Yasuní Biosphere Reserve is the Yasuni
National Park and Waorani Ethnical Reserve in Ecuador.
OVERVIEW
A World Biodiversity Hotspot.
Yasuní in Ecuador is a major protected area within the western Amazon, occupies a unique location at the intersection of the Andes (<100 km from the Andean foothills), the Amazon (near the western phytogeographic limit of the Amazon Basin), and the Equator (∼1° S)
The distribution of amphibian, bird, mammal, and vascular plant species across South America shows that Yasuní occupies a unique biogeographic position where the species richness of all four taxonomic groups reaches diversity maxima.
Yasuni Species Richness
Amphibians 150
Reptiles 121
Birds 596
Mammals 169
Fish 382
Plants 2,704
HABITATS
Terra Firme
Varzea
Oxbow lakes
Moriche Swamp
Forest Swamps
MAIN RIVERS
Napo
Tiputini
Yasuni
Tivacuno
Cononaco
Shiripuno
Tiguino
Curaray
MAIN LAKES
Taracoa
Anangu
Tambococha
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
Kichwa
Waorani
Mestizos
CONSERVATION SPECIFICATIONS
Numerous major threats confront the ecosystems of this region—including hydrocarbon and mining projects, illegal logging, oil palm plantations, and large-scale transportation projects under the umbrella of IIRSA (Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America)
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