Favio Rios

Professional experience in the private and public sectors overseeing and managing conservation projects and forest management of protected areas and rural development in the Amazon region of Peru, Bolivia and the Peruvian Andes, Experience in strategic planning and adaptative management. Experience working in a multi-cultural environment.

I.    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

April 2024 - September 2024

National Forest and Wildlife Service. Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation - PERU

Position:  General Director of the General Directorate of Knowledge Management.

-     In charge of 3-line directorates: Monitoring, Evaluation and Knowledge Management. Responsible for providing support for continuous institutional improvement through monitoring, evaluation and knowledge management actions to the Regional Forestry and Wildlife Authorities.

October 2022 - April 2024

National Forest and Wildlife Service.  Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation - PERU

Position: General Director of the General Directorate for Policy and Competitiveness.

-     In charge of 4-line directorates: Policy and Regulation, Promotion and Competitiveness, Capacity Building, and Studies and Research of the Forest Plantations, of the Functional Operational Unit and work teams for Climate Change Management,

-     Responsible for implementing the Forest and Wildlife Legislation. In this period, 63% of the guidelines identified to implement the were approved. Proposals were prepared and presented to update the legislation and three of its regulations, with emphasis on incorporating the climate change approach.

-     Improved the implementation of the regulations with a focus on promoting and recognizing ancestral practices for the use of forest resources other than wood by indigenous communities.

-     Responsible for updating the climate change mitigation measure for agroforestry systems and diagnosis of progress and review of the 12 measures.

May 2021 - October 2021

Forest Investment Program (FIP). National Forest Conservation Program for Climate Change Mitigation / Ministry of the Environment - PERU.

Position: Team Leader

-     Implemented three projects of the Forest Investment Program financed by the Strategic Climate Fund through the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), for a total amount of USD 36.3 million, for the improvement of support services for the sustainable use of ecosystem biodiversity in the forest landscape in the Tarapoto - Yurimaguas corridor,  from the departments of San Martín and Loreto; in the Puerto Maldonado - Iñapari corridor and in the area of the Amarakaeri Communal Reserve, in the department of Madre de Dios; and for the improvement of the environmental information service for the mapping of deforestation in the Amazon forests of Peru.

November 2020 – May 2021

Fund for the Promotion of Natural Protected Areas (PROFONAMPE) - National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State – PERU

Position: Coordinator of the thematic table on governance.

-     Led the thematic governance table in the process of updating the Master Plan of the National System of Natural Areas Protected by the State - Peru.

October 2017 - January 2019

Program for Sustainable, Inclusive and Competitive Forestry Development of the Peruvian Amazon of the National Forest and Wildlife Service - Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation - PERU

Position: Executive Director

-     Managed 3 public investment projects and a portfolio of projects, implemented by regional and local governments, with a total budget of $60 million.

-     Prepared the bases and launched a competitive fund to promote applied research – Fund for Applied Forestry Research.

May - October 2017.

Agency for the Supervision of Forest and Wildlife Resources – OSINFOR - PERU

Position: President of the Second Chamber of the Forestry and Wildlife Court

-     Resolved in second instance the appeals filed by holders of enabling titles.

January 2008 - December 2015

Fund for the Promotion of Natural Protected Areas – PROFONANPE - PERU

Position: Coordinator of the Tropical Forest Conservation Agreement

-     Management of  a portfolio of 41 short-term and long-term projects in the amount of $10.6 million, with the participation of indigenous organizations, civil society and the local and national private sector; for the implementation of projects for the management of non-timber forest resources and hydrobiological resources; for the promotion of nature tourism; for capacity building to improve the participation of indigenous organizations and the State in the co-management of their forests; to promote the formalization of activities for the use of ecosystem goods and services; generating local economic movement based on the formal extraction of natural resources; and for the creation of a scholarship and training fund to strengthen the capacities of more than 2,500 public and private officials.

-     Preparation of the implementation strategy with the competent authority in protected areas

-     Preparation of 7 bases for the calls for the Tropical Forest competitive fund and 4 bases for the calls for competitive funds in co-financing with the Fund of the Americas.

-     Formation of a private committee for the management of nature tourism from protected natural areas.

-     Contribution to the formation of functional operational units for the management of nature tourism and for the management of natural resources in protected areas.

January 2005 - December 2007.

World Wildlife Fund - WWF Bolivia - BOLIVIA

Position: Coordinator of the Pando Program – Bolivia.

-     Financed, implemented, and monitored projects for the use of non-timber forest resources and land use planning, through local partners, in the border zones of Bolivia, Peru and Brazil.

-     Supported the formation of management, policy advocacy and forest management committees.

-     Prepared Brazil Nut management plans in Amazonian Indigenous communities and in private harvesting areas.

-     Increased Brazil Nut export volumes by 300% in Brazil’s nut extractors cooperative.

-     Created the Bruno-Racua National Reserve, supported and strengthened the departmental and municipal government for the management of the protected area.

March 2001 - December 2004

Peruvian Foundation for the Conservation of Nature – Pro-Naturaleza - PERU

Position: Director of the Regional Office of PRONATURALEZA in Madre de Dios, Peru.

-     Advised for the titling of territories of indigenous communities, inventory and preparation of management plans.

-     Supported bilingual and intercultural education of indigenous communities in Madre de Dios region.

-     Advised and provided support to the chestnut growers' association for the granting of forest concessions for products other than wood at the national level.

-     Prepared master plans for the Tambopata National Reserve and Bahuaja-Sonene National Park.

May 2000 - February 2001

National Institute of Natural Resources - INRENA. Ministry of Agriculture - PERU

Position: Head of the Forest Management Unit.

-     Administered and supervised enabling titles for the extraction of forest resources at the national level.

-     Managed statistical and geographical information on authorization titles for the use of forest resources.

-     Prepared policy guidelines for the management of forest resources.

January 1999 - April 2000

 Conserving Chestnut Trees project – Madre de Dios - PERU

Position: Head of the project "Chestnut Ordinance in Madre de Dios".

-     Designed and planned the census of Brazil nut trees (Bertholletia excelsa H.B.K) in the areas of use.

-     Executed Census of Brazil nut trees and prepared technical files to apply for forestry concessions.

-     Resolved conflicts in the process of demarcation and use of bordering trees in the areas of Brazil nut harvesting in the scope of the Tambopata National Reserve and Bahuaja Sonene National Park.

-     Systematization and exchange of experience with public and private organizations in Brazil and Bolivia, for the scalability of the intervention.

January 1995 - October 1998.

National Watershed Management and Soil Conservation Program. Ministry of Agriculture - PERU

Position: Head of the Forestry Development Area.

-     Production of forest seedlings in communal and municipal nurseries; forest plantations; and plantation management: pruning, thinning, management of regrowth, among others.

-     Promotion with the high Andean communities of reforestation practices, water and soil conservation and local enterprises such as beekeeping, production of jellies from Andean fruits and introduction of local fruits in gastronomy.

August 1992 - December 1994.

Foundation for Agrarian Development, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (UNALM) - PERU

Position: Responsible for urban tree planting in Lima and UNALM Forest Nursery.

Production of forest and ornamental seedlings. Preparation of landscape design proposals in green areas of Lima.

II.   CONSULTANCIES:

-     MIDAGRI. PTRT3. Technical advice for the promotion of value chains in native communities, peasants and individual farms.

-     Ministry of Production. Member of the Steering Committee of the Center for Technological Innovation: CITEmadera.

-     MIDAGRI/PNIA. Evaluation of proposals that promote R+D+i through seed companies, adaptive research and extension services.

-     SmartWood. Participation in a Certified Forest Audit in a forest concession in the Bolivian Amazon. Bolivia.

-     SmartWood. Participation in a Chain of Custody Audit of a furniture manufacturing and export company. Lima- Peru.

-     Universidad Nacional San Antonio de Abad del Cusco. Visiting Professor of the Forestry and Agroforestry Course. Puerto Maldonado – Peru.

-     National Institute for Environmental Protection for Health. Preparation of the report of the Environmental Management of Green Areas of Lima project.

Master's Degree: Public Management – Universidad del Pacífico. Lima, Peru, 2016.

Specialization: Agricultural Business Management - Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina. Lima, Peru 1994. Title: Management Specialist

Bachelor’s Degree:  Forestry Engineer - Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina Lima, Peru 1992.