Tag Archive for: ARCC

Mongabay Feature: Jaguars, tapirs, oh my!: Amazon explorer films shocking wildlife bonanza in threatened forest

18Feb2013 0 Comments Categories:Wildlife Research & ConservationTags: ARCC, camera trap, deer, jaguar, las piedras, mongabay, research, tapir

Story courtesy of Mongabay.com Watching a new video by Amazon explorer, Paul Rosolie, one feels transported into a hidden world of stalking jaguars, heavyweight tapirs, and daylight-wandering giant armadillos. This is the Amazon as one imagines it as a child: still full of wild things. In just four weeks at a single colpa (or clay [...]

Fauna Forever Blog 1 by Matt de Couto

15Feb2013 0 Comments Categories:Conservation Research InternshipTags: ARCC, internship, lake soledad, las piedras, volunteer

Phase 1 First of all I’ll explain the phases. We are spending most of our time in the field in ARCC (Amazon Research and Conservation Centre). It’s currently a tourist lodge based along the Las Piedras River in Madre de Dios. To get there from The Fauna Forever house based in Puerto Maldonado it takes [...]