Cusco: Driving the Recovery of Ecosystems and Improvement of Alpaca Breeding in Ocongate

Fulfilling the objectives of repopulating the 'lungs' of peasant communities and improving the genetic quality of alpacas, the Regional Government of Cusco began the recovery of 3,677 degraded hectares and delivered 126 Huacaya breed reproductive alpacas, benefiting the producer families of the Ocongate district, Quispicanchi province. Through the project "Improvement of ecosystem services in support of sustainable forest productive development in the Palccamayo micro-basin", the Regional Management of Natural Resources and Environmental Management will install thousands of pine, queuña, qolle, chachacomo, and other trees to regreen the peaks of Ocongate. The benefited communities are: Huacatinco, Pallcca, Llullucha, Lahualahua, Patapallpa Baja, Patapallpa Alta, Accocuncca, Ccollca, Sallicancha, Upis, Pucarumi, Maranpaqui, Chaupimayo, and Mahuayani. "This project is not limited to planting species; on the contrary, it means having more water for thousands of families and crops as ...