On September 30 and October 1, during the delivery of economic benefits of the REDD+ Brazil Nut Concessions project to its partners, Juan Carlos Grifa, president of the Federation of Brazil nut Producers of Madre de Dios (FEPROCAMD), spoke on behalf of the entire Brazil nut community to demand that companies and organizations around the...
In a context where the Amazon is at risk as a result of multiple devastating forest fires, the REDD+ Brazil Nut Concessions conservation project continues to make steady progress in its commitment to forest protection and the well-being of its community. Reaffirming the principles of quality and integrity of the project, on September 30 and...
On July 22nd, we won the Concytec ProCiencia contest that grants funding for the monitoring of avifauna within our forestry plantations with native species and BAM’s protected forests under our REDD+ The Last Habitat conservation project, in Campo Verde, Ucayali, Peru. Did you know that Peru is among the 12 megadiverse countries and is positioned...
Since 2022, BAM, together with 119 concessionaires located in the districts of Inambari, Laberinto and Tambopata, adjacent to the mining corridor in Madre de Dios, protects more than 51,500 hectares of forest highly threatened by illegal mining and other unsustainable activities in the Amazon. To this end, with BAM’s help, the Federation of Forest Concession...
The Peruvian and Chilean soccer teams will offset the CO2 emissions from their SKY Airline flights with carbon credits from our REDD+ The Last Habitat project. This milestone makes the national team one of the first soccer teams in South America to neutralize carbon emissions from their flights. “We are pleased to offer ‘La Bicolor’...
For the second year, Machu Picchu obtained the Green Initiative’s Carbon Neutral certification by offsetting its emissions with carbon credits generated by BAM’s REDD+ Brazil Nut Concessions project, after reducing its carbon footprint by promoting best practices in waste management, implementing ecological restoration actions, and using electric mobility, among other activities. Machu Picchu’s carbon footprint...
REDD+ Brazil Nut Concessions conservation project continues to make steady progress in its commitment to forest protection and the well-being of its community. On May 9th and 10th, hundreds of Brazil nut families continued to receive direct economic benefits from the sale of CO2 credits, in addition to the activities offered by the project in...
BAM’s business is closely related to the development of the international environmental and timber sector, as well as to the establishment of governmental and inter-institutional policies aimed at fighting the global climate crisis. In this sense, we detail the analysis of the external dynamics that have been impacting the course of BAM’s business. Climate change...
In order to reduce the pressure (deforestation/degradation) on the forest and promote the sustainable development of the population, our REDD+ Brazil Nut Concessions (REDD+ BN) project promotes and implements strategies to increase the economic capacity of the community by strengthening the Brazil nut activity (one of the main economic activities in the region). In line...
The forests protected by BAM are especially relevant because they are one of the last remaining ecosystems in the vicinity of the city of Pucallpa, capital of Ucayali, one of the regions with the highest deforestation rates in Peru. Since 2008, BAM has been protecting a private area of +20,000 ha in Ucayali, Peru, where...