Client: U.S. Agency for International Development
Duration: 2019-2024
Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
Country: Peru
Solutions: Environment
Illegal activity, biodiversity loss, weak governance, and social conflict around natural resource management are threatening one of the world’s most ecologically and culturally significant ecosystems in Peru. Additionally, the lack of maintenance of these extraordinary areas has led to the country forgoing millions of dollars in tourism and thousands of job opportunities. On the other hand, Peru is home to a network of diverse, talented, committed local problem-solvers who are ready to apply creative new approaches—rooted in deep local knowledge—to address environmental crime.
The Prevent activity was designed to help Peruvian institutions and actors more effectively manage the country’s natural resources for future generations. Prevent aimed to sustainably transform the culture of rule of law and citizen stewardship when it comes to protecting Peru’s environmental assets.
Prevent supported Peru’s problem-solvers to work more effectively as catalysts, conveners, enforcers, and innovators, mobilizing locally driven solutions to some of the region’s most entrenched environmental governance challenges. Using a local systems approach, DAI worked to ensure that Prevent left behind strong environmental monitoring and enforcement capabilities; better, more widespread understanding of the shared value of natural resources and the extensive costs of their degradation; clearer, reinforced linkages demonstrating that effective environmental justice leads to tangible economic and social benefits for all; and an environmental justice system that more fully engages and represents the interests, capabilities, and contributions of women and indigenous communities.
Prevent strengthened the capacities 5,500 justice operators, helped formulate more than 30 regulations to tackle environmental crimes, and promoted local monitoring networks that contribute to the improved management of 200,000 hectares of forests.
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