The Manu National Park was recognized by UNESCO as World Heritage and Biosphere Reserve. It is located in the departments of Cusco and Madre de Dios. In 1987 this park was recognized as a Natural Inheritance of the Humanity. It has a surface of 1'532,806 hectares and represents a very important example of the biological diversity in the Amazon. The main goal of this park is the conservation of the representative species of the biological diversity. Likewise, it is also a priority to make anthropological studies related to the population settled in the park.
Lots of species are protected in this park: 800 species of birds, 200 species of mammals (there are more than 100 species of bats), 120 species of fishes and reptiles and a large number of insects. Its population is formed by more than 30 peasant communities which languages are Quechua, Matsiquenka, Amahuaca, Yiñe, Amarakaeri, Huachipaire, Mashco-Piros and Nahua.
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