Summary
This case study is one of 10 produced under "Forest Conservation through Certification, Markets and Strengthening of Small and Medium-sized Forest Enterprise," a five-year project supported by the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), a member of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group. Led by the Rainforest Alliance, the project involves approximately 100 community operations and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Peru. The project's central aim is to improve local livelihoods through sustainable forestry and enterprise development. Although the support needs, contexts and development levels of partner communities vary tremendously, the project's unifying strategy is to improve business capacities, market access and financial support for enterprise development in order to secure sustainable forest management and livelihood development. [This case study looks at Brazil nut production and enterprise in Madre de Dios, Peru, relevant to the themes of non-timber forestry products, and finanacial and administrative capacity building.]