Buffer Zone declared via Director’s Resolution Number 312-2001-INRENA December 13, 2001.
Mining operations currently work and constantly prospect the buffer zone in search of more mineral deposits.
If pertinent environmental management plans are not implemented properly, increased mining will lead to additional environmental contamination, as seen in the photo.
Mining activity south of Calipuy National Reserve in the buffer zone is actually very close to the core zone’s borders. Mining not only causes contamination, it creates social problems.
Mining activity in the southern part of the national reserve. As seen in the photo, removal of land and stones is close to the river and the green space downhill.
Tablachaca River, southern limit of Calipuy National Reserve. The dirty waters are due to heavy mining activity taking place all along its path.
This photo shows where the Tablachaca River flows into the Santa River. Mining contamination has discolored the Tablachaca to the point that as it flows into the Santa, it changes its color as well.
ParksWatch – Peru: December, 2004