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• August 2017
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    Manu Biosphere Reserve Craftswomen present in the “Culture and Arts Exhibition of the Region of Cusco”
    The past 5th of August, the art of waist loom weaving of the Manu Biosphere Reserve was showcased in the “Culture and Arts Exhibition of the Region of Cusco”, an event organized by the Decentralized Culture Directorate of Cusco to revitalize this ancestral art.
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    Survival and first aid course: a fundamental tool for park rangers
    Near the end of July Frankfurt Zoological Society and Manu National Park conducted the “Survival and First Aid Course”, aimed at rangers from the protected area, professionals dedicated to the conservation promotion of this natural jewel.
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    Consolidating sustainable tourism in Kosñipata
    On July 20, a tourism promotion project was presented in the town of Pillcopata by a team of Frankfurt Zoological Society before the board of directors of the Kosñipata-Manu Tourism Service Providers Association (KMTSA) and the district Major, Libio Toque Valencia.
• July 2017
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    23 communities around the Reserved Zone Yaguas thank state authorities for having listened to them
    Communicated by the organizations FECOIBAP, FECONAFROPU and FECONA representing the native communities around the Reserved Zone Yaguas thank the different regional and national authorities of the State for having heard the voice of indigenous peoples.
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    Education and conservation meet in “Living Spaces”
    On the 12th and 13th of July, Frankfurt Zoological Society set up a team to pitch in on the implementation of a pilot project under the name of “Living spaces” in the educational institution in the peasant community of Solán, in the district of Challabamba (Cusco).
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    Building capacities for Manu Biosphere Reserve´s forest firefighters
    Five communities in the reserve strengthen their crews’ firefighting skills with a theoretical and practical workshop in the district of Challabamba, Cusco
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    Press Statement on the news article “Dispute over planned National Park” (Streit über geplanten Nationalpark)”
    Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS) is working in the Yaguas Reserved Zone since September 2015 in support of the Peruvian authority on protected areas, SERNANP. Our support includes providing boats, equipment, infrastructure and funds for the construction of one ranger...
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    The giant otter monitoring season begins
    Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS) has been monitoring giant otter populations (Pteronura brasiliensis) for more than a quarter of a century in protected areas of southeastern Peru such as the Manu and Sonene National Parks and the Tambopata National Reserve. These...
• June 2017
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    40 years after its creation, the Manu Biosphere Reserve updates its area
    The Manu Biosphere Reserve, declared in 1977, was granted the update and extension of nearly 30% of its precious territory.
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    Madre de Dios united in the Seventh edition of the giant Otter Festival
    From the 21st to the 27th of May, the Seventh Giant Otter Festival was held in Puerto Maldonado as a joint effort towards the conservation of this charismatic species and the promotion of the Tambopata National Reserve and Bahuaja Sonene National Park as natural...