Peru: Megantoni – Rapid Biological Inventories 15: No. 15 (Field Museum Rapid Biological Inventories) - Softcover

Vriesendorp, Corine; Chavez, Lelis Rivera; Moskovits, Debra; Shopland, Jennifer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0914868675 ISBN 13: 9780914868675

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2005

Synopsis

Conducted during the spring of 2004 on the eastern side of the Peruvian Andes, this inventory offers biological and social analyses of the Zona Reservada Megantoni. The participating scientists survey three of the most inaecessible and isolated sites in this rugged territory, examining vascular plants, dung beetles, fishes, reptiles and amphibians, birds, and large mammals. The report also features a brief history of the Megantoni region and its peoples, reviewing more than ten years of collaborative work between scientists and the native communities in the area, including the Machiguenga, Ashaninka, Yine Yami, and Nanti peoples. The report concludes with recommendations for the region's conservation and management, calling for the protection of 216,005 hectares as Santuario Nacional Megantoni. Such a measure would keep intact a corridor between two of the largest protected areas in Peru, the Parque Nacional Manu and the conservation complex in Cordillera Vilcabamba.

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About the Author

Corine Vriesendorp is a conservation ecologist with Environmental and Conservation Programs at the Field Museum, Chicago. Lelis Rivera Chavez is director of the Centro para el Desarrollo de Indigena Amazonico in Peru. Debra Moskovits is vice president of Environment, Culture and Conservation at the Field Museum, Chicago. Jennifer Shopland is a conservation ecologist and writer with the Environmental and Conservation Programs at the Field Museum, Chicago.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0914868675
• ISBN 13: 9780914868675
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 248