The number of visitors to protected areas has seen an average annual growth of 17%, more than doubling between 2009 and 2015 (MINAM, 2016c). Currently, projects to conserve more than 2 million ha of primary forest are undertaken in four protected areas - Cordillera Azul National Park, Bahuaja Sonene National Park, Tambopata National Reserve and Alto Mayo Protection Forest. By 2015, Verified Emission Reductions amounted to 10.9 million tC02, preventing a deforestation of 30 000 ha (MINAM, 2016c).