Madre de Dios is recognized as the biodiversity capital of Peru, but it is also the main focus of illegal gold mining in the country, which has a series of environmental and social effects. In order to contribute to decision making in the territorial management of the Peruvian Amazon, FCDS Peru, together with USAID’s Prevenir project, conducted a complete study of ecological connectivity between three large natural protected areas in this region.
The results, obtained through collaboration with the inhabitants of three indigenous communities, forest users, producers and mining concessionaires, among others, allow, for example, to guide concrete actions in the recovery of areas degraded by mining; to promote restoration actions; and, in short, to contribute to better land use planning based on objective and reliable technical information that contributes to resolving the overlapping of use rights, as part of processes to strengthen territorial governance and governability.
