Travel Peru – Oxapampa

Date of declaration:
2010
Surface:
94,814ha
Administrative divition:
National Service Areas na-
tural protected by the State
Ecological features:
This Biosphere Reserve is a sample representat
iva
of the high jungle Amazonian region (Andes Tropica
them)
From Peru. Its scope is within the provi
nce
Tropical biogeographic Yunga. The present area
high
concentration of species of fauna and flora distr
ibución
narrow and wide diversity of life zones and
tran-
positions. This transitional location between the Bosq
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Amazonian lowland and montane cloud forest,
characterized by a rugged landform and ele
vada
rainfall, determine a high
floristic complexity between epiphytes,
lianas, grasses, shrubs and trees. As
example of the richness of its wild wildlife
tre is the harpy eagle (
harpia
harpyja
), The largest predator wildlife
of the treetops and an indicator
dor integrity of some ecosystems
more.
Contact address:
Genaro Yarupaitain
Head National Park
Yanachaga Chemillen
RB Oxapampa-Ashaninka-Yanesha
National Service
Protected Natural Areas by the
Human activities:
The presence of native cultures
the Yanesha and Ashaninka ethnic groups that maintain with
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ment of ancestral natural resource management and
n this
medium, the progressive adoption of systems productiv
you in
forest management, agroforestry, ecotourism and arts
Anía by
the indigenous and settler; the presence of pro
projects
rural development promoted by both the State
as
by non-governmental organizations (NGOs); l
to
recent practice of participatory planning
promoted
given by local governments form a panorama
pro-
Picio to implement a dynamic and appropriate proce
SW
field management.
Regarding its cultural value, the Reserve Biosfe
ra is
also a place of ancestral significance for
ethnicities
Yanesha and Ashaninka. Equal recognition option
Cultural social groups are present in the
Zone of
Reserve transition, with production arrangements
tion and
with its own source characteristics, are
decen-
teeth of European origin, Andean groups and groups
riparian
us. An expression of this recognition and the b
úsque-
gives social integration, it has been proposed denomi
nar co-
mo «Oxapampa – Ashaninka – Yanesha» the Reserve
Biosphere. «Oxapampa» is the name of the province
in
whose field have come together, live together and developme
an the
descendants of the European settlers,
de-
Andean or coastal descendants and migrants with po
blah
tion and Ashaninka Yánesha