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Peru : Indicators

2010 > Cultural services

Cultural services

Are citizens informed about any permit system or regulations regarding ‘cultural services’ (tourism or ecotourism, shrines, sacred groves or other historic sites)? Do the public know about any specific permits for (eco)tourism, or other cultural services provided by forests?

There is an existing legislation and regulations on this topic, which specifies that information on the location and extent of any Ecotourism and Conservation Concession need to be published before being granted both in the newspaper El Peruano and in a local circulation paper.

Are local people informed of where permits holders for tourism, ecotourism, or other cultural services, will be / are operating, so that they are aware operations should be happening in their area, and to give them the opportunity to know if permit holders are legally in that location?  Read the report...

Is information on locations of (eco)tourism or other cultural services permits given to the public?

Yes, prior to awarding the grant of Ecotourism and Conservation, the information is published both in the newspaper El Peruano and in a local newspaper.
Some of the resolutions on grant concessions are available in the Forest Law Portal and Wildlife.
Information on the location of each of the communities is not published, but there is a map with all non-timber concessions in Peru.
http://www.minag.gob.pe/dgffs/pdf/Mapas/Concesiones%20No%20Maderables.pdf
There is also a digital base map of forest concessions at the national forest authority, but it is not published on the website. Access to the map is possible only through a request, pursuing Departmental Resolution No. 257-2004 –INRENA. Read more...
In addition to any consultation on the general location, timing and allocations of permits (these were covered in the previous 'permits' Theme), are stakeholders subsequently given a chance to comment on the location / impact / mitigation of the tourism or ecotourism concessions at the local level, for example as part of developing a forest management plan?  Read the report...

Is there a stakeholder consultation process on (eco)tourism locations?

No, There is no public hearing process for the preparation, approval and implementation of management plans. The local actors have the opportunity to comment to the holders of rights through Forest Management Committees. However the promotion and strengthening of committees was not prioritized by the National Forest Authority. Read more...
Once all preparations and permits are completed and a provision of tourism or ecotourism services contract starts, can local people find out about the size / value / or limits on these services?  Read the report...

Is information on the quality / quantity of (eco)tourism services made public?

Local people do not know the size, value or limits of such services. At a regional level, only rights’ holders are provided with this information Read more...
  Read the report...

Are the management plans for (eco)toursim services public?

No, forest management plans are not published. The national forest authority has not classified information as either public or private, although this is required by the law of transparency and access to public information. At the regional level, only rights holders are given this information. Read more...
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