Life-oriented forest policies in Peru

Authors

  • Rodrigo Arce Rojas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22478/ufpb.2447-9837.2025.n19.72765

Abstract

This article discusses life-oriented forest policies in Peru. The study is based on participation in the current process of formulating a new National Forest and Wildlife Policy and is complemented by a specialized bibliographic review. From the review and reflection, it is concluded that the forestry sector in Peru has a complex but disjointed organization. Peru’s forestry and wildlife policy is characterized by a disjunctive vision that separates humans from forests and a utilitarian perspective in that it reduces forests to resources, goods or services that must be used for human benefit. Forest policy does not escape the process of neoliberalization of the economy and nature. Beyond a mercantilist vision, forests have an intrinsic value that needs to be respected within the framework of a biocultural ethic.

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Published

2025-09-26

How to Cite

Arce Rojas, R. (2025). Life-oriented forest policies in Peru. Altera Journal of Anthropology, (19), 1–32. https://doi.org/10.22478/ufpb.2447-9837.2025.n19.72765

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Dossiê Knowledge, Bodies and Territories in the Anthropocene