Presented by Gabriel Quijandría, Deputy Minister of Strategic Development of Natural Resources, Ministry of the Environment, Peru at GLF Digital Conference Bonn, 3 Jun 2020

1. INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL PEATLANDS CENTER
Towards a new paradigm for conservation
and sustainable management
of peatlands in Peru
Gabriel Quijandría
Deputy Minister of Strategic Development of Natural Resources
Ministry of the Environment

2. InternationalTropical PeatlandsCenter (ITPC)
1: MINAM, 2019. National Ecosytems Map // 2: High altitude wetlands
3: Moorland // 4: Wet Puna mountain grassland
Peatlands in Peru
ECOSYSTEMS1REGION
% OF PERU’S
TERRITORY
EXTENSION (ha)
Amazon
Andean
Coastal
Palm swamp
Shrub-herbaceous swamp
Floodplain forest
Bofedal2
Páramo3
Jalca4
Coastal Wetland
Mangrove swamp
5´527,523
795,574
9´038,741
548,174
82,949
1´340,321
57,285
6,428
4.27
0.61
6.99
0.42
Ecosystems with potential to contain peat in the country:
0.06
1.04
0.04
0.01

3. InternationalTropical PeatlandsCenter (ITPC)
• 2’080,000 hectares / 2º in extension;
• 40K persons living inside the PA;
• 150K persons living in its Buffer Zone;
• Around 2,200 MT of fish/year
extracted // Main market: Iquitos,
420K inhabitants;
• Successful sustainable management
experiencie: paiche, arahuana,
taricaya;
• 93.66% in optimal conservation state;
• Aguajales cover 37% of PA extension.
Sustainable management of aguaje in the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve

4. InternationalTropical PeatlandsCenter (ITPC)
Technical Assistance
Sustainability M&E
Community Management
Groups
Allignement with BD and
CC national priorities
Effective management
of the PA
Fruit collection
Beverage productionA new business model
• More than 25K hectares of
aguajales with sustainable
management;
• 111 families involved in fruit
production and PA conservation;
• Better prices: From US$ 0.1/Kg
to US$ 0.3/Kg;
• Steady price during whole year.

5. InternationalTropical PeatlandsCenter (ITPC)
One-hit –wonder or replicable?

6. tropicalpeatlands.org
The Center is a South-South cooperation
Coordinating partners