Amazon Rainforest

The western Amazon rainforest in Peru is known to have the greatest diversity of flora and fauna found in the world. Biologists refer to this area as the "green paradise" of the Amazon forest.

There are 144 villages in the District of Fernando Lores, home to about 18,000 people. That comes to an average of 125 inhabitants per village. Villages hug the river banks because the rivers are the highways for people and goods. People use the rivers not only for travel, but also for fishing, bathing, washing, toilet facilities, and drinking water.

Tamshiyacu, one of the largest villages with around 2,500 inhabitants, can be reached only by the Amazon river.