Illicit coca crop area in Peru's protected natural areas reduced by 21%

According to the report "Peru: Coca Crop Monitoring 2024", prepared by the National Commission for Development and Life without Drugs (Devida) with the support of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the surface area of illicit coca crops within protected natural areas was reduced by 21% during the year 2024, compared to what was recorded in 2023. This is the result of articulated work with the Special Project for Control and Reduction of Coca Cultivation in Alto Huallaga (Corah), between the Anti-Drugs Directorate of the National Police of Peru and Devida, which leads the National Service of Protected Natural Areas by the State (Sernanp), an entity belonging to the Ministry of Environment (Minam), through inter-institutional coordination actions and the implementation of an effective surveillance and control system, within the framework of its Strategy for Addressing the Problem of Illicit Crops in Protected Natural Areas (ANP) of National Administration, aligned ...