Country Risk Profiles

Timber Risk Score: 12 / 100 in 2017. The Timber Legality Risk Assessment contains an evaluation of the risk of illegality in Peru for five categories and 21 sub-categories of law. We found:

• Specified risk for 20 sub-categories.
• Low risk for 0 sub-categories.
• No legal requirements for 1 sub-category.

This page provides an overview of the legality risks related to timber produced in Peru. 

The following percentages of the country are forested, making a total forest cover of about 56%:

• 53% is the jungle region - the Amazon rainforest). Native species such as Guazuma crinita, Calycophyllum spruceanum and Swietenia macrophylla, and exotic species such as Simarouba amara and Tectona grandis are planted. The region is sub-divided into:
  • Permanent production forests (24.5%)
  • Forests reserves (29.5%)
  • Protection forests (27.5%)
  • Forests on lands of rural and indigenous communities (17.7%)
  • Forests on private landholdings (0.8%)
• 3% is in the coastal region, which is referred to as dry forest
• 0.17% is in the mountainous region - the Andean forests. Eucalyptus spp. and Pinus radiata are planted. In the jungle region,

Of the forests in Peru:

• 81.4% are public forests (in production, conservation, land reserves, and areas with no forest rights assigned)
• 18.6% are private forests (on landholdings and rural and indigenous communities).

Legality risks in Peruvian timber supply chains are wide-ranging and relate to legal rights to harvest, taxes and fees, timber harvesting activities, third parties’ rights, and trade and transport. 

Companies sourcing timber from Peru should take care to ensure the risks identified are not present in their supply chains, or have been sufficiently mitigated. VIEW LESS