Today the V Congress of Amazonian Entrepreneurs (CEA) begins in the city of Tarapoto, San Martín. The event seeks to promote a space for dialogue between different local and national authorities, as well as with representatives of the amazon community and potential investors, in order to promote the sustainable and inclusive development of the Peruvian Amazon.
In this sense, the problems and gaps that still exist in the region will be analyzed, but the opportunities will also be studied to be able to prepare the Strategic Plan for Comprehensive Development of the Amazon to 2050since it occupies more than 60% of the national territory and has the sweetest and largest water harvests in the world, according to Ericka Sandy Salazar, president of the San Martín Chamber of Commerce.
Strategic plan
“We have planned to reduce deforestation by 80% by 2050,” says Luis Briceño, executive director of the Amazonian Commonwealth.
To make it, Seven thematic groups have been prioritized in this first stage: productive, competitive and sustainable chains; nature tourism; sustainable Amazon connectivity; indigenous peoples and allocation of rights; governance and institutional strengthening; illicit activities and access to justice; and biobusiness and circular economy.
Reducing deforestation and bridging connectivity gaps will allow the ecotourism manage to exceed the 2% of incoming tourism that it has to date and thus obtain the relevance it deserves according to the potential offered by the Amazon.
The congress will have the participation of President Dina Boluarte; Elizabeth Galdo, Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism; Hania Pérez, Minister of Housing, Construction and Sanitation; Raúl Pérez Reyes, Minister of Transportation and Communications; Ángel Manero, Minister of Agrarian Development and Irrigation; regional governors and specialists.
The boost of biobusinesses
There is still some progress to be made regarding regulations for the use of standing forest, says Briceño.
“It is important to work on Amazonian connectivity from a strategic and multimodal point of view to improve physical, air and maritime connectivity,” he highlighted.
Fact
80% reduction in deforestation It is the goal that is sought to be achieved in the strategic plan for 2050.
Source: Larepublica
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