On July 16, the Training and Capacity Building Center (CFC) of the State Attorney General's Office (PGE), in partnership with the Conservation Strategy Fund (CSF), launched the virtual course "Using the Illegal Gold Mining Impact Calculator." This academic initiative seeks to strengthen the technical capacities of public officials in legally defending the State against damages caused by illegal mining. The course was held in two sessions scheduled for July 16th and 18th of this year.

El pasado 16 de julio, el Centro de Formación y Capacitación (CFC) de la Procuraduría General del Estado (PGE), en alianza con Conservation Strategy Fund (CSF), dio inicio al curso virtual “Uso de la Calculadora de Impactos de la Minería Ilegal de Oro”. Esta iniciativa académica busca fortalecer las capacidades técnicas de los funcionarios públicos en la defensa jurídica del Estado frente a los daños ocasionados por la minería ilegal. El curso se desarrolló en dos sesiones programadas para el 16 y 18 de julio del presente año.

Lima, Peru - On Friday, July 11th, Conservation Strategy Fund (CSF) and the Attorney General's Office (PGE) signed an Interinstitutional Cooperation Agreement to strengthen technical capacities in the economic valuation of environmental damage caused by illegal gold mining.

Con el objetivo de fortalecer las capacidades técnicas en la valoración económica del daño ambiental causado por la minería ilegal de oro, Conservation Strategy Fund (CSF) y la Procuraduría General del Estado (PGE) firman un Convenio de Cooperación Interinstitucional. 

Lima, 29 de mayo de 2025 – En el marco del Peru Carbon Forum 2025, Augusto Mulanovich, Director de Conservation Strategy Fund (CSF) en Perú, participó como ponente en la mesa titulada “Proyectos de Soluciones Basadas en la Naturaleza (SbN) para Perú: Conservación de ecosistemas y mercado de carbono”. El evento reunió a actores del sector público, empresas, ONGs y sociedad civil para debatir sobre el futuro del mercado de carbono en la región.

LIMA, May 29, 2025 — At the Peru Carbon Forum 2025, Augusto Mulanovich, Director of Conservation Strategy Fund Peru, presented a comprehensive analysis on the financial and economic foundations necessary for scaling Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) in Peru. Speaking on the panel “Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) Projects for Peru: Ecosystem Conservation and the Carbon Market,” Mulanovich joined experts from government, business, civil society, and environmental organizations to explore the future of carbon markets in the region.

A recent study from Conservation Strategy Fund (CSF) demonstrates the positive impact of NPAs on the Peruvian economy, and highlights how an investment in these services could mean a return of nearly 900% in economic value to Peru. This economic analysis indicates that strategic investments in these spaces will conserve natural heritage, and also generate employment and economic growth.

The natural protected areas (NPAs) are home to much of Peru's megadiversity. Ensuring their sustainability and efficient management is not only essential for the conservation of the country's flora and fauna but also represents a key opportunity for economic development and the well-being of local communities. The Conservation Strategy Fund (CSF) study reinforces this idea, highlighting the potential positive impact of NPAs on the Peruvian economy. Its findings indicate that investment in these strategic spaces, in addition to conserving natural heritage, also generates employment and economic growth.

CSF Peru visited the facilities of the National Forest and Wildlife Service (SERFOR) to discuss the potential of building a common agenda where CSF's experience contributes with information that values ​​the forest and wildlife heritage, estimates the cost of the loss of ecosystem services and its socio-environmental impact on the country. The meeting was attended by the Executive Director of SERFOR, Erasmo Otárola, officials of the entity and Augusto Mulanovich Diez-Canseco, director of CSF Peru.

This report shows the results of the application of the CFS's Mining Impacts Calculator in recent (2022 and 2023) illegal mining areas within 3 native communities, all located in the buffer zone of the Amarakaeri Communal Reserve in southern Peru. This is an effort to show from a comprehensive perspective (economic and environmental) the implications of deforestation due to illegal mining in the Peruvian Amazon.