Central Selva resource management

A Special Project Office (PEPP) will be established and trained to implement the project. Forestry activities will focus on a 30-year plan of systematic clearcutting for sustained yield, secondarily on managing existing rubber and timber forests. Adjunct activities in log transport, processing, and marketing by entrepreneurs will be supported by loans from the International Bank of Peru. Forestry training will be integrated with research activities. An adaptive, on-farm research program will determine cropping and livestock systems adaptable to the high jungle, with consideration of farmers" absorptive capacity for new technologies and management practices. Adjunct activities will be in extension, marketing, and local crop processing. A training program will stress: materials to help extensionists gather local crop and marketing information; short courses on particular commodities; and having leading producers work with extensionists and commodity experts rotate between research and extension. Credit will be provided through the Agrarian Bank. Research and extension in livestock development will focus on pasture development and management linked with cattle and swine production and agricultural, foresty, and animal health activities. A total of 225,000 ha in the Palcazu watershed will be designated as a protected forest and national park. Short-term technical assistance (TA) will help implement a park inventory and management plan and tourist and recreational activities. The current program of cadastral surveying/titling will be applied to new parcels and forest concessions. To establish a permanent land registry system, the Ministry of Agriculture will establish a cadastral field office and the Ministry of Justice a sub-office of Public Register. The PEPP will protect residents, especially those from native Amuesha communities, from invasion of titled lands. Land use capability and use in the Palcazu watershed will be mapped. In conjunction with Ministry of Health projects, the project will provide training for health personnel and equipment/supplies for health posts and will help build potable water systems and latrines in 20 communities. The project will support feeder road location studies and provide equipment and training to help build a road maintenance capacity. A design by ENTEL-Peru for an earth satellite system will be reviewed; the network will be used for administration, information exchange, and training and will link project areas to the national telephone system. Finally, TA and training will help the Secretariat of Regional Affairs develop a resource management methodology for high jungle development. Evaluation and pre-feasibility studies will provide Government of Peru personnel with the experience and data needed for future projects.