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Marañon Ucayali
Proportion of the area of the contribution comprising Key Biodiversity Areas: 1.6%
The Marañón Ucayali Landscape encompasses the lower basins of the Marañón and Ucayali rivers in Loreto, in the western Amazon basin, covering 19,249,06 hectares. It includes the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve (RNPS), the Matses National Reserve (RNM), the Tamshiyacu Tahuayo Regional Communal Conservation Area (ACR CTT), the Preto Paredón Conservation Concession (CCLPP), and the Pastaza fan, the largest Ramsar site in the Peruvian Amazon. It is home to some of the most remote and isolated ecosystems in the Peruvian Amazon and is an important site for iconic Amazonian species, including pink dolphins, aquatic turtles, jaguars, monkeys such as the red uakari and black uakari, peccaries, giant river otters, migratory catfish, and many more.
Potential conservation benefits in saving biodiversity
Potential reduction of species extinction risk resulting from threat abatement actions
Absolute value (STAR)
0.2% of the total biodiversity conservation potential of The Americas is covered by this project.
45.4% of global biodiversity conservation potential is from The Americas.
The chart below represents the relative disaggregation of the selected contribution's total potential opportunity for reducing global species extinction risk through taking actions to abate different threats to species within its boundaries. The percentages refer to the amount of the total opportunity that could potentially be achieved through abating that particular threat.