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Northern Amazon
© Diego Pérez / WWF Peru

The Amazon is the largest tropical rainforest in the world. It is crucial for mitigating the environmental crisis and regulating climate patterns at both global and regional levels. In Peru, this landscape comprises more than 50 million hectares, mainly distributed among the departments of Amazonas, San Martin, Loreto, and Ucayali. It’s a natural and cultural treasure, where unique ecosystems and indigenous communities coexist.

© Daniel Martínez / WWF-Peru
Threats:

This vast territory is home to a great diversity of species, many of them endangered, and faces significant threats such as illegal logging, agricultural expansion and livestock, mining that pollutes and degrades forests, oil spills, poorly planned road projects that fragment habitats and undermine the ecosystem, indiscriminate hunting and fishing, and the advance of illicit crops. Conservation and responsible management are key to ensuring its biodiversity and the well-being of its inhabitants.
© Diego Pérez / WWF Perú
What do we do in the Northern Amazon?

We work within the Northern Amazon landscape, taking into account the needs of indigenous peoples and local communities living in these lands. We address the threats to conservation and their livelihoods while highlighting their contributions to the preservation of species and ecosystems.

  • We strengthen the sustainable livelihoods of local communities and indigenous peoples for their territory conservation, supporting their enterprises and initiatives.  

  • We support indigenous peoples in the recognition of their territories.  

  • We conserve and restore species and ecosystems, working on landscape connectivity alongside local actors and national and local governments.  We monitor biodiversity with the participation of local actors, seeking to ensure the permanence of species in the landscape.  

  • We contribute with national and local authorities to promote the development of sustainable productive activities, such as fishing.  

  • We strengthen the capacities of local actors, and communal and indigenous organizations to promote best practices in the development of economic activities.  
© Julian Hahne / WWF-Perú
success stories
Art that empowers and strengthens Indigenous women:

Indigenous handicrafts are more than beautiful pieces, they are the expression of a culture's identity. In addition, for indigenous women, each object represents the possibility of expressing their emotions and resilience.

Researching for river dolphin's health and habitats:

The river dolphins are the Amazon river’s ambassadors just like jaguars in the forests. They are very important in ecological, socio-economic, and cultural aspects for local communities in the Amazon basin. The Peruvian Amazon inhabits two species of river dolphins (Inia geoffrensis) and the gray dolphin (Sotalia fluviatilis). Both are top predators, and their presence is a good indicator of the river’s conservation status.

Promoting sustainable fisheries:

This 2024, WWF Peru in collaboration with the Ucayali Regional Environmental Authority (ARAU), the Ucayali Regional Production Directorate (DIREPRO) and the Border Federation of Native Communities of the Imiria and Chauya Lagoon, Masisea (FECONALICM), enabled a space for exchange and promotion of good fishing practices, aimed at the Associations of Fishermen and Artisanal Producers of the Native Communities adjacent to the Imiría Lagoon.