The Sierra del Divisor portion along the Peru-Brazil Border inward the gist of the Amazon Basin , constitutes the world’s newest National Park , formed on Nov 8 , 2015. It stretches from the deepest parts of the Amazon rainforest as well as into the foothills of the Andes Mountain arrive at , forming i of the largest contiguous blocks of protected the world inward Latin America. The National Park encompasses a massive 1.3 1000000 hectares —larger than Yosemite as well as Yellowstone National Parks combined.
Sierra del Divisor’s landscape is characterized past times rugged geography as well as lowland volcanic mountains , the merely such portion inward the Amazon , which is essentially really flat. The dramatic landscape is made upwards of waterfalls , dormant volcanic cones , wild rivers , remote lakes , jagged canyons as well as lush rainforest. The nigh strike characteristic of this portion is “El Cono” , a dormant volcanic cone , as well as i of many scattered along the southern terminate of the mount range. El Cono rises to a greater extent than than 1 ,600 feet inward a higher house the plains of the Amazon rainforest surrounding it as well as is the symbol of Sierra del Divisor.
El Cono ,” an extinct volcanic cone , is the symbol of Sierra del Divisor. Photo credit: Diego Perez
Due to its unique geological formations , Sierra del Divisor is habitation to an impressive seat out of endemic species that cannot last establish anywhere else. But because the portion is as well as then remote that scientific written report of the expanse didn’t hand until a few decades ago. In a 2005 survey , researchers establish several dozen species inward the expanse that are novel to scientific discipline entirely. Based upon these findings , researchers facial expression that futurity surveys volition atomic number 82 to the regain of fifty-fifty to a greater extent than species.
Sierra del Divisor is besides habitation to several uncontacted indigenous tribes totaling 300 to 400 people , who alive inward isolation from the exterior world.
Although Sierra del Divisor achieved the condition of a “Reserved Zone” inward 2006 , the Peruvian Government has non been successful inward protecting the expanse from encroachment as well as from a variety of human threats. Over the concluding few decades , diverse invasive projects including stone oil exploration , gas pipelines as well as route structure bring been proposed. Neighboring areas bring already been devastated past times mining as well as logging. Unregulated commercial angling every bit good every bit hunting bring threatened the animate beingness population. The expanse besides attracts poachers because of its many exotic as well as rare species.
The creation of the Sierra del Divisor National Park concluding Nov is seen every bit i of the biggest achievements inward rainforest conservation inward recent times past times conservationists.
“It is a confirmation of the Peruvian government’s commitment to conservation , sustainable evolution as well as the manage against climate alter ,” wrote Peru’s Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar-Vidal on Twitter , the solar daytime the green was announced.
“We desire to save this geographic expanse every bit an of import role of the lungs that let us to purify the air of the Earth as well as , moreover , to salve it from illegal activities such every bit illegal logging , drug trafficking as well as other activities that deforest our jungles ,” said President Humala during the official announcement.
Sierra del Divisor National Park is of import non merely for its rich biodiversity , but besides because it is the second-biggest storehouse of above-ground carbon inward Peru. Research indicates the region’s forests comprise 165 1000000 metric tons of carbon , which is some equivalent to the total of carbon dioxide emissions released every twelvemonth past times to a greater extent than than 127 1000000 cars , according to the the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Photo credit: Diego Perez
Photo credit: Diego Perez
Photo credit: Diego Perez
Photo credit: Diego Perez
Photo credit: Diego Perez
Photo credit: Diego Perez
Photo credit: Diego Perez
Photo credit: Diego Perez
Photo credit: Diego Perez
Photo credit: Diego Perez
Photo credit: Thomas Muller
Photo credit: Thomas Muller
Photo credit: Thomas Muller
The ruby Uakari monkey is a primate species that inhabits Sierra del Divisor. It is listed every bit Vulnerable past times the IUCN. Photo credit: Diego Perez
Sierra del Divisor is habitat for the cock-the-the-rock. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler
Peru’s president Ollanta Humala walked the streets of Nuevo Saposoa arm-in-arm amongst indigenous community members to officially declare Sierra del Divisor National Park. Photo credit: Candy Vilela/CEDIA.
President Humala holds the official decree designating Sierra del Divisor a national park. Photo credit: Candy Vilela/CEDIA
Sources: www.rainforesttrust.org / MongaBay