National Service of Natural Protected Areas

National Service of Natural Protected Areas by the State
Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado (SERNANP)
Agency overview
FormedMay 13, 2008 (2008-05-13)
Preceding agency
  • National Institute of Natural Resources (formed November 27, 1992 (1992-11-27))
JurisdictionPeru
HeadquartersAv. José Galvez Barrenechea N° 696, San Isidro, Lima
Employees1407 (2023)
Annual budgetS/116.2 million (FY 2024)
Agency executive
  • José Carlos Nieto Navarrete, Head
Parent departmentMinistry of Environment
Websitewww.gob.pe/sernanp
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The National Service of Natural Protected Areas by the State (Spanish: Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado; SERNANP) is the public agency of the Peruvian State responsible for the direction, management and conservation of the National System of Protected Natural Areas by the State (SINANPE). SERNANP is affiliated with the Ministry of the Environment. It was created by Legislative Decree No. 1013 on May 2008, replacing the former National Institute of Natural Resources (INRENA), which had been established on November 1992 under the Ministry of Agricultural Development and Irrigation.