Amazon Forest Rangers Volunteer Programme, Peru

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This project is dedicated to protecting the Las Piedras area in the Madre de Dios region of Peru through the Ranger Programme. The project conserves threatened habitat in the vitally important Madre de Dios region of the Peruvian Amazon. The Las Piedras watershed is part of the Andes/Amazon hotspot-one of the most biodiverse and pristine areas on earth. It is home to thousands upon thousands of species including jaguars, spider monkeys, and giant otters.

This forest is home to tens of millions of trees, numerous indigenous communities, and untold numbers of animal heartbeats. In recent decades the forests in the Las Piedras have increasingly been threatened by illegal activities such as poaching, logging, mining and agricultural expansion.

The teamwork along the Las Piedras River, an area that still holds much flora and fauna already extinct in other regions. The Las Piedras watershed faces many threats, amongst them illegal logging, gold mining, agriculture and hunting. With a growing team of local forest rangers, they are creating a wildlife corridor, protecting many species from the fate of otherwise disappearing from this highly biodiverse area.

The Rangers patrol and safeguard almost 30,000 acres of this incredible landscape. The goal is to create an uninterrupted, protected conservation area stretching along the Las Piedras River.