At MMG we recognise our role as temporary stewards of the land we mine and surrounding tenements, and the responsibility we carry to care for it for future generations.

The Las Bambas Development Association, supported by 22 locally based nurseries, is funding a greener future for 34 communities in the provinces of Cotabambas and Grau by planting tree seedlings spanning a vast 368-hectare area, emulating a ‘green lung’ to improve air quality and build biodiversity.

The ‘Sacha Tarphuy’ forestry campaign is creating new woodlands with Pine, Queuña and Colle species. Generating mass swathes of forest conserves ecosystems and, over time, has been proven to sequester and capture carbon, a measure that mitigates damaging climate change. At the launch ceremony, Zenón Panihura, the Pumamarca Community President, welcomed planting seedlings to benefit future generations: “Our children and grandchildren will enjoy the forests we are now creating, thanks to the work with Las Bambas and the communities.

Now it is our duty to take care of them,” he said. Since 2012, Las Bambas’ financed forestry programs have increased regional biodiversity protection for people living within its operating footprint, aligning with critical sustainable development and socio-environmental responsibilities.