First Technical Meeting of the Mechanism for the Exchange of Subnational Public Policies for the Sustainable Environmental Management of the Amazon (MIPA): Regenerative Agriculture and Livestock Farming for Jurisdictions with Forests in Peru and the Amazon
From October 27 – 29, 2025 in Pucallpa, Ucayali, Peru, subnational governments from across the Amazon, regenerative agriculture experts, Indigenous representatives and international partners gathered for the First Technical Meeting of Mecanismo de Intercambio de Políticas Públicas Subnacionales para la Gestión Ambiental Sostenible de la Amazonía (MIPA) or the Mechanism for the Exchange of Subnational Public Policies for the Sustainable Environmental Management of the Amazon. MIPA is a decentralized South-South technical cooperation program between subnational governments in the Amazon. MIPA’s main objective is to contribute to the improvement of environmental public policies of Amazonian subnational governments by:
- mapping experiences;
- convening technical exchanges; and
- generating bilateral and/or multilateral cooperation agendas.
The First MIPA Technical Meeting was organized by the Regional Government of Ucayali (Peru) and the Mancomunidad Regional Amazónica (MRA) or Amazon Regional Association, with technical support from the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCFTF) and Fundación para la Internacionalización de las Administraciones Públicas (FIAP) Amazonia+ program. The theme was Regenerative Agriculture and Livestock Farming for Jurisdictions with Forests in Peru and the Amazon, and representatives from GCFTF member and observer jurisdictions in Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil worked to strengthen cooperation with respect to the thematic issues.
The meeting consisted of four sessions:
- “New Forest Economy and Its relationship with Regenerative Agriculture and Livestock Farming in a Jurisdictional Approach”
- Case studies: “From Theory to Practice: Experiences of Regenerative Management in the Peruvian Amazon”
- Panel discussion: “Opportunities for Scaling Up and Financing Regenerative Agriculture and Livestock Farming”
- Working session: “Consolidate Strategic Alliances for Scaling Up the Approach in the Amazon”
The meeting also included field trips to a regenerative palm oil farm, an integrated management farm, and an agroforestry farm.
The final session was a working session where participants split into groups to identify and consolidate alliances. Nine cooperation proposals were submitted with each proposal identifying a theme, jurisdictions, resources, next steps, and responsible individuals/groups. The themes included advice on REDD+ programs, a technical exchange on coffee, EUDR regulations and cocoa production, and an exchange of experiences of Indigenous women.
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The First MIPA Technical Meeting organizing Work Team was:
- Amazon + / Expertise France – Hugo Carvajal
- Amazonía + / FIAP – Iván Lefort
- Amazonia + / FIAP – Encarna Porras
- GCFTF – Colleen Scanlan Lyons
- Mancomunidad Regional Amazónica – Luis Briceño
- Mecanismo de Desarrollo Alternos – Daniel Coronel
- Mecanismo de Desarrollo Alternos – Pierre Encinas
- Amazonia + / FIAP – Cristina Quintana
- Amazonia + / FIAP – Cristina Blasco
Participants, presenters and partners included:
- Governor of Ucayali, Peru and MRA President, Manuel Gambini Rupay
- Governor of Huánuco, Peru, Antonio Pulgar Lucas
- Secretary of Environmental Development, Rondônia, Brazil, Marco Antonio Ribeiro de Menezes Lagos
- Regional Directorate of Agriculture, Huánuco, Peru, Vilmia Saldívar
- Secretary of Agriculture and Environment, Guaviare, Colombia, Kelly Castañeda Ruiz
- Secretary of Agriculture, Environment, and Productivity, Amazonas, Colombia, Claudia Dulcey Cala
- Specialist, General Directorate of Agricultural Development and Agroecology, MIDAGRI Peru, Carmen Rosa Chávez
- Senior Advisor, Caqueta, Colombia, Lorenzo Vargas
- Jaksilande Araújo de Lima, President, Instituto de Mudanças Climáticas e Regulação de Serviços Ambientais do Acre (IMC)
- Elsa Mendoza, Acre Program Coordinator, Earth Innovation Institute
- Maximino Rivas, Sustainability Project Manager in Regenerative Agriculture, Proforest
- Carlos Rueda, Regional Manager for Landscapes Latin America, Earthworm Foundation
- Priscila Pasco, Agroecology Officer, WWF Peru
- Carlos Rodríguez León, Coordinator, Abrigue Program/Sinchi
- Fiorella Pizzini, Project Leader, Future Landscapes, The Nature Conservancy
- Lesly Vera, Palm Manager, Solidaridad
- Luis Fernando Gonzales
- Ledy Guadalupe Vela Ramirez
- Diogo Martins Rosa
- Héctor Zhiñin, Nature and Culture International (NCI) Ecuador
- Becky Linares, Shipibo Tribe, Ucayali, Peru
- Steven Bustos, Vaupés, Colombia