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Dysfunctionality of state actors in effective environmental protection of the Peruvian Amazon

Policy Paper 4

This document analyses the evolution of the main legal and illegal economic activities in the Amazon and their impacts on environmental security. It shows how the failure of not having achieved a sustainable development has, on the contrary, worsened environmental degradation.

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It also reviews the institutional structure in terms of its action in the Amazonian territory and, in light of the meagre results, identifies the main dysfunctionalities that limit its actions, recognising that institutional weakness is a structural problem in Peru that is also reflected in other areas of public policy.

Finally, a set of recommendations to reverse this negative trend are proposed. Assuming that the structural problem will not be reversed in the short term, political action is required at the highest level to achieve the results proposed in national policies and their respective strategic plans.

* The publication is available in Spanish and English.

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