The new Municipal Wildlife Reserve contributes to a biological corridor protecting a territory at the northernmost edge of the neighboring Noel Kempff Mercado National Park and the southeastern edge of the Iténez Departmental Park and Integrated Natural Management Area.
The creation of the Quijos Conservation and Sustainable Use Area (ACUS) in Napo ensures the long-term preservation of a critical Andean-Amazon corridor within the Sumaco Biosphere Reserve.
Protecting Runahurco means securing water for thousands of families while safeguarding one of the most threatened raptors in the Andes-Amazon transition zone.
The new national-level protected area safeguards 64,863 acres (26,249 hectares) of rivers and water sources surrounded by biodiverse tropical forests in Ecuador’s coast.
This biodiverse landscape of montane and cloud forest has been upgraded from a temporary “Reserved Zone” to a permanent national-level Protected Area.
Amid the cobalt-winged parakeets and spiny walking palms of the Ecuadorian Amazon, 50 participants representing 15 organizations gathered in Napo, Ecuador for Andes Amazon Fund’s third annual Institutional Strengthening workshop.
The rugged terrain of the new Regional Conservation Area (RCA) is home to the Andean bear, Andean cock-of-the-rock, and puma as well as over 100 species of birds, including some found only in this region of Peru.
The newly established Río Chilenas and Ciudad Roma Municipal Protected Areas safeguard 416,341 acres (168,487 hectares) of fragile high-altitude wetlands, grasslands, and forests within Bolivia’s iconic Lípez mountain range located in the southern department of Potosí.
The new Aguas Calientes Maquia Regional Conservation Area (RCA) conserves 242,563 acres (98,162 hectares) of highly biodiverse Amazonian forests, wetlands, waterfalls and rivers that include unique hot springs and salt licks in Loreto, Peru.
Especialistas y equipos técnicos de 8 Áreas de Conservación Regional (ACR) de Cusco, Junín, Ayacucho y Tacna se reunieron en la ciudad del Cusco para fortalecer capacidades orientadas al monitoreo de la deforestación, el análisis de grillas y la evaluación y reporte del estado de conservación de las ACR del Perú.