In Peru, community-led camera trapping boosts conservation and ecotourism

In Peru, community-led camera trapping boosts conservation and ecotourism

The Tingana Conservation Concession sits in the center of a unique wetland in the Alto Mayo Basin, the highest swamp in Peru with Amazonian characteristics. In its flooded forest, native moriche palms (Mauritia flexuosa, known in Peru as aguaje) and renaco trees (Ficus trigona) resist the pressure of rice crops, which are expanding around the protected area. An association of local families has been working to transform and protect the reserve’s…