*2.6. Identification of Potential Areas for Restoration and Conservation*

Subsequently, the areas of high distribution potential were overlapped with the Protected Natural Areas (PNA) information obtained from GeoServer (https://geo.sernPNA. gob.pe/visorsernPNA/; access on 18 February 2021) of the National Service of Natural Areas, which is protected by the State (SERNPNA) to promote conservation of the genus *Cedrela*, currently considered as endangered and overexploited in Peru.

Similarly, the raster layer (30 m resolution) of degraded areas as identified by the Ministry of the Environment of Peru (MINAM) in 2019 was also obtained from its geoservidor, (https://geoservidor.minam.gob.pe/recursos/intercambio-de-datos/; access on 18 February 2021) and overlapped with the potential distribution of *Cedrela*. Finally, the distribution surfaces of the 10 species within the PAs and degraded areas were quantified. This way, the analysis had made it possible to identify the protected areas that conserve the genus *Cedrela* and those degraded spaces that could be restored with one or more of the species under study.
