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The Agricultural and Fallow Management Project developed by Perenco Peru and the Native Communities San Rafael and Nuevo Libertad, won the 2011 Sustainable Development Prize, awarded by the National Society of Mining, Petroleum and Energy, to the environmental protection projects most outstanding and innovative of the year.

Requested by the communities' families and through the support of Perenco Peru in training and monitoring activities, the project has planted over 1,400 seedlings and recovered more than 13 ha of fallow or degraded areas by illegal logging, preventing deforestation of new areas, as it would have done in the past. Additionally, the project has included the planting of new species of fruit and vegetables, ensuring nutritional supply, improving the health of the inhabitants.

This project is part of the Perenco Peru's program of participating in the communities' local development located along the Napo Curaray and Arabella Rivers, jointly to education, health, employment and environment preservation projects.

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Nicolas de Blanpré
Perenco
23-25 rue Dumont-d'Urville
75116 Paris
Tel : + 33 (0)1 53 57 66 00

Mark Antelme
Pelham Bell Pottinger
5th Floor, Holborn Gate330 High Holborn
London WC1V 7QD
Tel : + 44 (0)20 7861 3232