Entrepreneurs by Nature 2026

Closing Date: March 15

CLOSED

What are we looking for?

Entrepreneurs for Nature is a non-reimbursable funding contest promoted by the Ministry of the Environment (MINAM), through the National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State (SERNANP), with the support of strategic allies such as Profonanpe.

The contest, through its different subcategories, aims to promote and strengthen Peruvian enterprises based on the sustainable use of natural resources in Natural Protected Areas (NPAs), Private Conservation Areas (PCAs) and Regional Conservation Areas (RCAs), contributing to their conservation and local economic development.

National VI

This edition seeks to promote and strengthen enterprises linked to NPAs and their Buffer Zones, and those located within RCAs or PCAs that make responsible use of natural resources, landscapes and other ecosystem services, in order to contribute to biodiversity conservation and local development.
ACR+ I

Through this subcategory, the competition may support ideas with business plans accompanied by pilot tests in the market, or ventures that require capital to strengthen or improve their production processes. In both cases, sustainable economic alternatives are promoted for the populations that inhabit and manage these spaces.
Sea of Grau III

The third edition of Emprendedores por Naturaleza seeks to promote and strengthen entrepreneurships located in the Grau Tropical Sea National Reserve for the sustainable use of natural resources associated with the NPA, which contribute to its conservation and generate local economic development.
Dorsal II

To promote and strengthen enterprises located in the Nasca Ridge National Reserve for the sustainable use of natural resources associated with the NPA, which contribute to its conservation and generate local economic development.
Paracas II

Promote and strengthen enterprises for the sustainable use of natural resources and the natural landscape resource associated with the Paracas National Reserve, that contribute to their conservation and generate local economic development.

Drigido a

Category	Who can apply?
National	Natural persons with business. Micro and small companies established for the use of natural resources. Associations formed for the use of natural resources. Cooperatives established for the use of natural resources. Peasant and native communities. Indigenous organizations (regional and local level). Social Interest Agrarian Societies (SAIS).
ACR+	Individuals with business Cooperatives or civil associations with or without lucrative purposes. Formally recognized community, local, native or peasant organizations. Special or general regime companies, legally constituted, whose purpose includes the sustainable use of natural resources. Any of them must demonstrate a direct link to one of the following Regional Conservation Areas (RCAs): Amazonas: Vista Alegre-Omia; Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests of the Marañon. St. Maarten: Escalera Mountain Range; Shunté and Mishollo Forests. Tumbes: Angostura Faical. Piura: Dry Forest of Salitral - Huarmaca. Lambayeque: Huacrupe Forest - La Calera; Moyán Forest - Palacio. Tacna: Vilacota Maure. Cusco: Q'eros-Kosñipata; Chuyapi Urusayhua; Choquequirao; Ausangate; Three canyons.
Sea of Grau III	Legal entities. Natural persons with business.
Dorsal II	Legal entities. Natural persons with business.
Paracas II	Natural persons with business. Legal entities.

Prioritized topics

Category	Detail
National	Exploitation of inland and/or marine hydrobiological resources. Use of wild flora resources. Exploitation of wildlife resources. Use of agroforestry resources. Use of the natural resource of the landscape. Ecological and productive restoration within PNAs, RCAs or PCAs, or in buffer zones. Ancestral sustainable enterprises, based on textile handicrafts and basketry, ceramics or other traditional expressions, which enhance the local cultural heritage and generate income compatible with the conservation of the PNA, RCA or PCA. Other sustainable ventures that implement solutions based on the following in nature.
ACR+	Agroecological production and sustainable farming systems. Agroforestry systems. Nature tourism and community ecotourism. Handicrafts with cultural identity and sustainable materials. Transformation and commercialization of local products (biocommerce). Environmental services and complementary conservation activities. Sustainable use of strategic natural resources of the territory, such as: a) Non-timber forest products (e.g. wild fruits, resins, fibers, medicinal plants). b) Wild flora and fauna, under authorized management and in accordance with current environmental regulations, for food, medicinal or tourism purposes. c) Inland and/or marine hydrobiological resources, such as fish, mollusks or algae, through responsible and monitored extraction practices. d) Landscape resources, with potential for tourism, educational or cultural uses, that reinforce the link with conservation.
Sea of Grau III	Sustainable use of marine hydrobiological resources. Sustainable use of natural, landscape and cultural resources.
Dorsal II	Sustainable use of marine hydrobiological resources associated with the reserve. National Dorsal de Nasca. It may include equipment, industrialization, marketing, fishing gear, processing and valuation of offshore hydrobiological resources, products and/or by-products, value chain valuation and/or eco-innovation or others.
Paracas II	Use of marine hydrobiological resources. Use of flora (non-timber) and wildlife resources. Use of agroforestry resources (honey, fruit trees, among others). Sustainable use of natural, landscape and cultural resources.