Certification and Development of Forest Enterprises in the Peruvian Amazon: A Civil Society – Public – Private Alliance

The project's purpose is to promote responsible forest management and trade based on forest management best practices and recognized international standards. The project aims to consolidate the previous work carried out by WWF-PPO with companies and indigenous communities, as well as with state institutions, to strengthen their performance on issues of responsible forest management, trade, and forest certification. The project works with private forest enterprises (forest concessions and industries) and communities, providing technical assistance to improve their forest management planning and activities through the implementation of forest and chain of custody certification. The project also works together with the government at different levels (national, regional, and local) to promote sustainable forest management and certification. As of January 2010, the project's staff has assisted a number of companies and indigenous communities who have been awarded and/or maintained the certification for 441,915 hectares, as well as certification of 14 Chains of Custody certificates in 12 companies for responsible and legal forest trade and management. The project's progress is reported in the quarterly report for the second quarter of the second year of the project (January 2010 – March 2010). The report highlights the main progress achieved and developed for this period in the three components of the project. The companies AESA and Maderyja have been assisted in order to solve the CAR's presented in their annual evaluation. Both companies have been visited and assisted. The project's objectives are to increase the certified forest area and consolidate the certification process in the Peruvian Amazon, to ensure the economic sustainability of certification of private and indigenous community forest enterprises, and to contribute to the development of a favorable institutional climate for the promotion of forest certification and chains of custody. As of January 2010, the project has made significant progress in achieving its objectives. The companies PAUJIL, AMATEC, Green Gold Forestry, and IC Belgica have made progress in achieving forest certification. The company CIMAGRAF has achieved the CoC certification of its plant. The Regional Government of Madre de Dios is in its final stage of completing the process for the transference of functions and fully assume the competencies of the administration. The project has also made progress in achieving its objective of ensuring the economic sustainability of certification of private and indigenous community forest enterprises. The companies AIDER, FRH, Carlos Muñoz, CFA, M&M, AESA, and others have maintained the FSC certificate. The company CIMAGRAF has achieved the CoC certification of its plant. The project's progress is reported in the quarterly report for the second quarter of the second year of the project (January 2010 – March 2010). The report highlights the main progress achieved and developed for this period in the three components of the project. The project's staff has assisted a number of companies and indigenous communities who have been awarded and/or maintained the certification for 441,915 hectares, as well as certification of 14 Chains of Custody certificates in 12 companies for responsible and legal forest trade and management. The project's budget for the reporting period is $394,329, with a total budget of $479,965. The project's progress is reported in the quarterly report for the second quarter of the second year of the project (January 2010 – March 2010). The report highlights the main progress achieved and developed for this period in the three components of the project.