- In June 2018, Peru’s Ministry of the Environment, SERNANP and the Moore Foundation signed a joint declaration for Patrimonio Natural del Peru, or Peru’s Legacy.
- The declaration commits $10 million in funding for this phase of the project—bringing the running total of funds raised so far to $42 million—for effective management of 16 million hectares, or 38 parks, within the Peruvian Amazon, and reiterates the commitment by the Ministry of the Environment and SERNANP to the conservation of biodiversity and to the integral management and sustainability of Peru’s protected areas.
“Project Finance for Permanence,” or PFPs, represent one key approach embraced by our Environmental Conservation Program in securing long-term financing and management for national-scale protected area systems. PFPs effectively leverage international funding by matching it with in-country sources, and these arrangements bring together multiple stakeholders — private donors, multi- and bi-laterals, NGOs and governments — around a shared conservation objective and fundraising targets.
PFPs have become central to the foundation's Andes-Amazon Initiative, helping to ensure that protected areas in the region endure for future generations. (Outside South America, the foundation has also supported these projects in Canada and Costa Rica, for globally significant conservation impacts through the Great Bear Rainforest Agreement and Forever Costa Rica.)
Patrimonio Natural del Peru, Peru’s Legacy
“Patrimonio Natural del Peru,” or Peru’s Legacy, is a PFP led by a diverse group of partners, including Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado (SERNANP), Ministerio del Ambiente, World Wildlife Fund, Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental and Fondo de Promoción de las Áreas Naturales Protegidas del Perú. In 2015, a joint memorandum of understanding among these partners and funders, including Moore, committed to engaging decision makers, championing sustainable financing for parks, raising international cooperation funds and leveraging national funding to secure nearly 20 million hectares of protected areas.
June 2018 marked another milestone for Peru’s Legacy, when Peru’s Ministry of the
Environment, SERNANP and the Moore Foundation signed a joint declaration committing the required $10 million in funding for this phase of the project—bringing the running total of funds raised so far to $42 million—for effective management of 16 million hectares, or 38 parks, within the Peruvian Amazon. The declaration also reiterates the commitment by the Ministry of the Environment and SERNANP to the conservation of biodiversity and to the integral management and sustainability of Peru’s protected areas.
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