Zara Sanchez - Importance of Sustainability in Peru's Natural Protected Areas

Importance of Sustainability in Perú’s Natural Protected Areas

Zara SánchezSERNANPPERU

Peru, a mountain country• Andes Mountains define the

three regions traditionally used to describe Peru´s geography: coast, highlands y jungle.

• Peru maintain 70% of tropical glaciers in the world

• In 1948 -1970, Cordillera Blanca have registered a regression between 50 and 150 m

Natural Protected Areas (ANP)

Biome Ecorregion Ecorregion´s cover in natural protected

area

Glaciers and ANP

• PN Huascarán (Áncash)• ZR Cordillera Huayhuash (Áncash, Huánuco y Lima)• SN Ampay (Apurimac)• RN Salinas y Aguada Blanca (Arequipa)• SH Machupicchu (Cusco)• BP Pui Pui (Junín)• RP Nor Yauyos Cochas (Lima y Junín)• RP Subcuenca del Cotahuasi (Arequipa)

Huascaran National Park• Established on 1st march, 1975• Located in Ancash – Perú • 1 155,800.00 ha• Biosphere Reserve Huascaran,

Recognized by UNESCO in 1977

Management model of Natural Protected AreasDelimited space Authority

Space to make agreements

Planning document

Management resourceResearchTourisim

Comité de gestión

“Agreement Space”

Working Groups

Jefatura del ANP

Objetives Visión

StrategiesAgreements”

Participatory Management

Planning

Initial conditions Expected conditions

Implement

Monitoring

Management Cycle

Planning ANP and Climate change

Population of vicunas

PoachingAreas under

control

Chaccu

Construir micro presas

Personal

Equipment

Operativeexpenses

Primary productivityOf Grasslands

License

Patrol

Objetive ( 5 years)Precipitation

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Planning in Huascaran

• Model

Infiltración / ACUÍFERO

Working groups – Public Participation

Grassland Management• Livestock of sheeps, cattle

and south american camelids.

• Authorization of activities within the ANP

Solid Waste Management• Throw of litter on roads• Grassland users help with

waste management

Working groups - Public ParticipationTourism

• Use of donkeys increase soil compaction.

• Promote use of llamas• Two kinds of tourists: a)

Conventional, nationals and b) Adventure, foreigners

• ASAM: “Associations of high mountain”

• 10% of tickets is for improving waste management and tourism conditions

Research• “ROUTE TO CLIMATE CHANGE”

– Pastoruti – Climate change transformed

tourism, and affect incomes of 200 family

• 03 infrastructures to give them in research concesion.

Working group - Public Participation

Mining• 36 mining concession

before 1975.

Interest group – Public Participation

Grassland Management Solid Waste Management

Tourism Research

Mining

Committee of Management

THANK YOU

SERNANP andHuascaran National Park Staff

Zara.sanchezm@gmail.com