Perú: Cerros de Kampankis: Rapid Biological and Social Inventories: 24 (Volume 24) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0982841922 ISBN 13: 9780982841921

Publisher: Field Museum Of Natural History, 2013

Synopsis

 The Kampankis mountains are a knife-thin ridge in northern Peru that rises 1,435 m above the surrounding Amazon lowlands. For three weeks, a group of researchers explored both the biological diversity and cultural values of the Cerros de Kampankis landscape, with the aim of promoting the long-term conservation of the area by the local Awajún and Wampis indigenous peoples. Field Museum and Peruvian scientists recorded over 1,700 species of plants, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, including 25 species that appear to be new to science. The report is presented in Spanish and English, and includes conservation recommendations, a technical report on the biological and social findings, appendices, and an executive summary in Wampis and Awajún.  

About this title

About the Author:

 Nigel Pitman is a research associate at Duke University based in Quatro Barras, Brazil.  Ernesto Ruelas Inzunza, Diana Alvira, Corine Vriesendorp, Álvaro del Campo, Tatzyana Wachter, and Douglas F. Stotz are conservation scientists at the Field Museum in Chicago.  Debra K. Moskovits is Vice President of Science and Education at the Field Museum. Shapiom Noningo Sesén is a Wampis indigenous leader in Lima.  Ermeto Tuesta Cerrón is an Awajún geographic information systems expert at the Instituto del Bien Común (IBC) and Richard Chase Smith is an anthropologist and executive director of IBC in Lima. 

About this edition

• Publisher: Field Museum Of Natural History
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0982841922
• ISBN 13: 9780982841921
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 454
• Editor: Pitman Nigel