Biodiversité Amazonienne is a French association under the law of 1901 created in 2004 by Lotty Morey, president of the association. In 2006, it was granted the Yanayacu-Maquia conservation concession by the Peruvian government for a renewable period of 40 years. The aim of the association is to act against deforestation and for the preservation of the Yanayacu-Maquia Conservation Concession, an area of 38,699 hectares of tropical rainforest, located between the Yanayacu and Maquia rivers in the department of Loreto in the central Peruvian Amazon.
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Carte de la région du Loreto au Pérou (le point rouge situe la concession de conservation Yanayacu-Maquia)
Map of the Yanayacu-Maquia conservation concession
The whole territory forms an ecosystem very rich in biodiversity. Several emblematic or rare species are represented: pink and grey dolphins, giant otters, lamentines, black caimans, 17 varieties of monkeys among other endemic and endangered species.
Since its creation 17 years ago, the Yanayacu-Maquia Conservation Concession has been instrumental in
- Fighting climate change: the concession has 23,150 hectares of Aguajal (Mauritia Flexuosa), each hectare captures around 640 tonnes of carbon
- Protect biodiversity: 7 types of tropical rainforest have been identified and many and many IUCN red-listed species can be found: pink dolphin (Inia geoffrensis), giant otter (Pterona brasiliensis), mata-mata (Chelus fimbriatus, etc.
- Develop sustainable management of natural resources for and by communities (agroforestry, fishing, beekeeping, etc.)