The document addresses the profound impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Peru, especially the Amazon, linking infectious diseases to human-caused environmental problems like habitat fragmentation. It critiques approaches focused solely on economic ‘reactivation at all costs’ that might harm the environment, and authoritarian solutions to public services. While Peru has reasonable economic conditions, it faces challenges in efficient financial management, corruption, and expertise at all government levels, exacerbating recovery issues and highlighting shortcomings in social programs and digital inclusion.
The strategic goal is to leverage the crisis to promote public and private investment, economic activity, and sustainable development in the Amazon, aiming for a resilient, inclusive, low-emissions region that protects forests. Immediate objectives include generating temporary employment, reactivating local economies, recovering businesses and tourism, and improving basic services like health, education, and food security. Key actions involve establishing temporary employment programs for green infrastructure and training, providing financial assistance for business recovery, improving sanitary facilities and water services, promoting commercial reforestation and agroforestry, enhancing connectivity for tele-health and tele-education, and fostering financial inclusion through digital transactions.