- Peru features a total of 56 natural areas or conservation units, covering approximately 13% of the country's territory.
- National Reserves have been established with a surface of 2,946,686 hectares, which represents 2,29% of the national territory.
- Reserved areas have been created with a surface of 50´963,102 hectares, which means 4% of the national territory.
- Peru is home to more than 10% of the planet's plant and animal species and an astounding diversity of climates and eco-systems, Peru is held to be a modern-day Noah's Ark by wildlife lovers.
- To date, ornithologists have registered 1,730 species (nearly 20% of the world's total), of which 300 are found all over the country. Peru also posts world records in species per area (650 in Tambopata) and the record for the largest number of species sighted in a single day (361 around the biological station of Cocha Cashu, Manu).
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