Informations sur le projet/l’activité

The project will develop a management plan for the Alexander von Humboldt National Forest (105,000 ha) to be used as a research area and demonstration model for management of Peru's forest resources. The Plan will aim at achieving a sustained flow of raw material to the wood industries, preservation of genetic resources, better utilization of the forest resources and support to the socio-economic development of the rurual and native communities in the area. A program for permanent applied resaerch will be an important feature of the project.

The project is planned to be implemented in three successive phases. Phase I is dominated by overall planning of forest utilization and infrastrucure, and detailed planning of a first felling area. In phase II, the utilization will be initiated and a research plan will be developed. In phase III, the full scale implementation of management and research plans will start. Each phase is estimated to last one year and the cost of each phase is approximately equal.

From the fourth year, the utilization, research and management of the Alexander von Humboldt National Forest is expected to be fully financed from income of timber sales.