Las sequías, inundaciones, incendios y huaycos de los últimos años demuestran la vulnerabilidad del Perú ante los riesgos hídricos y climáticos. La infraestructura natural–como bosques, bofedales, pastizales, matorrales y páramos– junto con las prácticas tradicionales de conservación del agua y los suelos, contribuyen a reducir estos riesgos. También proporcionan importantes beneficios colaterales, como la mitigación […]
In this edition: Some of the biggest news stories recently have revolved around water. Often too much water, in the form of catastrophic flooding, sometimes too little in the form of droughts. Here, we share a more encouraging story about water as we celebrate women’s rights. Missed our last Dispatch? Diversifying Beyond Carbon In this edition […]
Cesarina Quintana García de Paredes, an economist from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and with master studies in agribusiness from the Universidad Nacional Agraria del Perú. Work experience in small business, foreign trade and international cooperation for almost 25 years working for rural development. Worked in the design, execution, management, monitoring and follow-up of […]
Dear Friends, I am very proud to share with you our 2023 Impact Report. In it, you can read about our achievements this past year, stories of change, progress, and hope for the future. Forest Trends was founded with the mission of putting an economic engine behind nature conservation – the idea being that our […]
Fernando León is a professional with more than 20 years of experience in leadership positions in the public sector, as well as in international cooperation. He is the Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) of Forest Trends’ Natural Infrastructure for Water Security (NIWS) Project. Fernando has designed and directed projects with implementation scope in Peru, Ecuador, […]
El Encuentro Nacional “Perú Merese”, de Mecanismos de Retribución por Servicios Ecosistémicos, que se realizó en la ciudad de Arequipa, superó todas las expectativas al impulsar los proyectos Merese hídricos para conservar y recuperar las fuentes naturales de agua que abastecen a las ciudades. El evento fue organizado por Sedapar y el Proyecto Infraestructura Natural […]
Liliana is professor of Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Her experience includes being General Director of Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination in the Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations in Peru (2019). In recent years Liliana has been working as consultant for various institutions concerned with gender equality and human rights, such as […]
Luisa is a professional in Environmental Sciences from the University of Applied and Environmental Sciences UDCA Bogotá (Colombia) with a Master’s degree in Water Resources Management from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, with more than 8 years of experience in the public and private sectors on ecosystem conservation projects, sustainable management of natural resources, […]
In this edition: Systems change and sneak attacks Missed our last Dispatch? Climate finance-savvy governments, markets, and communities Next month’s Dispatch: Bioeconomy now! In this edition The climate crisis is a water crisis. Water is really the face of climate change for most of the world’s population. It has been 46 years since the last UN […]
La semana pasada tuvimos el honor de reunir a expertos y profesionales en el Nature Hub en la ciudad de Nueva York durante la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Agua, la primera en 46 años, para compartir las lecciones aprendidas sobre la ampliación de las soluciones basadas en la naturaleza (SbN) para el […]