Natural heritage

The Constitution of Peru

Constitution of Peru

The Constitution of Peru is the supreme law of Peru. The current constitution, enacted on December 31, 1993, is Peru's fifth in the 20th century and replaced the 1979 Constitution....

 of 1993 recognized the natural resources

Natural Resources

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 and ecosystem

Ecosystem

An ecosystem is a biological environment consisting of all the organisms living in a particular area, as well as all the nonliving , physical components of the environment with which the organisms interact, such as air, soil, water and sunlight....

 variety of its country as a heritage . In 1900, the National System of Natural Areas that are protected by the Government (SINANPE) was created . This entity depends on the National Institute of Natural Resources (INRENA). Also created was a map of protection and preservation of historical-cultural heritage and nature.

This map has 63 natural areas (14,2% of the country surface area) that are preserved by the National Government: twelve national parks, eleven national reservations, seven national sanctuaries, four historical sanctuaries, two wild life refuges, two landscape reserves, six protected forests, seven communal reserves, two hunting enclosed lands and ten reserved zones.

Peru is considered to be among 17 of the most megadiverse countries

Megadiverse countries

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 in the world. With over 1,700 species of birds, it has the world's second most diverse avian community, after Colombia

Colombia

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National Parks are places where the wild flora

Flora

Flora is the plant life occurring in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring or indigenous—native plant life. The corresponding term for animals is fauna.-Etymology:...

 and fauna

Fauna

Fauna or faunæ is all of the animal life of any particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is flora.Zoologists and paleontologists use fauna to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific time or place, e.g. the "Sonoran Desert fauna" or the "Burgess shale fauna"...

 are protected and preserved. Natural resources exploitation and human settlements are forbidden.

National parks

• Cutervo
  Cutervo National Park
  Cutervo National Park is the oldest National Park in Peru. It was established September 8, 1961 by means of Law N° 13964 by the Peruvian Government as the first protected natural area created. Its creator was Salomon Vilchez Murga , a recognized Biologist who was born in Cutervo, Peru. When...
  
  , created in 1961 and located in Cajamarca, is the oldest Peruvian National Park. It contains many caves, including the San Andres Cave is a home of the endangered guacharo
  Oilbird
  The Oilbird , also known as Guácharo, is a bird found in the northern areas of South America . They are nocturnal feeders on the fruits of the Oil Palm and tropical laurels, and are the only nocturnal fruit eating birds in the world...
  
   (oilbird)and Golden Quetzal.
• Tingo Maria
  Tingo Maria National Park
  The Tingo Maria National Park is located in José Crespo Y Castillo District, Huánuco Region, Peru. Its principal attraction is the Cueva de las Lechuzas where the guacharos live. The park has a surface of 180 km2 with a mountain range in the shape of a woman that slept, which is called "The...
  
   is located in Huanuco. Its principal attraction is the Cueva de las Lechuzas (Owl
  Burrowing Owl
  The Burrowing Owl is a tiny but long-legged owl found throughout open landscapes of North and South America. Burrowing Owls can be found in grasslands, rangelands, agricultural areas, deserts, or any other open dry area with low vegetation. They nest and roost in burrows, such as those excavated...
  
   Cave), another guacharo habitat.
• Manu
  Manú National Park
  Manú National Park is a biosphere reserve located in Madre de Dios and Paucartambo, Cusco. Before becoming an area protected by the Peruvian government, the Manú National Park was conserved thanks to its inaccessibility. The park remains fairly inaccessible by road to this day. In 1977, UNESCO...
  
  , located in the departments of Madre de Dios and Cuzco. It is most representative of Amazon biodiversity. In 1977, UNESCO
  UNESCO
  The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
  
   recognised it as a Reserve of Biosphere; and in 1987, it was pronounced a Natural Heritage of Humanity.
• Huascarán
  Huascarán National Park
  Huascarán National Park is a national park in the Cordillera Blanca, a range of the Andes, in Ancash of central Peru. It was also pronounced as Natural Heritage of Humanity and recognized as Reserve of Biosphere Core. The highest mountain in Peru is located in the park...
  
   is located in Ancash. It was also pronounced a Natural Heritage of Humanity and recognized as Reserve of Biosphere. Peru's highest snow-covered mountain (6,768 m) is found here, also named Huascarán
  Huascarán
  Huascarán or Nevado Huascarán is a mountain in the Peruvian province of Yungay, situated in the Cordillera Blanca range of the Western Andes. The highest southern summit of Huascarán is the highest point in Peru, and all the Earth's Tropics...
  
  . This park is the habitat of the Puya Raimondi, the Cougar, the Jaguar
  Jaguar
  The jaguar is a big cat, a feline in the Panthera genus, and is the only Panthera species found in the Americas. The jaguar is the third-largest feline after the tiger and the lion, and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. The jaguar's present range extends from Southern United States and Mexico...
  
  , the Llama
  Llama
  The llama is a South American camelid, widely used as a meat and pack animal by Andean cultures since pre-Hispanic times....
  
  , the Guanaco, the Marsh Deer
  Marsh Deer
  The Marsh Deer, Blastocerus dichotomus , is the largest deer species from South America reaching a length of and a height of at the rump. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay...
  
  , the Peruvian tapir
  Brazilian Tapir
  The South American Tapir , or Brazilian Tapir or Lowland Tapir or Anta, is one of four species in the tapir family, along with the Mountain Tapir, the Malayan Tapir, and Baird's Tapir...
  
  , the Peruvian Piedtail, a hummingbird
  Hummingbird
  Hummingbirds are birds that comprise the family Trochilidae. They are among the smallest of birds, most species measuring in the 7.5–13 cm range. Indeed, the smallest extant bird species is a hummingbird, the 5-cm Bee Hummingbird. They can hover in mid-air by rapidly flapping their wings...
  
   species, and many kinds of ducks.
• Cerros de Amotape
  Cerros de Amotape National Park
  The Amotape Hills National Park is located around the Amotape District, in the northern section of the Piura Region and the extreme southern section of the Tumbes Region in Peru. It is the best well kept example of equatorial dry forests in the whole Pacific region...
  
   (Amotape Hills) is located in Piura and Tumbes. It has many dry-climate forests and endangered species such as the American crocodile
  American Crocodile
  The American crocodile is a species of crocodilian found in the Neotropics. It is the most widespread of the four extant species of crocodiles from the Americas. Populations occur from the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of southern Mexico to South America as far as Peru and Venezuela. It also lives...
  
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• The Abiseo River Park
  Rio Abiseo National Park
  The Rio Abiseo National Park is located in the San Martín department of Peru. UNESCO pronounced it as Natural and Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 1990. The park is home to a large number of species of flora and fauna, as well as the location of over 30 pre-Columbian archaeological sites...
  
  , another Natural and Cultural Heritage of Humanity site, is located in San Martín.
• Yanachaga-Chemillen
  Yanachaga–Chemillen National Park
  The Yanachaga–Chemillén National Park is located in the Pasco Region in Peru. It preserves part of the Peruvian Yungas and Ucayali moist forests ecoregions. The Palcazu river, Huancabamba river, Pozuzo river and their affluents flow through this National Park. Some native communities still live in...
  
  , a tropical forest preservation zone at 4,800 m, is located in Pasco. The Palcazu river
  Palcazu River
  The Palcazu River is a river in Peru which forms from the confluence of the Bocaz and Cacazú rivers, who are born in the mountains of the mountain range of San Carlos....
  
  , Huancabamba river
  Huancabamba river
  The Huancabamba River has its origin in the confluence of the rivers Huaylamayo and Chontabamba in Peru. The upper course is formed by the basins of these rivers. The middle course is between Huancabamba and the Pozuzo and its lower course between Pozuzo and the confluence with the river Palcazú....
  
  , Pozuzo river
  Pozuzo River
  The Pozuzo River is a river in Peru. It has a general course south to north. This basin departmental limit Huánuco is understood between the mountain range of Yanachaga to the East and the line - Pasco, for the North-East the line provincial limit Oxapampa - Cerro de Pasco for the South-west.More...
  
   and their affluents flows through the park. Some native communities still live in here. There are also archaeological fields from the Inca
  Inca Empire
  The Inca Empire, or Inka Empire , was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The administrative, political and military center of the empire was located in Cusco in modern-day Peru. The Inca civilization arose from the highlands of Peru sometime in the early 13th century...
  
   and Yanesha cultures.
• Bahuaja-Sonene
  Bahuaja-Sonene National Park
  The Bahuaja-Sonene National Park is located in south-eastern Peru. It contains the tropical forests and tropical foothills of Puno, dwarf forests, and the Heath Pampas. It was created in July 1996 out of the Tambopata-Candamo Reserved Zone and expanded on Sept...
  
   is located in Madre de Dios. It contains Puno Department's tropical forests, the Heath Pampas and part of the Tambopata-Candamo
  Tambopata-Candamo
  Tambopata-Candamo is a nature reserve in the Peruvian Amazon Basin south of the Madre de Dios River in Tambopata Province's Inambari and Tambopata districts...
  
   Reservation Zone.
• Cordillera Azul
  Biabo Cordillera Azul National Forest
  The Biabo Cordillera Azul National Forest in Peru was created as a product of the process of categorization and definitive delimitation of the Reserved Zone Blue Biabo mountain range. As soon as the process was finished, the zone corresponding to the Blue Mountain range was declared as National...
  
  
• Otishi
  Otishi National Park
  The Otishi National Park is a protected area in Peru located in the Junín Region , Junín Province and Satipo Province, Río Tambo District and in the Cusco Region , La Convención Province, Echarate District. It protects Southwest Amazon moist forests at lower elevations and Peruvian Yungas at...
  
  
• Alto Purús
  Alto Purús National Park
  Alto Purús National Park and Communal Reserve is a national park in the Amazon Rainforest area of Peru, created on November 20, 2004. It is home to groups of indigenous people, including some that have avoided contact with the outside world....
  
  
• Ichigkat muja - Cordillera del Condor
  Ichigkat muja - Cordillera del Condor National Park
  The Ichigkat muja – Cordillera del Condor National Park is a protected area in Peru located in the Amazonas Region, Condorcanqui Province.- External links :*...
  
  

National reserves

• Pampa Galeras – Barbara D’Achille is located in Ayacucho. It is the habitat of the vicuña
  Vicuña
  The vicuña or vicugna is one of two wild South American camelids, along with the guanaco, which live in the high alpine areas of the Andes. It is a relative of the llama, and is now believed to share a wild ancestor with domesticated alpacas, which are raised for their fibre...
  
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• Junin
  Junin National Reservation
  The Junin National Reservation is located in Junin. One of its main purposes is to protect the ecosystem and biodiversity of Junin lake and the surrounding Central Andean wet puna....
  
   is located in Junin. One of its main purposes is to protect the ecosystem and biodiversity of Lake Junin
  Lake Junín
  Lake Junín, known as Lago Junín in Spanish and Chinchaycocha in Quechua, is the largest lake entirely within Peru. Even though Lake Titicaca has a much larger area, its eastern half is located on Bolivian territory...
  
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• Paracas
  Paracas National Reservation
  The Paracas National Reserve is located in Ica, Peru and consists of the Paracas Peninsula, coastal areas and tropical desert extending to the south slightly past Punta Caimán, a total of 335,000 ha . It includes Bahía de la Independencia and miles of coastal waters...
  
   is located in Ica. Its main purpose is to preserve the sea ecosystem and protect the historical and cultural heritage of the area.
• Lachay
  Lomas de Lachay
  The Lomas de Lachay is a national reserve in the desert foothills of Huaura Province in Lima region of Peru. The reserve is located north from the capital Lima and features a unique mist-fed ecosystem of wild plant and animal species...
  
   is located in Lima. Its main purpose is to restore and protect the ecosystem of the Lomas de Lachay
  Lomas de Lachay
  The Lomas de Lachay is a national reserve in the desert foothills of Huaura Province in Lima region of Peru. The reserve is located north from the capital Lima and features a unique mist-fed ecosystem of wild plant and animal species...
  
   (Lachay Hills).
• Pacaya-Samiria is located in Loreto. Its main purpose is to preserve the ecosystems of the Omagua
  Omagua
  Omagua or Low Jungle is one of the eight Natural Regions of Peru. It is located between 80 and 400 m above sea level in the Amazon rainforest. In this region, there are a lot of rivers that create meanders, swamps and lagoons....
  
   Region and to promote the indigenous towns.
• Salinas and Aguada Blanca
  Salinas and Aguada Blanca National Reservation
  The Salinas and Aguada Blanca National Reservations are located in Arequipa and Moquegua. Their main purpose is to preserve the flora, fauna and the landscapes formation. They lie within the Central Andean puna and Sechura Desert ecoregions.-Sources:...
  
   are located in Arequipa and Moquegua. Their main purpose is to preserve flora
  Flora
  Flora is the plant life occurring in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring or indigenous—native plant life. The corresponding term for animals is fauna.-Etymology:...
  
  , fauna
  Fauna
  Fauna or faunæ is all of the animal life of any particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is flora.Zoologists and paleontologists use fauna to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific time or place, e.g. the "Sonoran Desert fauna" or the "Burgess shale fauna"...
  
   and landscape.
• Calipuy
  Calipuy National Reservation
  The Calipuy National Reservation is located in La Libertad. Its main purpose is to protect the guanaco’s populations....
  
   is located in La Libertad. Its main purpose is to protect guanaco populations.
• Titicaca
  Titicaca National Reservation
  The Titicaca National Reservation is located in the Puno Region, Peru, in the Puno and Huancané provinces. Its main purpose is to preserve the ecosystems and landscapes of the Titicaca lake and surrounding Central Andean wet puna ecoregion.- External links :...
  
   is located in Puno. Its main purpose is to preserve Lake Titicaca
  Lake Titicaca
  Lake Titicaca is a lake located on the border of Peru and Bolivia. It sits 3,811 m above sea level, making it the highest commercially navigable lake in the world...
  
  's ecosystems and landscape.
• Tambopata
  Tambopata-Candamo
  Tambopata-Candamo is a nature reserve in the Peruvian Amazon Basin south of the Madre de Dios River in Tambopata Province's Inambari and Tambopata districts...
  
  
• Allpahuayo-Mishana
  Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve
  The Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve is a protected area in Peru located in the Loreto Region, Maynas Province.- External links :* * *...
  
  

National sanctuaries

National sanctuaries are areas of national importance for the protection of the habitat of specific species of flora and fauna, and natural formations of scientific or scenic interest.

• Ampay
  Ampay National Sanctuary
  Ampay National Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary located at the base of Mount Ampay, north of the city of Abancay, Peru. Created in 1987, it is located in the department of Apurimac...
  
  
• Calipuy
  Calipuy National Sanctuary
  The Calipuy National Sanctuary is a Peruvian wildlife refuge created on January 8, 1981. The sanctuary, adjacent to the larger Calipuy National Reserve, is located in the Santiago de Chuco Province of the La Libertad region in northwestern Peru....
  
  
• Huayllay
  Huayllay National Sanctuary
  The Huayllay National Sanctuary is park in Peru located in the Meseta of Bombón, Huayhuash Cordillera in the Pasco region. The sanctuary is noted for the large scenic rock formations of the Rock Forest of Huayllay, and its native plants and animals.-Geology:...
  
  
• Lagunas de Mejia
  Lagunas de Mejia National Sanctuary
  The Mejía Lagoons National Sanctuary is a protected area in Peru on the coastal Mejía District in Arequipa, in the mouth of the Tambo River...
  
   ("Mejia Lagoon")
• Manglares de Tumbes
  Manglares de Tumbes National Sanctuary
  The Tumbes Mangals National Sanctuary is a national park located in the Tumbes Department of Peru. They contain many different species of flora and fauna from many different animal groups...
  
   ("Mangrove
  Mangrove
  Mangroves are various kinds of trees up to medium height and shrubs that grow in saline coastal sediment habitats in the tropics and subtropics – mainly between latitudes N and S...
  
  s of Tumbes")
• Manglares de Vice, found in the Sechura Province of Piura Region
  Piura Region
  Piura is a coastal region in northwestern Peru. The region's capital is Piura and its largest port cities, Paita and Talara, are also among the most important in Peru...
  
   (the southernmost mangrove swamp system in the Pacific region; smaller than the Manglares de Tumbes National Sanctuary)
• Megantoni
  Megantoni National Sanctuary
  Megantoni National Sanctuary is a protected area in Peru situated in the Cusco Region, La Convención Province, Echarate District. It protects a part of the Peruvian Yungas ecoregion.- External links :*...
  
  
• Tabacones Namballe
  Tabacones Namballe National Sanctuary
  The Tabaconas Namballe National Sanctuary ' is a national sanctuary in Peru known for its misty forests. It is located in San Ignacio Province, Cajamarca Region, in the districts of Tabaconas and Namballe. It has an area of .It was established on May 20, 1988 by Supreme Decree Nº...
  
  

Historical sanctuaries

• Chacramarca
  Chacramarca Historical Sanctuary
  The Chacamarca Historical Sanctuary protects the site of the Battle of Junin and the archaeological remains of the Pumpus culture.- External links :*...
  
  
• Pampas de Ayacucho
  Pampas de Ayacucho Historical Sanctuary
  The Historical Sanctum of the Pampa of Ayacucho settled on August 14, 1980, by means of Supreme Decree N° 119-80-AA. It is located in the department of Ayacucho, province of Huamanga. It has an area of 3 km²....
  
   ("Pampas of Ayacucho")
• Machu Picchu
  Machu Picchu
  Machu Picchu is a pre-Columbian 15th-century Inca site located above sea level. It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, which is northwest of Cusco and through which the Urubamba River flows. Most archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu was built as an estate for...
  
  
• Pómac Forest
  Pómac Forest Historical Sanctuary
  The Pómac Forest Historical Sanctuary is a protected area in Peru located in the Lambayeque Region, Ferreñafe Province, Pitipo District.- See also :* Iperu, tourist information and assistance* Tourism in Peru* Natural and Cultural Peruvian Heritage...
  
  

National Forests

• Biabo Cordillera Azul
  Biabo Cordillera Azul National Forest
  The Biabo Cordillera Azul National Forest in Peru was created as a product of the process of categorization and definitive delimitation of the Reserved Zone Blue Biabo mountain range. As soon as the process was finished, the zone corresponding to the Blue Mountain range was declared as National...
  
  
• Mariscal Cáceres
  Mariscal Cáceres National Forest
  The Mariscal Caceres National Forest is in the Mariscal Caceres province of Peru.It is subject to deforestation. A 1995 projection was that 2.17% of the area was deforested and by 2000 2.55% would be....
  
  
• Pastaza–Morona–Marañon
  Pastaza–Morona–Marañon National Forest
  Pastaza–Morona–Marañon National Forest in Peru was established by RS Number 442 in 1963 and covers an area of 3,750 km².The area has no administration and has serious problems. Inside the forest are 6 native communities of Candoshi....
  
  
• Alexander von Humboldt
  Alexander von Humboldt National Forest
  The Alexander von Humboldt National Forest is a national forest of Peru.This zone Alexander Von Humboldt published by means of R.M is shaped by the National Forest. Nº 0574-99-AG, corresponding to the department of Ucayali and Areas Authorized for the Use of Incidental Teams to the motosierra named...
  
  

Protection forests

• Aledaño Bocatoma del Canal Nuevo Imperial
  Aledaño Bocatoma del Canal Nuevo Imperial Protection Forest
  The Protection Forest Adjacent to the Nuevo Imperial Canal Intake is an ecological project.It protects the Nuevo Imperial Canal Intake against the ravage of Cañete River. It also preserves the bordering soils and the infrastructure that guarantees the water supply for agricultural use in the valley....
  
   ("Adjacent to the Nuevo Imperial Canal Intake")
• Puquio Santa Rosa
  Puquio Santa Rosa Protection Forest
  The Protection forest Pink Puquio Santa was established September 2, 1982, by means of Supreme Resolution Nº 0434-82-AG/DGFF....
  
   ("Santa Rosa (Water) Spring")
• Pui–Pui
  Pui–Pui Protection Forest
  The Protection forest of Pui Pui was established on January 31, 1985, by means of Supreme Resolution Nº 0042-85-AG/DGFF....
  
  
• San Matías–San Carlos
  San Matías–San Carlos Protection Forest
  The San Matías–San Carlos Protection Forest ' is a national forest situated in Pasco Region, Peru. It is a forest set aside to preserve the soils and to protect infrastructure, towns, and agricultural grounds against the effects of the water erosion, huaycos, streams or floods...
  
  
• Alto Mayo
  Alto Mayo Protection Forest
  The Alto Mayo Protection Forest is an area of protected forest land in the Yungas of northern Peru. It is situated in the departments of San Martín, in the Yorongos, Rioja, Elías Soplín Vargas, Nuevo Cajamarca districts, and in the Rioja and Moyobamba provinces....
  
  
• Pagaibamba
  Pagaibamba Protection Forest
  The Pagaibamba Protection Forest is a catchment area in Peru.-Purpose:# To guarantee a continued, steady supply of water for drinking and irrigation in the districts of Querocoto, Flame and Huambos....
  
  

Communal reserves

Communal reserves are conservation areas for flora and fauna, allowing traditional use for the rural populations surrounding the areas. The use and marketing of the natural resources within the communal reserve is conducted by the same rural populations.

Reserve	Date	Area (ha Hectare The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2... )
Yanesha Yanesha Communal Reservation The Communal Reservation Yanesha lodges a wild fauna that serves them as sustenance, emphasizing the red deer, to the majaz, to the sajino, and fish as the zúngaro and the boquichico....	19880428 28 April, 1988
El Sira El Sira Communal Reserve The El Sira Communal Reserve is a protected area in Peru created on 22 June 2001 and located in three regions: the Huánuco Region , the Pasco Region and the Ucayali Region .- External links :*...	20010622 22 June, 2001
Amarakaeri Amarakaeri Communal Reserve The Amarakaeri Communal Reserve is a protected area in Peru located in the Madre de Dios Region, Manú Province. It protects parts of the Southwest Amazon moist forests and Peruvian Yungas ecoregions.- External links :*...	20020509 9 May, 2002
Machiguenga Machiguenga Communal Reserve The Machiguenga Communal Reserve is a protected area in Peru located in the Cusco Region, La Convención Province, Echarate District.- See also :* Machiguenga* Natural and Cultural Peruvian Heritage...	20030114 14 January, 2003
Asháninka Asháninka Communal Reserve The Asháninka Communal Reserve is a protected area in Peru located in the Junín Region, Satipo Province, Río Tambo District.- External links :*...	20030114 14 January, 2003
Purús Purús Communal Reserve The Purús Communal Reserve is a protected area in Peru located in the Madre de Dios Region and in the Ucayali Region.- External links :*...	2004112020 November, 2004
Tuntanain Tuntanain Communal Reserve The Tuntanain Communal Reserve is a protected area in Peru located in the Amazonas Region....	2007081010 August, 2007

Enclosed hunting lands

• Sunchubamba
  Sunchubamba Hunting enclosed land
  -Description:This 597.35 square kilometres hunting preserve in the region of Cajamarca, province of Cajamarca was established on April 22, 1977 through law.The main goal of the Sunchumbamba Hunting Area is to preserve the wild fauna.-Flora:...
  
  
• El Angolo
  El Angolo Hunting enclosed land
  -Description:This hunting preserve in the region of Piura, provinces of Sullana and Talara was established July 1, 1975 through law. It has an area of 650 square kilometres....
  
  

Reserved zones

• Manu
  Manú National Park
  Manú National Park is a biosphere reserve located in Madre de Dios and Paucartambo, Cusco. Before becoming an area protected by the Peruvian government, the Manú National Park was conserved thanks to its inaccessibility. The park remains fairly inaccessible by road to this day. In 1977, UNESCO...
  
  
• Laquipampa
  Laquipampa Reserved Zone
  Laquipampa is a Reserved Zone in the Ferreñafe Province, Lambayeque Region, Peru.-Description:This 113.47 square kilometre nature preserve in the district of Incahuasi was established October 5, 1982 through law....
  
  
• Apurimac
• Pantanos de Villa
  Pantanos de Villa Reserved Zone
  The Pantanos de Villa Reserved Zone in Peru is a protected habitat for 150 species of birds including the plunger, the colored duck, the yanavico, the parihuana and the white heron considered as the queen of the marshes for its beauty and rhythmic flight...
  
   (Villa Swamps)
• Tambopata–Candamo
  Tambopata–Candamo Reserved Zone
  The Tambopata–Candamo Reserved Zone was created on January 26, 1990, to protect the adjacent forests to the rivers: Heath and Tambopata that have two important ecosystems.Place:In Madre de Dios 40% of the reservation ....
  
  
• Batán Grande
  Batán Grande Reserved Zone
  Batán Grande is a national park 40 km north east of Chiclayo, in Pitipo District, Ferreñafe Province, of Lambayeque Region of Peru. Primarily the park protects the ancient city of Poma founded by the Lambayeque culture around 800 C.E...
  
  
• Algarrobal El Moro
  Algarrobal El Moro Reserved Zone
  The Algarrobal El Moro Reserved Zone is a protected area in Peru. Its purpose is to protect the natural forests of carobs and their associated fauna, as well as the archaeological sites of the cultures Chimú and Moche....
  
  
• Tumbes
  Tumbes Reserved Zone
  The Tumbes Reserved Zone is a coastal ecological reserve in the Tumbes Region of northern Peru, near the border of Ecuador.Its purpose is to protect both animal and floral species found in the subtropical, relatively hilly dry tropical forest, species that developed in these unique environmental...
  
  
• Güeppí
  Güeppí Reserved Zone
  The Güeppí Reserved Zone is situated in the province of Maynas department of Loreto, Peru.It was established as a reserved zone in March 1997 and covers centered around the Güeppí river...
  
  
• Chancaybaños
  Chancaybaños Reserved Zone
  The Chancaybaños Reserved Zone is a protected area in Peru located in the Cajamarca Region, Santa Cruz Province, Chancaybaños District.- External links :*...
  
  
• Aymuru Lupaca
  Aymuru Lupaca Reserved Zone
  Aymara Lupaca Reserved Zone is an protected area in southeastern Peru.The zone was established to protect the flora and wild fauna of the Central Andean puna and to preserve the ruins of Tanka Tanka of the Lupaca culture, shaped by Chullpas, funeral towers, fortifications and other traces that...
  
  
• Listo Sifaca

External links

• INRENA Official Website