Alto Purús National Park strengthens the huasaí production chain

In a forest of more than 2.5 million hectares, between the departments of Madre de Dios and Ucayali, is the Alto Purús National Park, which is home to 176 native communities, committed to the core with the conservation of the second largest natural protected area in the world. Peru. Every day, our Amazon surprises us with new gastronomic treasures with high nutritional and economic value for the benefit of the communities. This is the case of the huasaí that has conquered twelve indigenous communities of the Cashinahua people of Purús and that have managed to strengthen the productive chain for the processing of the pulp of this fruit, reported Arsenio Calle, head of the Alto Purús National Park. In order to promote forest products, the National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State (Sernanp), prepared during 2018 a diagnostic study in the territories of the communities of the Purús sector that has allowed the initiation of a large exploitation venture sustainable use of ...