What Instituto del Bien Común does

Instituto del Bien Común (IBC) is a Peruvian non-profit civil association (asociación civil sin fines de lucro) founded in 1998 that works with rural and indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon to promote the optimal management of common goods — communal territories, forests, water bodies, fisheries, and protected natural areas. The organization serves native communities (2,505 indigenous settlements across 10 departments), peasant communities (7,282 nationwide), indigenous federations, Peruvian government agencies (SERNANP, regional governments of Loreto, Pasco, Ucayali, Huánuco), and academic/research networks. Its primary service lines are territorial ordering, communal land titling, indigenous territory security, deforestation monitoring, policy advocacy, and large-landscape governance.

IBC's core technology portfolio consists of three interconnected systems: SICNA, a georeferenced database holding 65 data fields per community for 2,505 indigenous settlements with 95% GPS-referenced coverage; SICCAM, a parallel database of 7,282 peasant communities jointly developed with CEPES; and MapBiomas Peru, a satellite-based land cover monitoring initiative that processes Landsat imagery at 30m resolution through Random Forest machine learning algorithms on Google Earth Engine, generating annual classification maps from 1985-present. The organization leads MapBiomas Peru as part of the pan-Amazon RAISG network and the global MapBiomas Network. Underlying technology includes participatory mapping combining GPS/GIS (ArcGIS/ArcView) with indigenous traditional knowledge, machine learning-based deforestation tracking, and forest carbon density mapping consortium work with Woodwell Climate Research Center, EDF, and COICA.

The organization's revenue model is grant-funded through international donors and bilateral cooperation agreements (NICFI, Climate and Land Use Alliance, Ford Foundation, AFD/FFEM, Quadrature Climate Foundation, Rainforesta Foundation Norway, Good Energies) and project execution contracts with Peruvian government entities. All services — maps, databases, publications, technical assistance — are provided free of charge to communities, governments, and universities. IBC operates two flagship regional programs (Putumayo Amazonas in Loreto and ProPachitea in Pasco/Huánuco) plus pan-Amazon and national special projects, with 47 staff across headquarters in Lima and field offices in Iquitos and Oxapampa.

Name

Instituto del Bien Común

Legal name

Instituto del Bien Común

Website

https://ibcperu.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Instituto del Bien Común (IBC) is a Peruvian non-profit founded in 1998 that works with rural and indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon to promote sustainable management of communal territories, forests, and protected areas through georeferenced databases, satellite monitoring, and landscape-scale governance programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Conservation Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Forestry (1153), Administration of Conservation Programs (92412)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Timberland GIS, Remote Sensing & Data Analytics (AFAMAKAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Stakeholder Engagement, Indigenous/Tribal Consultation & Social Impact (SIA) (EUAHAAAH)

Keywords

• Amazon conservation services
• Indigenous land rights
• Geospatial databases
• Deforestation monitoring
• Territorial mapping

Headquarters

HQ city

Lima

HQ country

Peru

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. International donor funding and grants: IBC is a non-profit civil association that funds its operations through grants and cooperative agreements with international donors, foundations, and bilateral climate/forest initiatives. Key donors include NICFI, Climate and Land Use Alliance, Ford Foundation, and others.
2. Government contracts and project execution: IBC executes projects funded by Peruvian government agencies and regional governments for titling, territorial management, and conservation, funded through environmental and development programs.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Instituto del Bien Común (IBC) is a Peruvian non-profit civil association that delivers territorial governance, georeferenced databases, satellite-based environmental monitoring, and legal/policy advocacy services to indigenous communities, indigenous federations, government agencies, and research institutions working on Amazon conservation and indigenous rights in Peru. Its core outputs include the SICNA and SICCAM georeferenced information systems, the MapBiomas Peru satellite monitoring platform, two landscape-scale programs (Putumayo Amazonas and ProPachitea), and accompanying legal and territorial mapping services.

Product overview

The Instituto del Bien Común (IBC) is a Peruvian civil association founded in 1998 that works with rural communities for the care of common goods in the Amazon. Rather than a single commercial product, IBC offers a portfolio of interconnected information systems, monitoring tools, and service lines organized around territorial governance and environmental conservation. The core technology offerings are SICNA (georeferenced database on native Amazonian communities), SICCAM (georeferenced database on peasant communities), and MapBiomas Perú (satellite-based land cover/use monitoring using machine learning on Google Earth Engine). These are supported by the RAISG pan-Amazonian information network, territorial mapping and legal advocacy services, and two regional landscape programs (Putumayo Amazonas and ProPachitea) that apply these tools at the field level. The portfolio also includes the regional project 'Ciencia y Saber Indígena por la Amazonía' combining satellite technology with indigenous knowledge for forest carbon monitoring.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MapBiomas Perú: A collaborative network that employs cutting-edge technology to monitor changes in territory, including tropical forest coverage, water bodies, glaciers, and other land cover categories.
• SICNA
• SICCAM

Products and services

• SICNA - Sistema de Información sobre Comunidades Nativas de la Amazonía Peruana Georeferenced database containing geographic and socioeconomic information on titled, pending-titled, and unrecognized native communities across the Peruvian Amazon. Provides GPS-referenced data for 95% of an estimated 2,505 indigenous settlements, supporting territorial planning, rights defense, and community titling processes for indigenous organizations and government institutions.
• SICCAM - Sistema de Información sobre Comunidades Campesinas del Perú Georeferenced database developed jointly with CEPES containing tabular and cartographic information on the recognition and titling of 7,282 peasant communities across Peru's coast, highlands, and Amazon regions, covering 70% of communal lands mapped. Used by indigenous organizations, government bodies, and academic institutions for territorial planning.
• MapBiomas Peru Satellite-based land cover and use monitoring platform that employs machine learning (Random Forest) on Google Earth Engine to generate annual land cover maps, water surface analysis, fire monitoring, and deforestation alerts for all of Peru from 1985 to present at 30m resolution. Part of MapBiomas Amazonía and the global MapBiomas Network; freely accessible to governments, researchers, and civil society.
• Programa Putumayo Amazonas Landscape-scale territorial governance program in northeastern Loreto, Peru, promoting the Gran Paisaje Putumayo Amazonas — a 4-million-hectare mosaic covering 44 native community territories, six conservation areas including Parque Nacional Yaguas, and sustainable use zones across nine indigenous ethnic groups. Delivered to indigenous federations and regional government partners.
• Programa ProPachitea Sustainable basin management program for the Pachitea River watershed (approximately 29,000 km²) spanning Oxapampa (Pasco) and Puerto Inca (Huánuco). Works on sustainable resource use and environmental governance institutions across montane and lowland forests critical for water capture and biodiversity, delivered to local communities and government partners.
• Ciencia y Saber Indígena por la Amazonía Regional project combining satellite technology and field observations to study forest carbon loss in indigenous territories and protected areas across Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru. Led by IBC within RAISG consortium with COICA and Woodwell Climate Research Center, with NICFI funding; Peru component focuses on the Kakataibo indigenous territory.
• Deforestation Monitoring Service Satellite-based monitoring of historical and recent deforestation in Peru, with emphasis on the Putumayo Amazonas and Pachitea Basin landscapes. Uses machine learning on Google Earth Engine to produce deforestation maps demonstrating that indigenous territories and protected areas represent only 17% of Amazon deforestation (2000–2015). Delivered to government agencies and civil society.
• Legal Advocacy and Accompaniment Service Legal advisory and advocacy services for indigenous communities on land titling, natural resource management, extractive industry impacts, and protection of isolated indigenous peoples (PIACI). Includes capacity building, legal strategy design, and participation in policy reform processes targeting Peruvian government institutions and Congress.
• Territorial Planning (Ordenamiento Territorial) Territorial planning support for native communities including physical-legal land titling, zoning for natural resource management, and GPS/GIS training. Operates with a large-landscape approach integrating native communities, protected areas, and indigenous territorial reserves.
• Territorial Mapping (Mapeo Territorial) Territorial mapping services including boundary mapping, resource use zoning, historical-cultural space mapping for indigenous peoples, and mapping of indigenous isolation zones. Combines participatory methodology with GPS and GIS technologies (ArcGIS/ArcView).

Quantifiable outcome

• Territories of indigenous peoples and protected areas represent only 17% of deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon (2000–2015), demonstrating their effectiveness as forest barriers.
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Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

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Integration3 records

AI capability4 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Woodwell Climate Research CentercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Woodwell partners with IBC, COICA, and RAISG in the 'Ciencia y Saber Indígena por la Amazonía' project to analyze carbon density and forest loss in indigenous territories across four pilot landscapes in Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, and Peru (Kakataibo).
• COICA (Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021COICA is a regional indigenous organization that partners with IBC and Woodwell in the Science and Indigenous Knowledge project, contributing indigenous leadership and validation of methodologies for carbon monitoring in indigenous territories across the Amazon basin.
• RAISG (Red Amazónica de Información Socioambiental Georreferenciada)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRAISG is a pan-Amazon network of 8 civil society organizations that co-develops and operates MapBiomas Amazonía and shared deforestation monitoring protocols. IBC serves as the Peruvian representative in RAISG and leads MapBiomas Perú. RAISG generates integrated socio-environmental data across national borders.
• MapBiomas Network (Brazil)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMapBiomas Network, originating from Brazil, co-develops the MapBiomas Amazonía initiative with RAISG. IBC leads MapBiomas Perú as part of this global network, adopting shared methodology, technology platform, and classification standards for satellite-based land cover analysis.
• GooglecoreTechnology or IntegrationGoogle provides cloud processing infrastructure through Google Earth Engine, which enables MapBiomas to process decades of Landsat satellite imagery at scale using machine learning algorithms without requiring local computational infrastructure.
• Gaia Amazonas (Fundación Gaia Amazonas)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGaia Amazonas is the coordinating entity of the NorAmazónica Alliance (ANA) and executes the TerrIndígena 2 project, with IBC as the Peruvian coordinator and implementer alongside ISA, EcoCiencia, Iepé, and NCI. This is a multi-country initiative covering Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
• ISA (Instituto Socioambiental — Brazil)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerISA is a Brazilian environmental organization and TerrIndígena 2 consortium member working alongside IBC on the Science and Indigenous Knowledge project, contributing carbon loss analysis for the Xingú indigenous territory in Brazil.
• EcoCiencia (Fundación Ecuatoriana de Estudios Ecológicos)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEcoCiencia is an Ecuadorian environmental foundation and TerrIndígena 2 consortium member, partnering with IBC on pan-Amazon indigenous territory protection and contributing the Waorani pilot landscape analysis.
• Iepé (Instituto de Pesquisa e Formação Indígena)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIepé is a Brazilian indigenous research institute and TerrIndígena 2 consortium member, collaborating with IBC on indigenous territory protection methodologies and research approaches for the Amazon.
• NCI (Naturaleza y Cultura Internacional)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNCI is a Peruvian conservation organization and TerrIndígena 2 partner, co-implementing the project with IBC in Peru's Putumayo Amazonas landscape and the Nanay Tigre Mosaic. NCI and IBC commissioned a cost-benefit study on road projects in the Putumayo region.
• SERNANP (National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State)coreOthersSERNANP is the Peruvian government agency managing national protected areas. IBC collaborates with SERNANP on the management of Parque Nacional Yaguas and other protected areas within the Gran Paisaje Putumayo Amazonas, supporting governance and monitoring activities.
• FECONA (Federación de Comunidades Nativas del Alto Amazonas)coreOthersFECONA is the federation representing native communities in the upper Amazon region of Loreto. IBC has partnered with FECONA since 1998 to strengthen community governance, territorial security, and protected area management within the Putumayo Amazonas Programme.
• FECOIBAP (Federación de Comunidades Nativas del Bajo Amazonas)coreOthersFECOIBAP represents native communities in the lower Amazon region and is a key indigenous partner in IBC's Putumayo Amazonas Programme, collaborating on community governance and landscape management.
• SPDA (Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental)minorOthersSPDA is a Peruvian environmental law organization that collaborates with IBC on legal advocacy, policy reform, and environmental law initiatives within shared programme areas.
• WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society)minorOthersWCS is a conservation organization that works with IBC on fisheries governance and Amazon conservation initiatives, particularly in the ProPachitea Programme area.
• WWF PeruminorOthersWWF Peru collaborates with IBC on Amazon conservation, particularly in fisheries governance activities and sustainable resource management within the ProPachitea Programme.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• EcoCiencia: Ecuadorian environmental research foundation that co-implements TerrIndígena 2 alongside IBC, contributing the Waorani pilot landscape. Closely comparable as a country-level Amazon conservation/indigenous-rights organization with research and GIS capacity.
• GAIA Amazonas: Colombian foundation coordinating the NorAmazónica Alliance (ANA) and the TerrIndígena 2 project in which IBC is the Peruvian implementer. Operates the same landscape governance model with indigenous peoples in the Colombian Amazon and shares RAISG/MapBiomas infrastructure.
• Naturaleza y Cultura Internacional (NCI): Peruvian conservation NGO co-implementing TerrIndígena 2 with IBC in the Putumayo Amazonas landscape and Nanay Tigre Mosaic. Operates similar indigenous-territory protection and co-commissioned the Putumayo road cost-benefit study with IBC.
• Instituto Socioambiental (ISA): Brazilian NGO and TerrIndígena 2 consortium member working on indigenous territory protection, socio-environmental data, and policy advocacy across the Brazilian Amazon. Closest functional peer given shared methodology, donor base, and pan-Amazon scope.
• RAISG (Red Amazónica de Información Socioambiental Georreferenciada): Pan-Amazonian socio-environmental georeferenced information network of which IBC is the Peruvian member and MapBiomas Peru lead. Co-develops and operates shared deforestation monitoring protocols and the MapBiomas Amazonía initiative.
• Iepé (Instituto de Pesquisa e Formação Indígena): Brazilian indigenous research institute and TerrIndígena 2 consortium member working on indigenous territory methodologies alongside IBC. Comparable as a community-driven Amazonian indigenous research organization.

Broad incumbents

• MapBiomas Network: Global network originating in Brazil that co-develops the MapBiomas Amazonía initiative and shared land cover methodology. Larger, more established platform with country chapters across the tropics; IBC leads MapBiomas Peru within this structure.
• Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Peru: International conservation organization collaborating with IBC on fisheries governance and Amazon conservation in ProPachitea. Comparable in working with indigenous communities in protected-area contexts but with global footprint and significantly larger budget.
• WWF Peru: International conservation NGO working with IBC on fisheries governance and Amazon conservation within the ProPachitea Programme. Operates at much larger scale with broader portfolio; overlaps on conservation and sustainable resource management.

Regional players

• Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental (SPDA): Peruvian environmental law NGO collaborating with IBC on legal advocacy, policy reform, and environmental law initiatives. Complementary rather than competing; overlaps in policy advocacy and indigenous rights work but focuses on legal instruments rather than territorial mapping.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights8 records

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