📋 Tender Overview
Within the framework of the FOLUR Project, which is carried out in Amazonas, Loreto, Cajamarca and San Martin; to support the environmental sustainability of cocoa and coffee cultivation.Lima.- The Ministry of the Environment (Minam) together with six representative organizations of the indigenous peoples of our country will work together on the development of life plans with native communities, as well as on actions aimed at strengthening the sustainability of coffee and cocoa in various regions of the Amazon. For this purpose, a work team has been formed.
As reported by the general director of Economics and Environmental Financing of said sector, Elvis Garcia Torreblanca, this space marks the beginning of a continuous process of joint work that began in 2024 and will be essential to achieve positive results for the benefit of the communities and the Peruvian Amazon. This technical group will be a prior instance to the projects Advisory Committee, he said.
He added that the actions will be developed within the framework of the FOLUR Project (Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration), with a focus on sustainable, intercultural, participatory and gender management in the Amazon territories. The leading role of indigenous peoples in the conservation of forests and the development of sustainable value chains is recognized, he said.
In the meeting held in Lima on December 3, representatives of the Confederation of Amazonian Nationalities of Peru participated; of the National Association of the Executors of the Administration Contracts of the Communal Reserves of Peru; and the executor of the Administration Contract of the Chayu Nain Communal Reserve of Amazonas, base of ANECAP.
Also represented were the Regional Organization for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Alto Amazonas, base of CONAP; and the coordinator of Development and Defense of the Indigenous Peoples of the San Martin region; and the Regional Coordinator of the Indigenous Peoples of San Lorenzo de Loreto (these last two are AIDESEP bases).
During this meeting, the progress and existing commitments were also reviewed and key contributions from the organizations were collected to guarantee compliance with the intercultural, gender and intergenerational approach, as well as the safeguards in the actions of the FOLUR Project, within the framework of the Indigenous Peoples Plan.
The Indigenous Peoples Working Group of the FOLUR Project will allow transparent reporting of activities, processes and opportunities; receive continuous feedback during implementation, ensure respect for the rights, interests and visions of indigenous peoples and promote the effective participation of said organizations in the projects Advisory Committee.
