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...

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...

The problem: deforestation and degradation of high-value native species Peru has an amazing diversity of native forest species of great value, which have evolved over the centuries in its different ecosystems. Unfortunately, this biological wealth is being threatened in our country due to the increasing deforestation and degradation of our forests. On the one hand,...

Last Sunday, September 15, a training workshop was held for the prevention of forest fires, which plays a fundamental role in the fight for the preservation of our forests. This event, the result of collaborative work between BAM, the National Amazonian University of Madre de Dios (UNAMAD) and the XVI Fire Department of Madre de...

The Peruvian film “Milagros, una osa extraordinaria” achieved Climate Positive certification by offsetting its carbon emissions with credits generated by our REDD+ Brazil Nut Concessions (REDD+ BN) conservation project. Throughout its execution, the producers of the film, CHASKA ENTERTAINMENT, carried out various actions in order to minimize – to the extent possible – the emissions...

Preserving the Brazil nut forests Don Alfonso confidently strides down the muddy path. Taking him inside the depth of the forest. He’s short but stocky and has the smile of a loving grandfather. He has a wooden stick in his hand, known as a payana, and a hand-woven tamshi-fiber basket. The route—barely perceptible—winds its way...