The Andean night monkey (Aotus miconax) is another endemic and widely unknown species living around La Esperanza. A few days ago a local man told us that a young female that was stuck in some Eucalyptus trees next to the highway in someone’s garden. She was at least 500 metres from the next part of forest and there were 4 dogs sitting under the tree she was in. Thinking of the possible risks she would have to go through if we left her there, we decided to try to catch her. Some of the local men climbed up the trees and took photos of her; these are the first photos of this species ever to be published!!! They managed to catch her after a short while and we released her in the closest big patch of forest.

We have had many visits in the last two weeks. Wagner Guzman from IIAP (Instituto de Investigacion de la Amazonia Peruana), Lorena Durand from SPDA (Socciedad Peruana por Derecho Ambiental) and Luisa Guevara from APECO (Asosiacion Peruana por la Conservacion de la Naturaleza), came together for three days to give talks to the people in the different villages we work with. As these are very well known and respected local environmental institutions, there was high attendance to the talks and people showed a lot of interested in the idea to conserve their forests.

Cesar Bartra From INRENA came to give a talk about the laws and possible alternatives to logging. All of these people promised to visit again soon and to cooperate with the project.