Los Amigos Conservation Concession

This public-private partnership model between the Peruvian government and Amazon Conservation has now been implemented in other forests around the world, but Los Amigos remains unique in its value and biodiversity abundance. Los Amigos Conservation Hub is located in lowland Amazonian forest at the base of Peru’s southern Andes, within the Los Amigos Conservation Concession -- the world's first private conservation concession in the world. Located in the Los Amigos River watershed in the department of Madre de Dios in southwestern Peru, the 360,000-acre concession borders the world-famous Manu National Park. In a highly biodiverse region that has also seen the impacts of mining and deforestation, Los Amigos is located in an ideal site for critical scientific research to examine the impact of climate change on ecosystems and species, which is why the Los Amigos Biological Station is set up for some of the world's most cutting-edge scientific research. The station sits at the tip of a peninsula on a high terr