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The community reserves are areas which main purpose is to
preserve the wild flora and fauna for the benefit of the local
population.
The use as well as the commercialization of these resources
will become a reality through supervised plans managed by
the same population.
This plans can be established on agricultural, cattle and
forest lands. The Yanesha Community Reserve is the only one
in Peru at the moment, covers a surface of 34 744, 70 hectares,
which represents about 0,03% of the national territory.
Yanesha Community Reserve
The Yanesha Community Reserve was established on April 28,
1988 through Law (R.S.) N 0193-88-AG-DGFF. It is located in
the department of Pasco, province of Oxapampa, district of
Palcazu and covers a surface of 34 744,70 hectares.
The Yanesha Community Reserve has been created to preserve
the wild fauna for the benefit of native communities living
in the area. This area of the whole reserve is part of the
system of protection of the Valley of Palcazú together
with the National Park of Yanachaga - Chemillen and the protected
forest of San Matías - San Carlos where the native
communities of Amuesha can make a good use of the resources
of the area.
We can find mammals -as the most important species- such as
the red deer (Mazzama americana), the sajino (Tayassu tajacu),
the huangana (Tayassu pecari), the quisquiricho (Dasypus novem
cinctus), the añoje (Daysprocta sp.) and the monkeys
like the Ateles sp. and the Lagothrix sp. With regards to
the birds, we can find pucacunga (Penelope jacquacu), among
the fishes the boquichico (Prochilodus sp.) the sabalo (Brycon
melanopoterum), the palometa (Mylossama aureum), the doncella
(Pseudo platystama sp.) and the Lisa (Leporinus sp.).
One of the goals of the Yanesha Community Reserve is to preserve
the basins of the river Palcazu, as well as preserve the wild
flora and fauna in order to claim the old territories of the
yanshas. The purpose of this community reserve is the development
and progress of the yanesha tribe in order to reach a continuous
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