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March 1, 2023

New Private Conservation Area in Peru Conserves High-Priority Dry Forests and Endemic Species

Photo © Nature and Culture International Peru

By Megan MacDowell
©NCI Peru

Andes Amazon Fund celebrates the creation of the Utco Private Conservation Area (PCA) in Peru’s Cajamarca region. The conservation area was established in perpetuity, and protects 7,562 acres (3,060 hectares) of Amazonian dry forest, and is considered an “epicenter of biodiversity.” The dry forests of the Utco Private Conservation Area are home to nearly 2 dozen species found nowhere else in the world. 

Yellow-faced parrotlet (Forpus xanthops) ©Michell León
Yellowish rice rat (Aegialomys xanthaeolus) ©NCI Peru

“[Utco PCA] is a natural research center, where 20 species of endemic flora have been reported in critical danger, such as Parkinsonia peruviana, Cedrela kuelapensis, Caesalpinia celendiniana, and Piptadenia weberbaueri.”

Elvis Allauja, Nature and Culture International
©NCI Peru

Acknowledgments

This achievement was made possible through the efforts of the Utco community, with the technical support of Nature and Culture International and the additional support of Re:wild.

Learn more from our partners at Nature and Culture International

Posted in Biodiversity, Country, Ecosystem, News, Peru, Sustainability, Type of Conservation
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