Trudging through swamps, lagoons and rivers, climbing mountains to cloud forests, and crossing farm fields, Conservation International scientists recorded an abundance of species in Peru’s Alto Mayo landscape.
They were left stunned with their findings. More than 2,000 species, 27 of which are new to science, were living alongside and abundance of human settlements.
They had proved something completely unexpected: Small patches of healthy forests can support a wealth of species – when protection and ecosystem management are done correctly. Which is exactly what Conservacion Interncaional Peru has been working to do in the Alto Mayo for the last 15 years.
