National Trust Fund for Protected Areas

GET will provide seed money for the Trust Fund for Conservation of Peru's Parks and Protected Areas (FONANPE). Annual revenue from the trust will finance mgmt. activities -- incl. training, mgmt. plans, operational costs, salaries, awareness prog. and buffer zone alternative livelihood -- for 3 protected areas: Manu National Park and Biosphere Reserve, Noroeste Biosphere Reserve and Rio Abiseo National Park. GTZ is providing parallel financing to support the National Institute of Natural Resources (INRENA) and recurrent expenses of FONANPE's administrative agency, PROFONANPE, during 1995. The GTZ parallel grant also finances development of a master plan for all Peruvian protected areas and a 2-year NGO small grants program for sustainable, integrated conservation and development projects.