Pueblo Awajún (200665)
Peru, South America

Site overview

KBA status: confirmed

Global KBA criteria: A1a, A1c, B1

Year of last assessment: 2023

National site name: Pueblo Awajún

Central coordinates: Latitude: -5.7607, Longitude: -77.1128

System: terrestrial

Elevation (m): 817 to 2229

Area of KBA (km²): 1416.27715

Protected area coverage (%): 0.26

KBA classification: Global

Legacy site: No

Site details

Site description: The KBA Pueblo Awajún covers an area of 1416.28 sq km and it's located in Perú, San Martín department, Moyobamba and Rioja provinces. The altitudinal range of this KBA is 817 - 2229 masl. The KBA Pueblo Awajún presents three climate types: 1) Rainy with abundant humidity all seasons of the year, warm, 2) Rainy with abundant humidity all seasons of the year, temperate, and 3) Very rainy with abundant humidity all seasons of the year, temperate. The temperature ranges from 11°C to 33°C and the annual rainfall ranges from 1200 mm to 3500 mm, approximately. This KBA presents the following ecosystems: ""Bosque basimontano de Yunga (Yunga basimontane forest)"", ""Bosque de terraza no inundable (Non-floodable terrace forest)"", ""Vegetación secundaria (Secondary vegetation)"", ""Bosque aluvial inundable (Floodable alluvial forest)"", ""Bosque montano de Yunga (Yunga montane forest)"", agricultural zone and rivers.

Rationale for qualifying as KBA: The KBA Pueblo Awajún qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance that meets the thresholds for A1 and B1 criteria described in the Global Standard for the Identification of KBAs. This KBA harbors the Endangered frog Atelopus seminiferus and the Critically Endangered primate Plecturocebus oenanthe.

Additional biodiversity: Xanthosoma tarapotense, Hylaeamys perenensis, Carollia perspicilliata, Carollia perspicillata, Uroderma bilobatum, Artibeus lituratus, Enchisthenes hartii, Rhinophylla pumilio, Artibeus obscurus, Ara militaris, Campylopterus villaviscensio, Touit stictipterus, Setophaga cerulea, Agamia agami, Zimmerius viridiflavus, Ramphocelus melanogaster, Platalea ajaja, Asio stygius, Iodopleura isabellae, Tachyphonus phoenicius, Bartramia longicauda, Conopias cinchoneti, Myiophobus phoenicomitra

Manageability of the site: This KBA could be managed jointly by the Regional Goverment of San Martín and the National Service for Natural Areas Protected by the State - SERNANP. The National Coordination Group of KBAs has a conservation promotion and monitoring committee, which is composed of various governmental and civil society institutions that will work to promote conservation actions in the KBAs.

Supersedes another site: Between Balsa Puerto and Moyabamba ID 26755

Other site values: Awajún Community

Delineation rationale: The KBA Pueblo Awajún is delineated to encompass the ecological characteristics of two trigger species, the delimitation follows the limits of the Awajún Community and was proposed by local specialists in a consultation workshop. To the northeast and east it is delimited by the departmental boundary between Loreto and San Martin. To the south, it follows a tributary of the Huascayacu River, excluding the towns of Pueblo Libre, Valle de La Consquista and Atumplaya. To the southwest, it excludes the towns and agricultural zones of Caserio de San Pedro and Yorongos and then follows the Mayo River, Cachiyacu River and Naranjillo River to later border the Alto Mayo Protected Forest Natural Protected Area.

Habitats

Summary of habitats in KBA: Bosque basimontano de Yunga (Yunga basimontane forest) 50-60% Bosque de terraza no inundable (Non-floodable terrace forest) 1-10% Bosque aluvial inundable (Floodable alluvial forest) 1-10% Bosque montano de Yunga (Yunga montane forest) 1-10% Vegetación secundaria (Secondary vegetation) 1-10% Agricultural zone 25-30% Rivers 1-10%

Threats

Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Threat level 3	Timing
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops	Scale Unknown/Unrecorded
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting	Motivation Unknown/Unrecorded	Only in the past and unlikely to return

Additional information

References: MINAM. (2018). Mapa Nacional de Ecosistemas del Perú. SINIA (Sistema Nacional de Información Ambiental) https://sinia.minam.gob.pe/mapas/mapa-nacional-ecosistemas-peru Castro, A., Dávila, C., Laura, W., Cubas Saucedo, F., Ávalos, G., López, C., ... & Marín, D. (2021). Climas del Perú: mapa de clasificación climática nacional. In Climas del Perú: mapa de clasificación climática nacional (pp. 70-70). https://www.senamhi.gob.pe/?p=mapa-climatico-del-peru