Conservation Became a Collective Movement for the Yellow-Tailed Woolly Monkey

More communities, schools, institutions, and citizens are joining a growing national effort to protect Peru’s biodiversity. The Yellow-Tailed Woolly Monkey and Habitat Conservation Week has become much more than an awareness campaign. It is growing into a citizen-led movement for biodiversity conservation in Peru. What began as an initiative led by Yunkawasi now brings together […]
Restoring Andean Forests for a Future Protected Area

Across the tropical Andes of Peru, Indigenous Quechua Chanka communities are restoring high-elevation forests that sustain water, biodiversity, and local livelihoods. Their work is taking place within the proposed Mayunmarca Subnational Conservation Area, a landscape of more than 45,226 hectares (111,770 acres) that recently advanced to the final stage of Peru’s protected area establishment process. […]
