Biobridges - Somerset and Peru

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Explorer's Inn

Tambopata Research Center

Los Amigos Research Center

Posada Amazonas

Reserva Amazonica

Refugio Amazonas

Picaflor Research Centre

Las Piedras Biodiversity Station

Manu Wildlife Centre

Manu Learning Centre

Casa Machiguenga


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Reserva Amazonica

Reserva Amazonica

Main features:

  1. Excellent canopy walkway (300 m long) and interpretation center.
  2. 2 x 1 ha permanent tree plots
  3. High squirrel, agouti and tamarin density
  4. Manage several large land concessions

Excellent investment in tourism, conservation and Brazil-nut concessions totaling 15,000 ha, training and education programs, natural resource and community projects. Relatively impacted from bushmeat hunting, selective logging, and nearby agricultural-related deforestation.

Size: 80 ecotourists
  6 Researchers
  2 Research assistants
  1 Guide
  1 Assistant guide

Closest lodge to Maldonado – 1 hr by boat


Primates:    
  Brown capuchin (Cebus apella)
  Night monkey (Aotus nigriceps)
  Saddleback tamarin (Saguinus fuscicollis)
  Squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis)


Research links:

Asociación para la Niñez y su Ambiente (ANIA)
Central Connecticut State University (CCSU)
Earthwatch
Emilio Goeldi Museum
Frankfurt Zoological Society
Manchester Metropolitan University
San Antonio Abad University (UNSAAC)
Stanford University
University of East Anglia (UEA)
University of Kansas
University of Leeds

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Biobridges - Somerset and Peru