📋 Tender Overview
The team studied fungi, plants, insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals in the area.A team of researchers from the Peruvian Amazon Research Institute (IIAP) and the National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State (Sernanp), both entities of the Ministry of the Environment, carried out an expedition in the Allpahuayo Mishana National Reserve, in Loreto. The objective was to characterize the floodplain ecosystems of the Reserve and understand the relationship that rural communities have with their resources. The expedition left from Iquitos on March 4 and ended on the 19th of that same month.
In the biological part, the team studied fungi, plants, insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals in the area. In addition, it explored the links between these ecosystems and the communities settled within the Reserve and in its buffer zone, as well as their traditional practices. This information will serve as a baseline for future research and to update the management documents of the protected natural area.
The collaboration between the IIAP and Sernanp made it possible to integrate scientific knowledge with the local knowledge of the communities, which paves the way for more effective conservation strategies and sustainable and inclusive development.
The project had the support of the Shiriana, San Juan de Raya, San Martin, Mishana, Yuto, Porvenir, 15 de Abril, Libertad, Anguilla communities, who live within the Reserve and in its buffer zone. The results will directly benefit these populations and contribute to the protection of the flood-prone ecosystems of the Peruvian Amazon.
