LPAC is a base for research, conservation & exploration of the pristine rainforests of Las Piedras in Peru. Join an eco-tour or volunteer with researchers.
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Las Piedras Amazon Center (LPAC) is a hub for explorers, scientists, dreamers and nature-lovers, nestled deep within virgin Amazon rainforest in Peru. Check out our promo video for more! https://youtu.be/MHkvNY0q1eA
18/10/2021
Tambopata Reserve Society (TReeS) abre la convocatoria para su programa de becas 2022!
FECHA LIMITE: 23:59 del 20 de enero 2022
Las becas financiarán costos de transporte terrestre, estadía y alojamiento, compra o alquiler de materiales de campo o laboratorio por un valor total de hasta US$1,000.
Requisitos
- Ser estudiante peruano de pre o posgrado en un instituto peruano.
- Llevar a cabo un proyecto de investigación de tesis en Madre de Dios en temas ambientales y/o sociales.
Las aplicaciones se pueden descargar en este formulario online:
y deberán ser enviadas, junto con su curriculum vitae adjunto, a la siguiente dirección electrónica: [email protected]
08/05/2020
While quarantine isn’t over, we are still working hard to protect our forest. Today we went with our friends and of to patrol our Brazilian Nut trails. These trees (Bertholletia excelsa) are one of the most beautiful species in the Tropical Forests and can only be found in Brazil, Bolivia and Peru. The presence of this tree is an important indicator of a healthy forest, and the harvest of the nuts provides a income to local communities, like Lucerna. We are blessed to have them here in Las Piedras at . @ Las Piedras Amazon Center - LPAC
06/05/2020
Feliz cumple Dylan ! 🎂🐍🐊🍾
Today we celebrate the birthday of our big boy, the one and only .j.singer. No matter the size of the snake or the weight of the Cayman, this guy has a unique understanding of wildlife and will always be there to help out when is needed. Amazing fact: Last year he was called to be part of a rescue team to save a huge black cayman at the Tambopata National Reserve. 🙀🙀🙀
We have the honor to have him as our herpetology research team leader and we wanted to share with y’all the opportunity to wish him the best of ever!
This sexy picture was taken on 2019 by our friend (follow him for amazing pictures!)
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27/04/2020
This is a Western Leaf Lizard formally known as Stenocercus fimbriatus. He is great at camouflaging as he is imitating dead leaves. They only make themselves recognizable when something approaches them too closely. Then they race off and freeze again.
If you want to learn more about Amazonian wildlife, visit us at LPAC. Link in bio.
Thank you for catching this special lizard through your lens.
23/04/2020
Today, and everyday, we are grateful for the amazing opportunities that we have at LPAC: sharing, learning, teaching and growing within one of the most beautiful rainforests on Earth. On this Earth Day we want to show gratitude for the wonderful planet that we inhabit, reflect on our connection with Mother Earth and our actions within it.
Our relationship with our environment is ever-changing, especially during this juncture in global history. Let’s rise during this crisis, modify our behaviours and treat our planet with kindness.
20/04/2020
The Amazon Green Anole (Anolis punctatus) has granular, smooth or keeled dorsal scales. They inhabit tree trunks, thick vines and sometimes also the grounds of clearings around LPAC. Their tail can take up over 60 percent of their body length. Another specialness is their ability to change colors according to their mood and stresslevel.
If you are interested in learning more about Amazonian wildlife, visit us at LPAC. Link in bio.
Thank you Jeroen ten Haaf - Nature & Wildlife Photography for the nice shot
18/04/2020
Feliz cumpleaños Luis! On Thursday Luis celebrated his birthday in quarantine from Puerto Maldonado. We are grateful to have Luis as our passionate and relentless leader, who brings humor and positive energy to work - no matter the day.
His love for nature brought him from Lima to Madre de Dios in 2012 and since then he has called it home. Luis is one of our founding members, during our initial years he never hesitated to read huge piles of paperwork overnight or go into long phone calls after work to make LPAC possible. Today, when our researchers and guests go out into the forest to explore the beautiful flora and fauna, he keeps our ship together with his affinity for numbers and laws.
Thank you Luis for the work you do, through quarantine or not, to ensure that we are able to protect and conserve our forest. We wish you all the luck, health and happiness for this new year. We are very happy that you are here!
This lovely photo was taken in the early years at LPAC by Mona Das
13/04/2020
This is a Aquatic coral snake (micrurus surinamensis) which can be found around LPAC mostly in rain season or when they are moving to breed. This species is almost entirely aquatic, so they spend most of their lives in slow-moving bodies of water that have dense vegetation.
Their bite is highly venomous and can be dangerous to humans but as they are mostly peaceful fellows the micrurus species only causes 0.7% of all bite accidents in South America. We are indeed fascinated by this beautiful coral snake but we like to practise social distancing when we encounter them in the forest.
Do you want to learn more about interesting Amazonian wildlife, visit us at LPAC. Link in bio.
Thank you Jeroen ten Haaf - Nature & Wildlife Photography for the nice picture!
08/04/2020
Track Trapping is a valuable research tool used to study cryptic animals, those that
may be very hard to see first hand. It consists of a survey of established track traps set at intervals along a trail, the soft sediment traps mark a print of all the animals that
walk through it! Always an interesting surprise to see what animals passed through the night before.
With Track Trapping you can learn to identify, quantify, and record the tracks as part of
the monitoring of mammal population dynamics such as density, distribution, and
abundance in LPAC.
Sounds very exciting right? If you would like to experience
research activities at LPAC, visit us. Link in bio.
@ Las Piedras Amazon Center - LPAC
31/03/2020
This picture shows a Southern American Bushmaster (Lachesis muta), called shushúpe in Peru, which is one of the dangerous snakes you can find around LPAC as it is a venomous pit viper. It is the third longest venomous snake in the world which can grow up to 3 m length. They vibrate with their tail when alarmed as rattlesnakes so it is very easy to hear them moving. However, it is really rare to meet them. Such a pity as they are so beautiful!
If you want to learn more about Amazonian wildlife, visit us at LPAC! Link in bio.
Thank you for the beautiful shot.
28/03/2020
This picture shows our volunteers from the last weeks. You were such a great team supporting LPAC, exploring research activities together with our researchers at site and on your own as well as setting up your own creative projects at the camp. We are so grateful to have had you here, we had a really incredible time with you and miss you already!
We hope you are safe at home now and we would be glad to welcome you any day again at LPAC!
If you are interested in volunteering with us, apply on our website.
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Las Piedras Amazon Center (LPAC) is a base for research, sustainable development, conservation and exploration, located in the wild, pristine rainforests of Las Piedras, Peru.
In 2015, the Alliance for Research and Conservation in the Amazon (ARCAmazon), with support and funding from Wild Forests and Fauna (WildFF), the Zamierowski family, over 250 public donors and many volunteers obtained the rights to a 4,460-hectare (11,000-acre) area of pristine Amazon rainforest in the Las Piedras watershed. The land was selected as part of a wider strategy to prevent the furtherance of a major logging road into this important rainforest region. The land would also become a key piece of a strategic conservation zone, the ‘Las Piedras Corridor’, which buffers the upper Las Piedras watershed and Alto Purus National Park from the dangers of expanding road networks and deforestation.
Protecting Las Piedras and Alto Purus continues to be of paramount importance. The region forms part of the most untouched and biologically diverse wilderness area on Earth. Just a day upriver by boat from ARCAmazon’s strategic conservation zone, lies the territory of some of the last remaining Indigenous Peoples Living in Voluntary Isolation--Uncontacted tribes. If this region is not protected quickly, the loss for humanity would be immeasurable.
For ARCAmazon and its collaborators, to be able to conserve Las Piedras effectively they would need a base for their teams of researchers and conservationists. Those teams would also need a mechanism for sustaining their work financially. And thus, LPAC was born...
Between May 2015 and present day, with the support of hundreds of people including local community members, local and foreign volunteers, student groups, ecotourists and donors, such as our friends at LUSH Cosmetics North America, LPAC has grown organically, slowly, but surely, into a world-class, sustainable center for research and conservation. From a few bunk-beds in the mud, the center now offers its guests comfortable living space which remains true to its rustic roots.
The materials used for constructing the center include small, easily-removable cement foundation blocks; locally-sourced, recuperated hardwood for the core structure; upcycled advertising billboards from Lima for the roof; and abundantly-growing cane for decorative pieces and dividing walls. The center has a basic rainwater collection system, composting toilets and strives to serve delicious, locally-sourced, healthy and sustainable food.
The best--and most unique--part about LPAC is that each and every visitor has the chance to experience the research and conservation work happening at LPAC, first-hand. And whether guests are helping track anacondas, count macaws, patrol the reserve with the Forest Rangers, or even if they’re sipping a beer at the Las Piedras waterfalls, or enjoying the sunset over the canopy from the viewpoint, every single visit funds the protection of Las Piedras.
100% of the revenue generated through LPAC is managed by ARCAmazon (a Peruvian non-profit conservation charity) which is used to fulfil its mission to increase the value of the Amazon, to conserve and protect it and to connect people with rainforests.
To find out more about LPAC’s Rainforest Conservation Tours, LPAC’s Volunteer Programs or bringing groups and courses to LPAC, get in touch via email: [email protected] or our website: www.amazoncenter.org, or via this page.
