🏞️ El Sira Communal Reserve

Peru · Americas · 9.87°S, 74.51°W

El Sira Communal Reserve is a protected area in Peru created to preserve the biodiversity of the Sira Mountains and the ancestral sustainable use of the area's resources by the nearby native peoples. It also protects the headwaters of the Pachitea river basin. The reserve covers an area of 616,413 hectares (6,164.13 km2) within the regions of Huánuco, Pasco and Ucayali. The reserve was created in 2001 and in 2010, UNESCO recognized it as part of the Oxapampa-Asháninka-Yánesha Biosphere Reserve.

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Quick facts

Country	Peru
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	9.87°S, 74.51°W · view on map

El Sira Communal Reserve is located in Peru, in Americas.

More protected areas in Peru

Airo Pai Communal Reserve · Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve · Alto Mayo Protection Forest · Amarakaeri Communal Reserve · Ampay National Sanctuary · Ancón Reserved Zone · Asháninka Communal Reserve · Aymara Lupaca Reserved Zone · Bajo Putumayo Yaguas Communal Reserve · Bosque de Pómac Historic Sanctuary.

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