Forest Management Shipibo Conibo and Cacataibo Indigenous Communities of Ucayali Region

 

Estimated Annual Emission Reductions 564,818 tCO2e per year.

The Ucayali Region is located in the central part of Eastern Peru, with an approximate area of 105 082.69 km2.

It has 432,000 inhabitants, according to the National Census of 2007. In Ucayali live 14 ethnic families with a population of 40 thousand people, representing 12 percent of total amazonian indigenous population.

The project is developed in 07 native communities belonging to ethnic and Cacataibo Shibipo Conibo, which grouped occupy an area of 127,004.0 hectares.

The purpose of the project is to conserve the forests of these communities with the advance of deforestation and degradation.

The project includes benefits for the population involved as well as for the conservation of biodiversity, beyond the benefits of reducing GHG emissions.