The first edition of the Specialization Program for the REDD+ Mechanism and the Voluntary Carbon Market designed by BAM’s technical team for concession partners of carbon projects developed in Madre de Dios began last Wednesday, November 27th. This program seeks to increase knowledge to promote conservation and sustainable forest management, as well as to empower...

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...

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...

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...

In line with the objective of avoiding deforestation in the forests of Madre de Dios (Peru) and within the activities carried out by the REDD+ Brazil Nut Concessions conservation project (REDD+ BN), the technical team implements a robust Monitoring, Control and Surveillance System (MCSS) as an integral part of its approach to conservation. This system...

Since mid-2023, Bosques Amazónicos (BAM) and Nuevo Belén, a local community adjacent to our REDD+ The Last Habitat conservation project in Campo Verde, Ucayali, have been developing an initiative that seeks to improve the income of cassava and fariña producers. Together with the community, we started a project for the development of productive cassava plots,...