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Peruvian Amazon Rainforest - Coggle Diagram
Peruvian Amazon Rainforest
Management
The Purus-Manu conservation corridor. In South East Peru.
14% timber forest concession
10% indigenous lands
17% territorial reserves
8% other
50% protected areas
4% territorial reserves
2% conservation and ecotourism concessions
0.4% Non-timber forest concessions
Management plans are required for all forest related harvesting activities.
Establishing indigenous community reserves to give local communities land ownership and rights over extraction of materials on their land.
Threats to biodiversity
Agriculture
Gold mining
Timber
Energy
Highways
Characteristics
Diverse
Home to 44% of the worlds bird species
Home to 63% of the worlds mammals
Sparsely populated
Fragile ecosystem
Complex interrelationships
Considerable interdependence
Climate
Average temperatures range from 22'C to 31'C
Annul rainfall from 1000 - 3000mm
How is it valued
Locally
Indigenous tribes
Globally
Timber
Hydroelectricity
Minerals
Archeology
Medicinal plants
Nationally
Biodiversity