BREAKING NEWS: 27 new species discovered in the Amazon Rainforest.
@conservationorg recently cataloged the biodiversity throughout the Alto Mayo Region in Northern Peru where they worked with Indigenous experts to record over 2,000 species, and they discovered 27 species previously unknown to science including ā
šæļø 4 mammals
š 8 fish
šø 3 amphibians
š¦ 12 insects
The results from this expedition will be used to write an ecosystem management plan for the region that protects biodiversity without hurting local communities and to eventually connect two major protected areas in the Peruvian Amazon.
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