Peruvian Trust Fund for National Parks and Protected Areas (PROFONANPE)

Profonanpe is a not-for-profit private entity of public interest. It specializes in efficiently raising and managing financial resources aimed at implementing programs and projects that contribute to biodiversity conservation, mitigation and adaptation to climate change. With more than 20 years of successful institutional work, Profonanpe has consolidated as the most important environmental fund in Peru. Since its foundation it has being characterized as an institution specialized in creating, developing and implementing innovative processes in fund management, participatory management and private company engagement. Profonanpe’s experience during its more than 20 years of work has allowed it to test fundamental institutional components. Profonanpe’s foundational seed capital endowment laid down the institution’s foundations and provided funding for conservation activities in natural protected areas.