Peru's Protected Areas

National Parks (10)
Name Location IUCN Category Size (Ha) Year Ecoregion
Cutervo Cajamarca II 2,500 1961 Peruvian Yungas
Tingo María Huánuco II 4,777 1965 Peruvian Yungas
Manu Cuzco y Madre de Dios II 1,716,295 1973 Southwestern Amazonian Moist Forest, Peruvian Yungas
Huascarán Ancash II 340,000 1975 Central Andean puna
Cerros de Amotape Tumbes y Piura II 91,300 1975 Tumbes-Piura dry forests
Río Abieseo San Martín II 274,520 1983 Peruvian Yungas
Yanachaga-Chemillén Pasco II 122,000 1986 Ucayali
Bahaja-Sonene Madre de Dios y Puno II 1,091,416 1996 Southwestern Amazonian Moist Forest, Peruvian Yungas
Cordillera Azul San Martín, Loreto, Huánuco y Ucayali II 1,353,191 2001  
Otishi   II 305,973 2003  
Total (10) 5,301,972
National Sanctuaries (6)          
Name Location (departamento) IUCN Category Size (Ha) Year Ecoregion
Huayllay Pasco III 6,815 1974 Central Andean Puna
Calipuy La Libertad III 4,500 1981 Cordillera Central paramo
Lagunas de Mejía Arequipa III 691 1984 Sechura desert
Ampay Apurímac III 3,636 1987 Central Andean wet puna
Manglares de Tumbes Tumbes III 2,972 1988 Tumbes/Piura dry forest
Tanaconas Namballes Cajamarca III 29,500 1988 Cordillera Central paramo
Total (6) 48,113
Historic Sanctuaries (4)          
Name Location (departamento) IUCN Category Size (Ha) Year Ecoregion
Chacamarca Junín V 2,500 1974 Central Andean wet puna
Pama de Ayacucho Ayacucho V 300 1988 Central Andean puna
Machu Picchu Cuzco V 32,592 1981 Peruvian Yungas
Bosque de Pomac Lambayeque V 5,887 2001  
Total (4) 41,279
Landscape Reserves (1)
Name Location (departamento) IUCN Category Size (Ha) Year Ecoregion
Nor Yauyos Cochas Lima y Junín V 221,268 2001 Peruvian Yungas
Total (1)   221,268  
Communal Reserves (5)
Name Location (departamento) IUCN Category Size (Ha) Year Ecoregion
Yanesha Pasco VI 34,745 1988 Peruvian Yungas
El Sira Departamentos de Pasco, Huánuco y Ucayali VI 616,413 2001 Ucayali moist forests, Western Amazonian Swamp Forest
Amarakaeri Madre de Dios y Cusco VI 402,336 2002 Southwestern Amazonian Moist Forest, Peruvian Yungas
Ashaninka   VI 184,468 2003  
Machiguenga   VI 218,906 2003  
Total (5) 1,456,868
National Reserves (9)
Name Location (departamento) IUCN Category Size (Ha) Year Ecoregion
Pampa Galeras Ayucucho VI 6,500 1967 Central Andean puna
Junín Junín y Pasco VI 53,000 1974 Central Andean puna
Paracas Ica VI 335,000 1975 Sechura desert
Lachay Lima VI 5,070 1977 Sechura desert
Titicaca Puno VI 36,180 1978 Central Andean wet puna
Salinas y Aguada Blanca Arequipa y Moquegua VI 366,936 1979 Central Andean puna
Calipuy La Libertad VI 64,000 1981 Cordillera Central paramo
Pacaya-Samiria Loreto VI 2,080,000 1982 Ucayali moist forests
Tambopata Madre de Dios VI 274,690 1990 Southwestern Amazonian moist forests
Total (9)   3,221,376
 
Protected Forests (6)
Name Location (departamento) IUCN Category Size (Ha) Year Ecoregion
Aledaño a la Bocatoma Lima VI 18 1980 Sechura desert
Puquio Santa Rosa Libertad VI 73 1982 Sechura desert
Pui Pui Junín VI 60,000 1985 Yungas peruanas
San Matías-San Carlos Pasco VI 145,818 1987 Yungas peruanas
Pagaibamba Cajamarca VI 2,078 1987 Central Andean puna
Alto Mayo San Martín VI 182,000 1987 Yungas peruanas
Total (6) 389,987
Hunting Reserves (2)  
Name Location (departamento) IUCN Category Size (Ha) Year Ecoregion
El Angolo Piura VI 65,000 1975 Tumbes/Piura dry forest
Sunchubamba Cajamarca VI 59,735 1977 Central Andean puna
Total (2) 124,735
Reserved Zones (13)          
Name Location (departamento) IUCN Category Size (Ha) Year Ecoregion
Laquipampa Lambayeque n/a 11,347 1982 Sechura desert
Pantanos de Villa Lima n/a 263 1989 Sechura desert
Tumbes Tumbes n/a 75,102 1994 Western Ecuador moist forests
Algarrobal El Moro La Libertad n/a 321 1995 Sechura desert
Chanca y baños Cajamarca n/a 2,628 1996 Cordillera Central paramo
Aymara Lupcaa Puno n/a 300,000 1996 Central Andean puna
Gueppi Loreto n/a 625,971 1997 Napo moist forests
Río Rimac Lima n/a a strip 28 KM2 1998 Sechura desert
Santiago Comaina Amazonas n/a 1,642,567 1999 Eastern Cordillera Real montane forests
Allpahuayo Mishana Loreto n/a 57,667 1999 Napo moist forests
Zona Reservada de la Cordillera de Colán Amazonas n/a 64,115 2002 Eastern Cordillera Real montane forests
Alto Purus Ucayali y Madre de Dios n/a 2,724,264   Southwestern Amazonian moist forests
Cordillera de Huayhuash Ancash, Huánuco, Lima n/a 67,590 2002  
Total (13)     5,571,834