The use of natural forest resources in Peru by private entrepreneurs or communities is subject to a utilization fee as economic compensation for the state. The fee is calculated both per utilized area and per use of harvested timber and is paid to the national forest administration SERFOR. In this context, UNIQUE was commissioned by the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to revise the currently valid national fee regulation with respect to the use of timber from natural forests in Peru and to develop an updated fee payment scheme for all tree species of the different climatic regions of the country.

• Coordination of field work and reporting.
• Adaptation of the valid models for fee regulations for the use of wood.
• Data collection of costs and revenues of roundwood use of all natural forest tree species.
• Derivation of a national wood utilization tariff for all natural forest tree species.