Project Aims

To train volunteer researchers from Peru and throughout the world in rainforest wildlife monitoring techniques, and to improve their environmental knowledge and analytical skills, whilst on the Project.

To monitor at multiple locations around Tambopata: the population status of numerous wildlife species, including species indicative of human impact as well as those species of importance to ecotourism development; the community structure of guilds, and levels of alpha and beta diversity, within the study area.

To evaluate the social and economic benefits of wildlife to visiting ecotourists, rainforest lodges, and local communities.

To contribute to our understanding of Tambopata's biodiversity and species population dynamics.

To propose, where warranted, necessary changes in management practices amongst both the ecotourism and state sectors; and

To campaign for the continued survival of Tambopata's wildlife, and thus extending the benefits of nature to the Peruvian and global society.
 

Project Objectives

To publicise project findings at a local, national and international level.

To provide sound, unbiased advice to local, regional and national policy makers in Peru regarding the benefits and impacts of ecotourism development in the Tambopata area.

To monitor the status of the ecotourism industry in the study area including:
(a) The intensity of use that tourists make of the forest and other natural attractions;
(b)The opinions of tourists and ecotourism business personnel regarding the area's natural resources;
(c) The likely trends in ecotourism growth in the future.

If you would like to read the full project proposal it can be downloaded here