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PERU 1985. Community forestry and afforestation

August 1985. Peru. A young Cuzco girl prepares soil bags for planting tree seedlings at a nearby pilot FAO community nursery.

08/01/1985

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Background Information

The UN initiated a reforestation programme to support the government’s forestry activities in Andean communities. FAO also established improved woodstove programmes, school forestry education plans, and furniture-making training courses.

The Andean region consumes 3 million tonnes of wood per year, most of it indiscriminately cut by 5 million rural poor who need fuelwood and housing materials. This results in scarcity of wood, erosion and reduction of livestock and employment opportunities. The U.N. Food and Agriculture
organization (FAO) has initiated a pioneer reforestation programme to support National Forestry and Animal Life Institute (INFOR) efforts to motivate, capacitate and assist Andean communities in implementing forestry activities to promote their self-development. Project objectives are to: satisfy domestic fuelwood demands, improve agriculture production, and augment rural forest industries. FAO activities include an improved woodstove programme, school forestry education programmes, community nurseries, charcoal and furniture-making industries, extension training and radio programmes.