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OSINFOR, together with the Ucayali Regional Forestry Management and FECONAU, strengthened the capacities of 22 community members.Ucayali. - Forest traceability is a key tool to guarantee that the harvested wood comes from legal and sustainable sources. For this reason, the Forestry and Wildlife Resources Supervision Agency (OSINFOR) provided technical assistance to the native community Calleria, in Ucayali, with the purpose of reinforcing the control actions and the registration of forestry exploitation that the community carries out in 83.55 hectares of forest under sustainable management.
Native communities must become key custodians of their forest resources on their indigenous lands. That is why it is important to strengthen their traceability capabilities, since it allows them to properly record the use of wood, demonstrate its legal origin and consolidate sustainable management of their forests, said Jose Luis Ochoa Cuya, OSINFOR trainer.
During the day, 22 members of the surveillance committee, local authorities and indigenous leaders visited the management area, where they identified usable trees and seedlings, reinforced the cubing technique for standing trees and wood cut into rolls, reviewed the correct use of the operations book and strengthened the protection measures of the forest management unit. In addition, they learned to systematize information for data registration, including negotiation processes and agreements with third parties, aspects that are evaluated during supervisions.
In a sample of articulated work in favor of native communities, the Regional Forestry and Wildlife Management of Ucayali (GRFFS) and the Federation of Native Communities of Ucayali and Tributaries (FECONAU) accompanied the activity and reinforced the community on issues linked to community forest surveillance and control, through the intercultural methodology of the Forest Backpack, prior to the forest supervision that OSINFOR has scheduled for 2026.
Calleria: pioneer in forest management
The Calleria native community is home to families of the Shipibo Konibo and Iskonawa indigenous people and is recognized for being a pioneer in the Peruvian Amazon by obtaining Voluntary Forest Certification (FSC) in 2005, for implementing responsible forest management that meets international sustainability standards.
Currently, the community takes advantage of its forest resources through forest family interest groups (GIFF), beneficiary committees made up of 50 community families. This model generates positive economic impacts, promotes an inclusive and equitable distribution of benefits, and contributes to the adequate implementation of forest management plans, with the technical support of the NGO AIDER.
It should be noted that Calleria has the qualification of Very Good in the Good Behavior Report of Enabling Titles that is hosted in the OSINFOR SIGOSFC and has a certificate of compliance with obligations granted after the 2024 forest supervision. However, OSINFOR technically accompanies the users to guarantee the continuity of compliance with their obligations and their good forest management practices.
