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Manu National Park was established by decree on 29 May 1973; during the dictatorship of General Juan Velasco. [1] [2] In 1977, UNESCO recognised it as a Biosphere Reserve and in 1987, as a World Heritage Site. [1] In 2002, the Peruvian government increased the extension of the park to its current area. [3] River in Manu National Park
Cocha Cashu Biological Station (Estación Biológica Cocha Cashu or EBCC) is a tropical biological research station located at 11° 54'S and 71° 22'W in Manú National Park, Peru. It was established in 1969–70, predating the founding of its containing national park (est. 1973). Though only 10 km 2 in area, the site has provided valuable ...
The Wayqecha Biological Station is a tropical ecological research station near Peru's Manú National Park.This research station is located (13°10'38.06"S, 71°36'16.36"W) in the upper reaches of the river Cosñipata, an affluent of the Madre de Dios River, in the Paucartambo Province, Cusco Region.
The Manu is a river in southeastern Peru. It runs down the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains into the Amazon Basin. It runs through what is now protected as the Manu National Park, a vast Biosphere Reserve, home to arguably the highest concentration of biodiversity on Earth. Few people live along its length.
Manu National Park: Cuzco 1987 402; ix, x (natural) The park spreads over 1,500,000 hectares (5,800 sq mi) and from 150 metres (490 ft) to 4,200 metres (13,800 ft) above sea-level. Manu is home to 1,000 bird species, over 200 species of mammals (100 of which are bats), and over 15,000 species of flowering plants. Jaguars have been seen ...
Simien National Park (F) Natural: 9 ( West Germany) Germany: Aachen Cathedral (F) Cultural: 3 Poland: Historic Centre of Kraków (F) Cultural: 29: Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines: Cultural: 32 Senegal: Island of Gorée (F) Cultural: 26 United States: Mesa Verde National Park: Cultural: 27: Yellowstone National Park (F) Natural: 28
Huascarán National Park - This park is located in the central part of Peru. It includes El Huascaran - the highest peak in Peru. Special species include the spectacled bear and the vicuña. Iquitos; Manu National Park - Manu is located on the eastern slopes of the Andes and stretches to the lowland rain forest on the Brazilian border.
The Nomole tribe speaks a dialect of the Piro language. [4] Mashco (originally spelled "Maschcos") is a term which was first used by Padre Biedma in 1687 to refer to the Harakmbut people . [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It is considered a derogatory term, due to its meaning of ' savages ' in the Piro language; Nomole (relative) is the name the people apply to ...