Progress in formalizing “native community” rights in the Peruvian Amazon (2014–2018)

Since 1974, the Peruvian government has formalized collective property rights by titling more than 1300 native communities on over 12 million hectares (IBC 2016). This recognition is important for the peoples who live in the Peruvian Amazon and directly depend on these forests. It also has implications for the conditions of the forests they live in, which represent 17% of the national forest area (MINAM 2016). Despite this progress, there is still a considerable gap in the process of formalizing the lands claimed by the indigenous peoples.