The project will contribute to the sustainable development of the country's timber industry, promoting formal, efficient and competifive market-oriented forest enterprises, taking advantage of business opportunities articulated with value chains, and marketing products based on the use of timber from legal sources in managed forests in the Amazon Region of Peru for the benefit of Peruvian society and, in particular, the men and women that depend on the forest for their livelihoods (general objective). This will be attained through the achievemen tof the project's specific objective - "to strengthen the tecnical and business management of the forest industry that relies on timber sources from the Peruvian Amazon Region". Project beneficiaries include the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) of the timber industry marketing their products in national and/or export markets, as well as entrepreneurs and technical and administrative personnel (including both men and women) involved in the production and/or management of these enterprises.
Project outputs will include the following: timber industries will interact with forest producers; forest enterprises will be articulated with national and international markets for timber products; there will be an efficient management of productive business organizations and the organization of timber producers will be strengthened. Project impacts will include an improvement in the quality of life of the Amazon population; enterprises will be producing and marketing timber products from safe sources; the country’s balance of trade for timber products will be restored; exports of timber products from the Amazon region will increase; forest production will be articulated with value chains; new forest species will be introduced into the market; income and capitalization levels will improve; new business opportunities will be opened to enterprises; and 400 beneficiaries -including both men and women- will be trained, among others.