Ecobreves – PERU-BOLIVIA: Biodiversity Corridor

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LIMA, Jun 2 2002 (IPS) - The governments of Peru and Bolivia are promoting the creation of a corridor of land for conserving biological diversity, connecting eight protected areas in Peru and seven in Bolivia, and covering some 30 million hectares in the tropical Andean region. The bi-national Vilcabamba-Amboró Corridor is to extend from the Apurimac Reserve, in southern Peru, to the Amboró National Park, in southwest Bolivia, and will include the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu, says Gustavo Suárez Freitas, director of Natural Protected Areas of Peru.