The area referred to as the North and West Amazon extends from Venezuela, from its border with Surinam, across the Colombian Amazon, to the Valle de Javarí at the border between Peru and Brazil.


Map of the protected areas of the amazonian river basin


Indigenous territories and protected areas

This sector encompasses over 70 million hectares of humid tropical forest, protected under different legal figures, including indigenous territories, resguardos indígenas, national parks, and forest reserves.


Detail of the protected areas in the north and the west amazonian

The high levels of biological and cultural diversity of this region, as well as its recognised global role in climate control and the production of fresh water, makes this one of the world's most important areas for conservation.

Indigenous groups

 


For over ten thousand years, different human groups have developed forms of living in the Amazon forest, implying a management and modification of the ecosystem, and showing that human needs can be satisfied without destroying the environment. There are currently 78 indigenous groups, belonging to 18 linguistic families and with a population of approximately 215,000, who are the main actors responsible for the preservation and continuity of different life forms in the region.

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