Ene River valley. Within this project, a carpentries component was intended to support

the physical reconstruction of the communal buildings and secondarily, to start a wood

processing enterprise through sustainable exploitation. This project, funded by "The

Rainforest Foundation United Kingdom," was carried out over a three-year period.

 The carpentries project was executed by the Association for the Conservation of

the Patrimony of Cutivireni (ACPC). ACPC has been engaged with the conservation and

development of indigenous communities in the Selva Central region for 17 years,

focusing on the conservation of the natural and cultural patrimony of the indigenous

groups that inhabit the Vilcabamba Range area.

 Study Objectives

 The purpose of this study is to examine three of these small-scale community

carpentries, analyzing socioeconomic effects at two levels: villages and households. This

research was intended to provide insights about the positive and negative socioeconomic

effects of the carpentry operation in the communities to help support regional decision

making related to this alternative forest resources use. This study may also contribute to

the growing body of literature on community forest enterprises and market integration of

relatively isolated communities.

 Study Site and Communities

 The target groups of this study are the Camantavishi, Cutivireni and Quempiri

communities settled in the Ene river valley, in the district of Rio Tambo, province of

Satipo, department of Junin (Figure 3-1). This area is located in the Selva Central region

in the eastern flank of the Peruvian Andes. The Ene river is navigable year round and

flows south to north from the confluence of Apurimac and Mantaro until merging with

the Perene river to form the Tambo river. More than 40 rivers, including the seasonally