RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE PERUVIAN AMAZON – IIAP
Address
Av. José A. Quiñones km. 2.5 - Apartado Postal 784
Country
Peru
Web site
Email
Phone number(s)
+51+65+265515 / +51+65+265516
Areas of expertise
اقتصادات الغابات, الموارد الحرجية, إدارة الموارد الطبيعية, الموارد المائية وإدارتها
Mandate, main activities of the institution and competencies
- Mission statement: IIAP's mission is to generate and incorporate knowledge, innovative technologies and ancestral knowledge at the service of societies and ecosystems.
- Main activities:
• Research Programme for the Use and Conservation of Water Resources (AQUAREC)
• Research Program for integrated forest management and carbon sequestration (PROBOSQUES)
• Research Program on Amazonian Biodiversity (PIBA)
• Research Programme on Climate Change, Land and Environmental Development (PROTERRA)
• Research Program on Sociocultural Diversity and Amazon Economics (SOCIODIVERSIDAD)
• Research Program on Amazonian Biodiversity Information (BIOINFO)
Competencies: Biotech and forestry issues. Research and development.
Summary of the activities during the last two years
- Provision / supply expertise / knowledge to other countries or institutions::
- Reforestation, carbon sequestration, land ecosystem management
- AQUACULTURE AND MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS.
- Type of contribution (material / services / training to other countries or institutions):
- Research, technology transfer in aquaculture and resource management of water ecosystems
- Research, technology transfer in forestry, carbon capture and management of land ecosystems.
- Collaboration with FAO and other institutions and organizations:
- Dissemination of knowledge: conferences, meetings and publications: workshops, publications, events and presentations.
Legal status and Government arrangements of the institutions
- Legal status, particularly with the Government - The institute was created in 1981 during the Political Constitution of Peru of 1970. It is an agency attached to the Ministry of Environment and therefore a public body.
- Arrangements with the Government: Public Agency.
Potential activities through SSC
- Potential Methods:
- Sending short-term experts
- Exchange of experiences
- In-service training and internships
- Short duration seminars, courses, and workshops.
- Studies and Research
- Potential activities:
- Sending short-term experts
- Exchange of experiences
- In-service training and internships
- Short duration seminars, courses, and workshops
- Studies and Research
Name and details of the head of the institution
- President: Dr. Luis Campos Baca
- Tel: +51(062) 562342
- Email: [email protected]
Focal points
- Biologist, Dr. Julio Cesar Alegre Orihuela
- Tel: +51 956744282
- Email: [email protected]