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• February 2018
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    Authorities from Madre de Dios and Cusco visit Matsiguenka communities of Manu
    For the first time ever, authorities from the region of Cusco and Madre de Dios jointly visited the Matsiguenka communities within the Manu National Park to address problems of health, education and development.
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    The contest begins: Improving the quality of local tourist services in the Manu Biosphere of Manu
    
• January 2018
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    Scientific event recognizes the Yaguas National Park as the new natural laboratory of Peru
    The scientific event sought to highlight the socio-environmental values of the newly protected natural area. It highlighted the importance of the Yaguas as an excellent opportunity to conserve a whole and intact Amazon basin, with more than 200 km of forest.
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    Peru creates vast new national park
    The Peruvian government's decision, published today, to make the Yaguas rainforest area a national park is a milestone for nature conservation in Peru, for the conservation of biodiversity, for climate protection - and for the indigenous inhabitants of the Yaguas...
• December 2017
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    Cooperation for the development of sustainable tourism in the Manu Biosphere Reserve
    On December 20, 2017, an important agreement between the Regional Bureau of Trade and Tourism of Cuzco (Dircetur Cusco), the District Municipality of Kosñipata, and the FZS Peru was signed at the Paucartambo City Hall for the management and development of tourism...
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    New culinary options in Manu Biosphere Reserve
    As part of a strategy to strengthen tourism in the Kosñipata district, within Manu Biosphere Resevre, a team of FZS held internships for new culinary options. The objective was the improvement of knowledge on aspects and techniques in vegan food, currently very much...
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    Opening of the Photography Exhibition “Manu for Humanity” in Cusco
    A visual tour for the world through one of Peru’s jewels. Seven nature photographers, both foreigners and Peruvians, exhibit images from Manu in the Qorikancha Museum, in Cusco.
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    Arequipa International Fair: Promoting Sustainable Tourism in the Manu Biosphere Reserve
    The Manu Biosphere Reserve (Manu BR), represented by the district of Kosñipata, participated in the AVIT-AREQUIPA 2017 XXVI International Fair, which took place on November 23 and 24 in the city of Arequipa. This promotion, which sought to promote Kosñipata as a...
• November 2017
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    Giant Otter Monitoring in the Las Piedras River Basin
    The giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) is classified as an endangered species by the Peruvian State as well at the international level. The Frankfurt Zoological Society has been monitoring the populations of giant river otters in natural protected areas in...
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    Inauguration of the First Tourism Information Center within the Manu Biosphere Reserve
    On November 17, the Kosñipata District Tourism Information Center was inaugurated. This event is the result of coordinated work between the District Municipality of Kosñipata, the Kosñipata Manu Tourism Service Providers Association, and the Frankfurt Zoological...