Measures related to ecosystem services / biodiversity / land use / agriculture

Promote natural infrastructure for the sustainability of economic activities: MINAM has incorporated the natural infrastructure approach as part of the update of the national public investment management system (Invierte.pe), through which the capacity to direct public resources towards actions for the recovery and conservation of ecosystem functions and the ecosystem services it provides.
For which, it has prioritized about 4.1 million degraded hectares of ecosystems, natural spaces made up of high Andean forests, mountain forests, wetlands, grasslands, etc. who have lost their ability to generate economic, social and environmental benefits to the rural and urban population that depend directly on them, as well as to reduce vulnerability due to the limitations of adequate physical infrastructure, lack of accessibility, among others.
In this sense, natural infrastructure and physical infrastructure should be considered as two elements that complement and reinforce each other in favor of the population, considering natural infrastructure as one of the central dimensions to guarantee sustainability, putting the conservation of natural resources first. ecosystems and climate resilience, especially in the framework of adaptation to climate change and sustainable development.
MINAM has been incorporating this natural infrastructure approach as a public policy through the application of economic and financial instruments aimed at increasing public and private investment in conservation, recovery, and sustainable use of ecosystems in order to improve the quality of life. of citizens, this is developed by articulating efforts with the various institutions at the regional and local level (GOREs, GOLOs, EPS, ANA, etc.) to generate the impact and scale-up of these processes at the sub-national levels.

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