MAAP #23: Increasing Deforestation along lower Las Piedras River (Madre de Dios, Peru)
The Las Piedras River in the southern Peruvian Amazon (department of Madre de Dios) is increasingly recognized for its outstanding wildlife (for example, see this video by naturalist and explorer Paul Rosolie, and this trailer for the upcoming film Uncharted…
MAAP #18: Proliferation of Logging Roads in the Peruvian Amazon
MAAP articles #3 and #15 detailed the construction of several new logging roads in the central Peruvian Amazon. Here in MAAP 18, we provide a more comprehensive analysis of the proliferation of logging roads in this section of the Amazon.…
Image #11: Importance of Protected Areas in the Peruvian Amazon
The Peruvian national protected areas system, known as SINANPE, is critically important to Amazon conservation efforts in the country. There are currently 46 protected areas in the Peruvian Amazon under national or regional administration*. In total, these areas cover 19.5…
MAAP #9: Confirming Forest Clearing for Cacao in Tamshiyacu (Loreto, Peru) came from Primary Forest
Recall that in Image #2 we documented the rapid clearing of 2,126 hectares of primary forest between May 2013 and August 2014 for a new cacao project outside of the town of Tamshiyacu in the northern Peruvian Amazon (Department of…