{"id":1266,"date":"2021-07-02T14:19:04","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T12:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biodiversite-amazonienne.org\/?page_id=1266"},"modified":"2023-06-06T15:38:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T13:38:46","slug":"who-are-we","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/biodiversite-amazonienne.org\/index.php\/en\/who-are-we\/","title":{"rendered":"Who are we?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Biodiversit\u00e9 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.<\/span><\/p>\n

Discover the interactive map of the concession<\/a><\/p>\n

Carte de la r\u00e9gion du Loreto au P\u00e9rou (le point rouge situe la concession de conservation Yanayacu-Maquia)<\/span><\/strong>\"\"<\/p>\n

Map of the Yanayacu-Maquia conservation concession<\/strong><\/p>\n

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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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Since its creation 17 years ago, the Yanayacu-Maquia Conservation Concession has been instrumental in<\/p>\n