Information and Training Programme for Sustainable Forest Management in the Peruvian Amazon Region

Peru

This project responds to the needs of both the public and private sectors of human resources with skills in formulation, implementation and monitoring of forest management plans, as required by Peru's law promulgated in the year 2000. The originality of the project is the establishement of an information system for all the stakeholders of forest management. To this end, a Sustained Forest Management Information System (SIMFOS) will be established to provide information and specialised tools and to facilitate the exchange of experiences among key forest sector stakeholders in the region. Furthermore, with the support of Amazon universities and regional cooperation groups, the project will provide training on sustainable forest management (SFM) to 60 leaders, which will be supplemented with a technical mission to Bolivia to visit successful forest initiatives.