Tropical Rainforest - upstream from Puerto Maldonado
Tropical Rainforest - upstream from Puerto Maldonado. Tambopata nature reserve. Peru. the Tambopata Nature Reserve (officially called the Tambopata-Candamo Reserve Zone, or TRZ) is a massive tract of humid subtropical rainforest in the department of Madre de Dios. The Peruvian government prohibited hunting and logging in the area in 1977 and created the Tambopata-Candamo Reserve Zone in 1990. Nearly one-third the size of Costa Rica, Tambopata has more species of birds (595) and butterflies (more than 1, 200) than any place of similar size on earth
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10781275
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42905812
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Ardea Picture Library
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10781275
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