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WILDLIFE ON PHOTOGRAFIC PAPER
A photograph can have the power of making someone travel across the world and visit some special place; a photograph can also make local efforts resonate and find support in the international community. It can make people from the cities appreciate and even love, creatures and landscapes they have never seen, or allow ancient peoples to share their traditions with the world and obtain...
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BORN AMIDST THE SNOW - KIM MCQUARRIE
The Manu National Park owes its existence to an event that took place a century ago, under the snow and the howls of the freezing Siberian steppes. It was the end of the 19th Century, and in Russia a profound revolution that was to crush many beings and send others to the dungeons was unraveling. Amongst these unfortunates was Jan Kalinowski, a Polish zoologist who had been taken for a spy and...
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MANU: A LIGHT OF HOPE
The vast Amazon Basin, has the size of the lower 48 states of the USA, and 82% of this territory is still covered by forest. At some point in their lives, all travelers should "see" the Amazon. However, which part of it to visit, remains an important question. In order to decide where to go, you first need to realize that not all Amazon forests are the same. People who wish to see plenty of...
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A PHOTOGRAPHER IN MANU - ANDRÉ BÄRTSCHI
I first heard about Manu in 1978 while I was working at the Zurich Zoo. I very much wanted to see a healthy population of Giant River Otters, as well as a Jaguar in the wild. At that time there was no tourism, but I managed to get a permit for myself and some friends. We traveled all over the region with a park ranger for several weeks. While there, I got my first glimpse of a Giant River...
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THE PEOPLE OF THE FOREST
To understand the dynamics of its people and to be informed about who live in it, has been an arduous task for the Manu National Park since its creation. How many are they? Where are they? Why have they been and continue being invisible despite the interest invested during the last years in learning about them?

We have followed this topic closely, and after more than 25 years...
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A BET FOR MANU - BORIS GÓMEZ LUNA
Twenty three years ago I traveled to Manu for the first time, mounted on a squeaking and rusty timber truck. At that time no commercial service of either terrestrial or river transport existed. In order to allow the only aircraft from the region to land, the landing strip on the Boca Manu location, had to be burnt and cleaned a week in advance.

Much has changed since those days...
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A NATURAL PARADISE
Ever since Noe bid farewell to the animals that left the Arch, nature has taken care of itself without much human intervention. However, today nature is facing another serious threat, not due to a flood, but to us humans. We transform the scenery using chainsaws, dozers and heavy machinery, suppressing the native vegetation and replacing it with crops and grasses, or, in the worst case scenario,...
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