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Peru

Updated when a protected area is modified or established

national

Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas (SERNANP). "Peru protected areas." Accessed through Global Forest Watch on [date]. www.globalforestwatch.com.

Peru protected areas

[Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas (SERNANP)](http://www.sernanp.gob.pe/home/)

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This layer shows three different levels of protected areas as well as their buffer zones. <br><br>**National protected areas** are managed by the national government, under the jurisdiction of the National Service of Natural Protected Areas (SERNANP). These areas are divided in three categories of use: indirect use, direct use, and reserved zone. In indirect areas, the extraction of natural resources or other types of environmental modification are not allowed. These areas only permit non-manipulative scientific investigation and tourist, recreational, educational, and cultural activities under regulated conditions. In direct use areas, the use of natural resources is allowed, primarily by local people, under the guidelines of a Management Plan approved and supervised by the relevant national authority. Reserved Zones are established as a transitory category in areas that have the conditions necessary to be considered as a natural protected area, but that require additional study to determine their extension and category.<br><br>**Regional protected areas** are bound by the same laws established for national protected areas, but are managed by regional governments. Regional protected areas are not divided into categories, but this does not mean that their conservation objectives are all the same.<br><br>**Private protected areas** are conservation areas that are created partially or totally on private property. The environmental, biological, or scenic properties of this land are complementary to the coverage of national PAs, supporting biodiversity conservation and increasing the opportunities for scientific investigation, education, and tourism. The recognition of private PAs is based in an agreement between the State and the owner of the land with the objective of conserving biodiversity for a renewable 10+ year period. <br><br>**Buffer zones** are areas adjacent to natural protected areas that, because of their nature and location, require special treatment to guarantee the conservation of the protected area. The activities in the buffer zone should not put the objectives of the protected area at risk. All use of natural resources in the buffer zone requires prior approval by SERNANP.

Shows the location of national, regional, and private protected areas in Peru and buffer zones

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OSINFOR requested protected area boundaries for Peru

http://www.sernanp.gob.pe/ques-es-un-anp

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