Libros de Corine Vriesendorp (2 libros)

The Cordillera Escalera mountain range on the Loreto-San Martín border in Amazonian Peru was hardly known to scientists until the September 2013 expedition described in this report. The book includes an in-depth description of the history, daily life, and natural resource use of local Shawi communities, richly illustrated with >100 color photographs, as well as the results of rapid inventories of geology, plants, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals in the Cordillera Escalera. Also discussed are threats to and opportunities for the landscape and its people, and recommendations...

In August of 2005, scientists conducted a rapid inventory in Sierra del Divisor, a mountain range that rises up dramatically from the lowlands of central Amazonian Peru. This assessment, presented here in English and Spanish, collects their research on the plants and animals of the region as well as the social and cultural assets of local villages and their use and management of natural resources. The report includes recommendations for conservation and management, including steps to safeguard the voluntarily isolated indigenous people living in the region. Corine Vriesendorp is a...