Story

The vast, pristine forests of northern Peru are home to an incredible array of rare wildlife. But this spectacular diversity - along with the indigenous Cocama people that live there - are under serious threat due to intense climate fluctuations that cause severe, unpredictable floods and droughts. Working with the Cocama, Earthwatchers collect data on the health of the ecosystem to help improve their traditional hunting and fishing activities and to develop climate change mitigation strategies.

Impact

Earthwatch is proud to say that through the tremendous diligence and consistency of this decades-long expedition, several threatened species have recovered and are now thriving within the Samiria River basin, while sadly, their counterparts outside of the basin continue to decline from unsustainable hunting pressures. With continued funding, we hope to be able to use these results to inspire more conservationists and wildlife managers throughout Peru and South America to adopt similar programs.

Challenge

Rare and spectacular wildlife as well as indigenous communities living in Peru's Amazon rainforest ecosystem are under serious threat due to intense climate fluctuations that cause severe, unpredictable floods and droughts.

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