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- Loreto is the biggest Region in Peru, representing over 28% of national territory & 51% of the Peruvian Amazon
- 9.5 million ha of regional territory is recognized as Natural Protected Area – the most of any Peruvian Region. At least 22% of that area is under administration by the Regional Government of Loreto (GOREL)
- 1 of 6 Peruvian Amazon regions forming the Interregional Amazonian Council (CIAM) to strengthen the decentralization process & formulate an interregional agenda for Amazon development
- Loreto’s Concerted Regional Development Plan (PDRC) is the main socio-environmental planning document of the region & was developed through a Strategic Environmental Evaluation (EAE) – the only region in Peru to do so
- New regional energy policy promotes rural electrification through renewables
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Source
C. Stickler et al. (eds.). 2018. The State of Jurisdictional Sustainability
Publisher
Earth Innovation Institute (EII), Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCF)
Publication year
2018
Authors
Chan, C.; Cisneros, N.; Luna, P.; Suárez de Freitas, G.
Geographic
Peru