The area located in the province of Maynas, in the department of Loreto, is a source of natural resources and a provider of water for Iquitos.
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Through Supreme Decree No. 030-2023-EM, it has been established suspend the admission of mining petitions or mining concessions in the Nanay River area, the Alto Nanay district, province of Maynas, department of Loreto for a period of twelve 12 months.
The document indicates that this The area is essential in natural resources and supplies water to the city of Iquitos. Additionally, this river runs through the Allpahuayo Mishana National Reserve and the Alto Nanay-Pintuyacu-Chambira Regional Conservation Area. Both sites are home to fragile ecosystems, such as forests on white sand, forests flooded by black water and high altitude forests in the upper basin of the Nanay, Pintuyacu and Chambira, as well as numerous species of endemic flora and fauna with restricted distribution. Therefore, it highlights the critical importance of preserving this area without mining activity.
The decision was previously communicated in the Public Hearing held by the Commission of Andean Amazonian Afro-Peruvian Peoples Environment and Ecology.
“This achievement is the result of the mobilization of the population and indigenous organizations that rejected illegal and informal mining, demanding the recovery and remediation of this important river,” said Congresswoman Ruth Luque of the Together for Peru party.
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