CONAM is the Environmental Authority in Peru.
Its aim is to plan, promote, coordinate, control and watch over the
environment and the natural assets of the Nation. Its objective is to
promote the conservation of the environment to support the integrated
development of people, based an adequate quality of life, promoting the
balance between socio-economic development, the sustainable use of the
natural resources and the conservation of the environment. It is a
public, decentralized organization and falls under the Presidency of
the Assembly of Ministers.
CONAM fully
recognizes the value of the methodology of Pachamama Raymi, subscribing
agreements with municipalities, indicating: “CONAM prioritizes the
conditions required for strengthening local capacities to improve
living conditions of people and environmental management in the native
and farmer communities, through the methodology Pachamama Raymi, in the
context of the Agenda 21”. “The
methodology consists of generating opportunities and motivating an
intense process of peer learning ‘Learning from the Best’, through
which accelerated changes are generated in individuals, families and
their communities. The most relevant issues for the eradication of
poverty are included in the methodology: preventive healthcare, food
security, improved incomes and rational management of natural
resources.”
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