Life plans as a basic tool for articulation in the territory of the Machiguenga Communal Reserve.

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by Reserva Comunal Machiguenga , Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado - Jefatura de la Reserva Comunal Machiguenga

Picha River - Machiguenga Communal Reserve

Reserva Comunal Machiguenga

The Machiguenga Communal Reserve (RCM) is home to great biological and cultural diversity and is inhabited by native communities of the Matsiguenka, Ashaninka, Kaquinte and Yine-Yami ethnic groups.

These populations have been the guardians of the forest and its riches from ancestral times to the present, preserving their customs and traditions constantly.

Sustaining the quality of life of these populations requires the articulation of the different levels of government and local stakeholders with an associated landscape approach, always taking into account cultural identity.

A key tool is the Life Plans, constructed in a collective, differential and integral manner that represent the memory, face and voice of the native communities and that from this document are articulated to the territorial planning.

Last update: 30 Sep 2025

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Context

Challenges addressed

Land and Forest degradation

Loss of Biodiversity

Ecosystem loss

Lack of alternative income opportunities

Changes in socio-cultural context

Poor governance and participation

Scale of implementation

Local

Subnational

Ecosystems

Tropical evergreen forest

Theme

Access and benefit sharing

Protected and conserved areas governance

Sustainable livelihoods

Indigenous people

Local actors

Traditional knowledge

Protected and conserved areas management planning

Forest Management

Location

Echarate, La Convención, Cusco, Peru

South America

Impacts

Technical assistance from the Field Museum in the development and presentation of the Life Plans methodological guide at the III Congress of NPAs in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Installation of a multi-sectoral working group on Life Plans, in order to have a governance platform driven by actors such as:RCM, Executor of Administration Contract-ECA Maeni, Directorate of Culture Cusco-DDC, AGRORURAL, National Intercultural University of Quillabamba-UNIQ, The Field Museum, District Municipality of Echarati, District Municipality of Megantoni, National Forestry and Wildlife Service-SERFOR, Local Water Authority-ALA,Organismo de Evaluación y Fiscalización Ambiental-OEFA, Central de Comunidades Nativas Matsigenkas-CECONAMA, Consejo Machiguenga del Río Urubamba-COMARU, REPSOL, and partner native communities of ECA Maeni.
Strengthening of co-management with the rescue of ancestral knowledge and the registration of traditional knowledge of the native communities of Poyentimari and Koribeni before INDECOPI.
Technical assistance for native communities to benefit from projects related to handicrafts, tourism and agriculture.
Sustainable use of resources through minor activity agreements (bush meat and screw seeds).