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Good practice Evidence: Observational / pre–post Top 14% 60/100 Compare

Peru MERESE — National Tariff-Based Watershed PES Framework (SUNASS)

Peru's Law 30215 (2014) mandates water utilities to fund watershed PES via tariffs. SUNASS authorised 43/50 utilities; US$50M+ invested; 8,900+ ha protected; …

Lima, Peru

Good practice Evidence: Observational / pre–post Top 14% 60/100 Compare

AQUAFONDO — Water Fund for Lima and Callao (Peru)

Andean water fund restoring 86 km of pre-Inca amunas to recharge Lima's rivers; 15m m³/year water secured, 605,000 t CO2 absorbed, 5,000 …

Lima, Peru

Good practice Evidence: Observational / pre–post Top 14% 60/100 Compare

Alto Mayo Protected Forest REDD+ Project (Peru)

REDD+ project protecting 182,000 ha of Amazonian forest in San Martín, Peru. Between 2008–2020: 59% deforestation decline, 8.4M tCO2e prevented, 1,300+ conservation …

Moyobamba, Peru

Good practice Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 27% 53/100 Compare

Rumiyacu–Mishquiyacu–Almendra Water Fund — EPS Moyobamba's Pioneering Tariff-Based Watershed PES (Peru)

Since 2008, a one-sol water-tariff surcharge in Moyobamba has funded reforesting 400 ha across three microwatersheds feeding the city's supply, predating Peru's …

Moyobamba, Peru

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Good practice Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 40% 47/100 Compare

Amara y Ullujalla — Peru's First Conservation Concession for a Fog-Oasis (Lomas) Ecosystem

In April 2024 Peru granted its first Concession for Conservation over a lomas fog-oasis: 6,449 hectares in Ica region, protected 30+ years …

Ocucaje, Peru

Good practice Evidence: Observational / pre–post Top 58% 40/100 Compare

MARENASS / Pachamama Raymi — Prize-Based Competitions for Andean Terrace and Watershed Restoration (Peru)

Peru's IFAD-financed MARENASS project used the Pachamama Raymi methodology — cash-prize contests between Andean farming communities — to fund community-directed rehabilitation of …

Abancay, Peru

Good practice Evidence: Observational / pre–post Top 58% 40/100 Compare

Acorn Coffee Agroforestry Carbon Programme — San Martín (Peru)

Rabobank Acorn / Solidaridad / Lutheran World Relief agroforestry programme with ~1,000 coffee producers in San Martín, Peru; over 10,000 tCO2 removed …

Moyobamba, Peru

Good practice Evidence: Observational / pre–post Top 58% 40/100 Compare

Datem del Marañón Wetlands Resilience Project — Peatland Carbon Baseline (Peru)

A $9.1M Green Climate Fund project — the GCF's first ever — helped 120+ Indigenous communities in Peru's Datem del Marañón manage …

San Lorenzo, Peru

Good practice Evidence: Observational / pre–post Top 76% 33/100 Compare

Peru's National Mechanism for Retribution for Ecosystem Services (MERESE, Ley 30215)

Peru's 2014 MERESE law lets water utilities reserve tariff revenue for watershed conservation - 45 of 50 utilities have a mechanism, S/132M …

Lima, Peru

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Good practice Top 89% 27/100 Compare

Amunas of Huamantanga & Huarochirí — Reviving Pre-Inca Infiltration Canals for Lima's Dry-Season Water (Peru)

Pre-Inca canals that sow rainy-season water into Andean slopes: tracer tests show ~45 days of subsurface retention; modelled scale-up could raise Lima's …

Huamantanga, Peru

Good practice Evidence: Quasi-experimental Top 89% 27/100 Compare

Waru Waru Raised-Field Rehabilitation, Lake Titicaca Basin, Peru

Peruvian farmers around Lake Titicaca are rebuilding pre-Hispanic waru waru raised fields, which use surrounding water channels to buffer crops against frost; …

Puno, Peru

Good practice Evidence: Observational / pre–post Top 89% 27/100 Compare

Peru's Satellite-Verified Conditional Transfers for Indigenous Forest Conservation (PNCB)

Peru's National Forest Conservation Programme pays indigenous communities with land titles to protect Amazon forest, verified via Geobosques satellite alerts. Since 2010: …

Pucallpa, Peru