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October 15, 2019
Lima, Peru, October 15, 2019. – Lima will host the III Congress of Protected Areas of Latin America and the Caribbean (III CAPLAC), after its last edition in Argentina 12 years ago, in order to seek and promote solutions for welfare and sustainable development, in addition to presenting public-private approaches that will be transferred to the Convention on Biological Diversity by 2020.
The AJE group, named this year “Allied for
Conservation” in recognition of the work it has been doing in the Peruvian jungle through its BIO natural beverage brand, will be present at this important International Congress, in which leaders in conservation in the region will participate, along with Jorge López-Dóriga, Executive Director of Communications and Sustainability of the AJE Group, who will speak about the key role that private enterprise has in protecting the Amazon through projects and activities that allow the development of the communities that inhabit it.
“It is an honor for us, as a Peruvian company, to be the official beverage suppliers for this event that, for the first time, is being held in Lima, especially at such a crucial time for biodiversity on the planet. In the world, companies work under a market economy that we cannot ignore, but it is in our hands to transform it by creating initiatives that focus on satisfying the need of Mother Earth: to stop deforestation by putting a value on green gold through its super fruits, because if the tree or the standing palm tree has value no one will cut it down. Currently, 17% of the Amazon has already been deforested, if we reach 20% the process will be irreversible, we will turn it into a dry savannah”, assures Jorge López-Dóriga.
The AJE Group is also the official supplier of drinks for this event, with Agua Cielo and BIO drinks, made with superfruits from the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve, the second largest protected natural area in Peru, where harvesting is carried out in a sustainable manner with the support of the Amazon communities.
This edition will address four cross-cutting themes: welfare and protected areas with sustainable development objectives; protected areas and climate change; protected areas: marine coastal conservation and sustainability; and protected area interconnections.
At the end of the III Congress of Protected Areas of Latin America and the Caribbean (III CAPLAC), the Lima Declaration will be signed, highlighting the importance of protected areas to achieve social, environmental and economic sustainability, and how these natural areas contribute to the sustainable development of local populations and the improvement of their quality of life.
Other information:
- In Latin America and the Caribbean, protected areas represent approximately 23.6% of the world’s land surface, and 18% of the ocean’s surface.
- Peru has 76 nationally administered protected natural areas, 21 regional conservation areas, and 134 private conservation areas.
- The decision that Peru should host the Third Congress of Protected Areas of Latin America and the Caribbean is a proposal that emerged from the Fourth International Congress of Marine Protected Areas (IMPAC 4), Chile 2014, at the proposal of the Latin American Network of National Parks, other Protected Areas, and Wild Flora and Fauna (REDPARQUES) in 1992, in the city of Caracas-Venezuela.
- In 2007, the second Latin American Congress was held in Bariloche (Argentina), where the role of national parks and protected areas was highlighted as the main strategy for the conservation of biological, ecological, historical and cultural heritage on a global scale.