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Wildlife Conservation Society Perú
Provides technical assistance to communities and producers in Loreto for the sustainable management of aguaje (moriche palm) and Amazonian fish, and coordinates the actors in those value chains.
How can WCS Perú help your biobusiness?
- What it offers
technical assistancemanagement plansvalue chain coordination
- At what stage
- I'm already operating
- Who it serves
- Individual entrepreneurs · Associations and cooperatives
- Products
- Aguaje (moriche palm), Paiche (arapaima)
How do you access WCS Perú?
- Can you apply directly?
- Yes, it serves biobusinesses directly.
- Do you need a business that already operates?
- It depends
- How hard is it to access?
- Demanding access
- Do you pay or co-fund?
- Free
- Where does the money come from?
- Philanthropic
Mapping classification: Provides technical assistance to families and communities in Loreto for fisheries management plans and coordinates the aguaje value chain. Access is possible only if the project works in your area, hence high complexity.
Who does WCS Perú overlap with?
Organizations in the map working on the same products in the same departments. It is not a declared relationship: it is an overlap in the data, useful to look for synergies.
- AgrobancoLoreto, Cusco · Aguaje (moriche palm)
- CITEproductivo MaynasLoreto · Aguaje (moriche palm), Paiche (arapaima)
- ProfonanpeLoreto, Cusco · Aguaje (moriche palm)
- Servicio Nacional Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre (Serfor)Loreto, Cusco · Aguaje (moriche palm)
- JICALoreto · Aguaje (moriche palm)
- CCPIPLoreto · Aguaje (moriche palm)
Sources and references
Dated public data behind this profile. What is published does not reflect everything an organization does.
With Natura and local partners, it brought together communities along the Marañón to coordinate inter-community aguaje sales: they manage about 175,241 hectares of aguaje stands, with a potential of about 6,800 tons of fruit per season. WCS Perú: Comunidades del Marañón abren el camino hacia una articulación intercomunal para fortalecer la cadena sostenible de aguaje
With its technical assistance, Loreto's DIREPRO approved two fisheries management programs; one authorizes the use of 17 species (including paiche) for more than 25 families over the 2026-2031 period. WCS Perú: Loreto fortalece el manejo pesquero comunitario en el ACR Comunal Tamshiyacu Tahuayo con la aprobación de dos PROMAPE
Six communities in the Parinari district (Loreto) that it supports closed trade alliances with NALSAC, FRUTAMA, Todo Frutas, Sacha Huayo and Agro Jungle Perú; they harvested 102 tons of aguaje legally and sustainably and formally sold 11 tons. WCS Perú: Comunidades del Marañón concretan alianzas comerciales para la venta de aguaje sostenible en Loreto
With GIZ, it supported Minam in the recognition of the agrobiodiversity zones of Cusco (Ccollasuyo and Marcapata-Ccollana) and Puno as OECM conservation areas. Agraria.pe: Zonas de Cusco y Puno reconocidas como áreas de conservación de la agrobiodiversidad
Organized in Lima the meeting "Coordinating efforts for the aguaje value chain in Loreto" with GERFOR, CEDIA, ITP and Natura, among others. WCS Perú: Actores públicos, privados y de cooperación se unen para fortalecer la cadena de valor del aguaje en Loreto