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May 2017
- Kosñipata passes Tourism Development Plan
  The native community of Santa Rosa de Huacaria hosted an event celebrating the approval of PLANTUR Kosñipata 2017 - 2020, short for “Plan Estratégico Distrital de Desarrollo Turístico de Kosñipata” or Strategic Tourism Development Plan of Kosñipata, on April...
April 2017
- A Life Plan in Yomibato, the most remote community in Manu National Park
  The Life Plan for the Matsigenka community of Yomibato was officially handed over to the community on March this year. The plan summarizes commitments formulated by the Matsigenka community members themselves for the next five years.
- PLANTUR Kosñipata: a proposal in favor of local tourism development
  The get-together took place on Thursday, the 30th of march in the Villa Carmen Biological Station. Participants included Mr. Libio Toque, Mayor of the municipal district of Kosñipata and his technical advisers, as well as Paucartambo Councilwoman Doris Mamani and Ms....
- Matsigenkas inside Manu National Park and their use of natural resources
  Between the 16th and 30th of march, a team of specialists from the Frankfurt Zoological Society Peru (FZS Peru) entered deep inside Manu National Park (NP Manu) to reveal to members of Matsigenka communities the results of the study on wildlife subjected to hunting and...
March 2017
- Improving student’s quality of life in the Mapacho Valley
  On march 20, four reading comprehension modules and three bathroom facilities were inaugurated in the different elementary schools of the Pillco Grande, Accobamba, Huaccanca and Lucuybamba rural communities, located in the Challabamba district inside the province of...
- Recognition to tourism entrepreneurs of the Manu Biosphere Reserve
  On the 11th and 12th of march 2017, the fourth training module on sustainable tourism took place in the inland port of Atalaya, as part of the project “Desarrollo de una Estrategia para el Fortalecimiento de Iniciativas de Turismo Sostenible para la zona oeste del...
February 2017
- Textiles of the Manu Biosphere Reserve enter the local market
  It was an arduous work year that is beginning to bear fruit! Twelve associations of the Mapache Valley region of the Manu Biosphere Reserve came together to create a sustainable development chain with what they produce best: textiles and Andean berries.
- “Kosñipaco”, a new regional dish of the Kosñipata Valley
  On February 4-5, members of the “Manu Kosñipata Tourism Service Providers” participated in the third training module about planning and tourism resource management. This project seeks to strengthen the tourism services of this region. It is managed by the...
December 2016
- Tourism training promotes participation of women entrepreneurs
  On December 10-11, representatives of 28 local tourism initiatives of the Kosñipata District (Cusco) participated in the second training module about planning and tourism resource management.
- Workshops for tourism initiatives in the Manu Biosphere Reserve
  At the beginning of November, interactive workshops were held to elaborate a tourism development plan for the Acjanaco – Atalaya region. This region is the entrance to the Manu National Park, the heart of biodiversity in Peru and the nucleus of the Manu Biosphere...