The Nueva York Private Conservation Area spans 8,454 (3,421 hectares) of vital Amazonian flooded forests and palm swamps along the Tigre River in Peru’s Loreto region. The initiative, driven by the Kukama-Kukamiria Indigenous People of the Nueva York Native Community with the technical support of grantee Amazónicos por la Amazonía (AMPA), recognizes the community protection of a portion of the Kukama-Kukamiria Peoples Territory, safeguarding an ecological important area.
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Peru’s Second National Convention for the Exchange of Experiences Among Regional Conservation Areas, held on August 13-15, 2025 and organized by the Regional Government of Cajamarca, brought together over 200 environmental representatives from Peru’s 26 regional governments who are directly responsible for the promotion, creation, and management of the country’s Regional Conservation Areas.
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A significant step forward for conservation and Indigenous rights was achieved with the official establishment of the Bajo Putumayo Yaguas Communal Reserve. This new protected area, located in the northeast corner of the Peruvian Region of Loreto spans 396,862 acres of Amazonian forests and rivers rich with life.
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In an important decision for conservation in the tropical Andes, the Peruvian Ministry of Environment formally recognized the Ausangate Private Conservation Area (Área de Conservación Privada) on August 4th, 2025, a new protected area on communally titled land which includes 31,745 acres (12,847 hectares) of critical high-Andean ecosystems. Located in Peru’s Cusco region, the Ausangate Private Conservation Area (PCA) stands as a model for community-led conservation.
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On August 12, 2025, the new San Pedro de Chonta Regional Conservation Area (RCA) was officially established in Peru’s Huánuco department, spanning 128,218 acres (51,888 hectares). The area, established by supreme decree, safeguards three priority ecoregions: Peruvian Yungas, Páramos, and Marañón Dry Forests.
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We are thrilled to announce the granting of the Imiría Conservation Concession to the Border Federation of Native Communities of Lake Imiría and Chauya – Masisea (FECONALICM), on May 7th, 2025, in Peru’s Amazonian department of Ucayali.
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The Velo de la Novia Regional Conservation Area in Ucayali, Peru, spans 35,583 acres (14,399.75 hectares) of Peruvian yungas (cloud forest) and humid tropical forest. Velo de la Novia, which translates to “Bride’s Veil,” gets its name from the 275-foot-tall waterfall that crashes onto a smooth rock face within the conservation area.
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Medio Putumayo Algodón protects 700,778 acres (283,595 hectares) of Amazonian forests in an area considered a global center of biodiversity: the Putumayo-Amazonas landscape. Home to rare and endangered wildlife including jaguars, river otters, pink dolphins and woolly monkeys, the new regional conservation area aims to protect these species from threats such as illegal gold mining and logging.
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The Interandean Dry Forests of Cutervo RCA spans 45,494 acres (18,411 hectares) in the province of Cutervo, part of the department of Cajamarca in the northern Peruvian highlands. Its objectives are to conserve an important regional sample of the Marañón Seasonally Dry Inter-Andean Forest ecosystem.
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About 45 minutes outside of Espinar, in the department of Cusco, is the spectacular 97,570-acre (39,485-hectare) Tres Cañones Regional Conservation Area. Established by a Presidential decree in 2017 and managed by Cusco’s regional government, the area boasts distinct geological features, native Andean wildlife, and pre-Incan archeological sites, making it a critical area to protect.
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