Marañon Ucayali

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.