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Last October 20^th was the closing ceremony of the Tropical Forest Conservation Agreement (ACBT), a 13-year collaboration between the United States Government, Peru’s National Natural Protected Areas Service (SERNANP) and civil society to manage protected areas for biodiversity conservation and contribute to the development of conditions for sustainability and new challenges to climate change.

From 2002 to 2015, the period in which the ACBT has been in effect, important issues have arisen, such as the relationship between natural protected areas and climate change, the conservation of biodiversity to avoid carbon emissions, and the emergence of the eco-tourism industry for natural protected area conservation.  The activities implemented under the ACBT have positively impacted these issues and have also helped advance SERNANP’s development eco-tourism.

Before the closing ceremony there was a symposium with several presentations on the ACBT: 41 projects were performed in 17 natural protected areas and 3,300 families were benefited.