The 2025 Bolivarian Games in Ayacucho–Lima will mark a milestone in sustainability for regional sports: the event will offset its carbon emissions through the REDD+ Brazil Nut Concessions Project (VERRA VCS 868), an initiative implemented by Bosques Amazónicos (BAM) in Madre de Dios and internationally recognized as the world’s largest Brazil nut forest conservation project,...

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...

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,...

Learn the stories of the Brazil nut women guardians of our extraordinary forests! At REDD+ Brazil Nut Concessions (REDD+ BN) we seek to contribute to the improvement of the social, economic and political conditions of the women who are members of the project, in an environment of equity and free of violence. In line with...

On June 25, Jorge Cantuarias Falconi, founder and General Manager of BAM, was interviewed by Aldo Carlos, host of “PRO con la Naturaleza” to talk about BAM’s trajectory and the opportunities for investing in forest restoration and conservation in Peru. During the interview, Jorge shared BAM’s experience and growth plans, as well as the importance...

Last Thursday, July 6th, Jorge Cantuarias, founder and CEO of BAM, was invited as a speaker at the forum “The route to promote issues and issuers in the capital market” organized by PROCAPITALES to share successful experiences of financing achieved through the capital market. The event took place in the SURA auditorium with the participation...

On February 14, BAM signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Chamber of Commerce of Indigenous Peoples of Peru (CCPIP), the Federation of Native Ticuna and Yagua Communities (FECONATIYA) and the Regional Organization of Indigenous Peoples of the East (ORPIO), to evaluate the creation of forest carbon projects in territories on behalf of indigenous communities...

The REDD+ Brazil nut concessions conservation project, developed by BAM in partnership with 600 brazil nut producing families grouped in the Federation of Brazil nut producers of Madre de Dios (FEPROCAMD), aims to protect more than 490,000 hectares of Brazil nut forests in one of the regions most affected by deforestation in Peru. To achieve...

May 13, 2022 CAF – development bank of Latin America offset the carbon emissions (tCO2e) generated by its operations during 2021 by acquiring carbon credits from our REDD+ Brazil Nut Concessions project. In 2019, the institution offset its historical footprint with the same project. In line with the commitment to achieve a more integrated, inclusive,...