Beautiful Sierra del Divisor National Park, Peru
The Sierra del Divisor region along the Peru-Brazil Border in the heart of the Amazon Basin, constitutes the world’s newest National Park, formed on November 8, 2015. It stretches from the deepest parts of the Amazon rainforest and into the foothills of the Andes Mountain range, forming one of the largest contiguous blocks of protected land in Latin America. The National Park encompasses a massive 1.3 million hectares —larger than Yosemite and Yellowstone National Parks combined.
The Sierra del Divisor region along the Peru-Brazil Border in the heart of the Amazon Basin, constitutes the world’s newest National Park, formed on November 8, 2015. It stretches from the deepest parts of the Amazon rainforest and into the foothills of the Andes Mountain range, forming one of the largest contiguous blocks of protected land in Latin America. The National Park encompasses a massive 1.3 million hectares —larger than Yosemite and Yellowstone National Parks combined.
El Cono,” an extinct volcanic cone, is the symbol of Sierra del Divisor. Photo credit: Diego Perez
Beautiful Sierra del Divisor National Park, Peru
Beautiful Sierra del Divisor National Park, Peru
Photo credit: Diego Perez
Beautiful Sierra del Divisor National Park, Peru
Photo credit: Diego Perez
Beautiful Sierra del Divisor National Park, Peru
Photo credit: Diego Perez
Beautiful Sierra del Divisor National Park, Peru
Photo credit: Diego Perez
Beautiful Sierra del Divisor National Park, Peru
Photo credit: Diego Perez
Beautiful Sierra del Divisor National Park, Peru
Photo credit: Diego Perez
Beautiful Sierra del Divisor National Park, Peru
Photo credit: Diego Perez
Beautiful Sierra del Divisor National Park, Peru
Photo credit: Diego Perez
Beautiful Sierra del Divisor National Park, Peru
Photo credit: Diego Perez
Beautiful Sierra del Divisor National Park, Peru
Photo credit: Diego Perez
Beautiful Sierra del Divisor National Park, Peru
Photo credit: Thomas Muller
Beautiful Sierra del Divisor National Park, Peru
Photo credit: Thomas Muller
Beautiful Sierra del Divisor National Park, Peru
Photo credit: Thomas Muller
Beautiful Sierra del Divisor National Park, Peru
The red Uakari monkey is a primate species that inhabits Sierra del Divisor. It is listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN. Photo credit: Diego Perez
Beautiful Sierra del Divisor National Park, Peru
Sierra del Divisor is habitat for the cock-the-the-rock. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler
Beautiful Sierra del Divisor National Park, Peru
Peru’s president Ollanta Humala walked the streets of Nuevo Saposoa arm-in-arm with indigenous community members to officially declare Sierra del Divisor National Park. Photo credit: Candy Vilela/CEDIA.
Beautiful Sierra del Divisor National Park, Peru
President Humala holds the official decree designating Sierra del Divisor a national park. Photo credit: Candy Vilela/CEDIA
Sources: www.rainforesttrust.org / MongaBay