of genetic resources; integrating the conservation of natural biodiversity with agrobiodiversity managed by peasant communities. Then, he said that these actions are aligned with the National Biological Diversity Strategy to 2050.
Workshop
Precisely, on the eve, a workshop was carried out where the various approaches, local and regional, incentives, financial mechanisms and remuneration for the conservation of native biodiversity, one of the urgent challenges in the environmental and food agenda of the country was approached.
Local and regional experiences in biodiversity conservation were analyzed, including the mechanism of conditioned direct transfers of the Minam forests program, as a strategy to protect ecosystems and biological diversity.
Likewise, financial instruments focused on the creation of agrobiodiversity zones were reviewed, as well as successful models managed by the Minam and different institutions such as Profonanpe, Bioversity Ciat, National Institute of Agricultural Research of Ecuador, International Pope Center, such as the mechanism of remuneration for ecosystem services (Merese).
This work space allowed to articulate and adapt the portfolio of conservation instruments, from public programs to international cooperation mechanisms to respond to the specific needs of agrobiodiversity such as planting, selection, seed exchange and active participation of farmers.
