The Servicio Nacional de Areas Protegidas por el Estado (National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State) - SERNANP, is a Specialized Technical Public Agency attached to the Ministry of the Environment, through Legislative Decree 1013 of May 13, 2008, in charge of directing and establishing the technical and administrative criteria for the Conservation of Protected Natural Areas - ANP, and to protect the maintenance of biological diversity. SERNANP is the governing body of the National System of Natural Protected Areas by the State - SINANPE, and in its capacity as technical-regulatory authority it carries out its work in coordination with regional governments, local and owners of properties recognized as private conservation areas.

Mission

Conduct the System of National Proctected Natural Areas of Peru with an ecosystem perspective, integral and participatory, with the purpose of sustainably managing its biological diversity and maintaning ecosystem services that provide benefits to society.

Vision

Society values the environmental, cultural, social and economic benefits it receives from the representative ecosystems present in protected natural areas and actively contributes to their conservation.