The Peruvian Trust Fund for National Parks and Protected Areas (Profonanpe) is a private conservation trust fund based in Peru with over 20 years of experience in financially and technically supporting the country’s Protected Area (PA) system and their buffer zones.
Throughout this time, Profonanpe has maintained a close working relationship with the Government of Peru through a direct collaboration, initially with the Natural Resources Institute (INRENA) under the Ministry of Agriculture, and currently with the National Service for Protected Areas, Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado (SERNANP), housed within the Peruvian Ministry of the Environment and in charge of the management of the National PAs System, Sistema Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas (SINANPE). Since its inception, Profonanpe’s role in conservation and PAs management has grown from providing sustainable operational financing to cover part of PAs’ recurrent costs to advocating and promoting innovations to PAs management patterns in Peru.
