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The snow-capped Andes with peaks towering to 24,000 feet mark the beginning of a landscape that descends sharply through the grasslands of the altiplano into wet cloud forests, down through montane forests both wet and dry, and on into the broad expanse of lowland Amazonian mosaic of tall wet rainforest, grasslands, rivers, lakes, and wetlands. This remarkable and diverse terrain is the setting for our initial field research sites in southeastern Peru. We are geographically focused because we believe no organization can achieve effective results with efforts spread thinly and haphazardly.
Los Amigos Conservation Concession
Our
Conservation Concession lies at the mouth of the Los Amigos River. This
watershed is the lowland forest corridor that protects the eastern access
of Manu National Park and connects it to the Tambopata protected region.
The watershed contains a great diversity of pristine habitats. Training
and research programs began in 2000. In February 2000 we signed an agreement
with the Peruvian government, granting us management authority over the
entire watershed, which drains more than a million acres of forest. This
center of excellence will provide the base for many of our research programs.
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Wayqecha Cloud Forest
The
Wayqecha cloud forest site runs from above tree-line in the altiplano
down through cloud forest to montane rainforest, and acts as part of the
buffer zone along Manu's southern flank. We are developing a consortium
project to manage the watershed adjacent to Manu and also to create Peru's
only permanent field facility focused on cloud forest ecology and management.
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Pampas del Heath
Located
in northern Bolivian, Pampas del Heath are the best-conserved Amazon savannas.
These savannas play a critical role in increasing the total species' diversity
of the Tropical Andes region. They also provide shelter to rare and threatened
mammals like the maned wolf and the marsh deer. ACA is already developing
a research and conservation program which includes biological inventories,
studies of fire ecology, studies of traditional indigenous use of the
Pampas, expansion of areas under conservation status, among others. more>>
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