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The chestnut, the açaí, the majo and the royal palm of the Manuripi Amazonian Wildlife National Reserve in Boliviaare seeking organic certification in 2024 with a view to exporting to differentiated markets, according to the person responsible for Natural Resources of the protected area, Rolando Toyama.
It is worth mentioning that the chestnut has been certified since 2012, and in this administration, for the first time for the department Pando and Bolivia, organic certification is also being managed for majo and royal palm.
“As a reserve we are certifying four products for this management, among them the chestnut, as an organic product from the Manuripi reserve, as a product of origin; We have the açaí with the harvest that has started and we have also been certifying it since 2019,” Toyama explained.
Organic certification seeks to value wild production to reach differentiated export markets, management conditions and use within the Manuripi Reserve under international standards.
In this regard, Toyama highlighted that compliance with quality regulations in production favors the access of Bolivian Amazonian products to differentiated markets at competitive prices. This generates income for producers and strengthens the diversification of the Manuripi Reserve.
For its part, Luke Lopez, Head of Protection of the National Wildlife Reserve Reserveexplained that one of the requirements to achieve certification is the monitoring or follow-up of the fruit harvesting activity, in three aspects, being social, environmental and production.
“In the social aspect, that the collectors have a good quality of food and life, housing, that there is no child labor; In the environmental area, waste management is evaluated, ensuring that palm trees are not cut down, mistreated, or other species of fauna and flora are harmed,” Luke added.
Meanwhile, in the productive area, it is evaluated that good fruit harvesting practices are complied with. In the reserve there are two processing plants, installed in the communities of Villa Florida and Luz de América.
“We are in a protected area and there are certain regulations that are followed, which help us conserve the forest and natural resources for future generations,” said Toyama.
The Manuripi Amazon National Wildlife Reserve has among its objectives to protect the Amazonian humid tropical forest ecosystem, which contains a high value for its richness of species and diversity, as well as its valuable natural resources.
