Alto Mayo Protection Forest
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The Alto Mayo Protection Forest is an area of protected forest land in northern Peru. It is situated in the San Martín Region, across the Rioja and Moyobamba provinces.
Created in 1987, the protected area covers 1820 square kilometres (49,700 acres) of forest land.
It was decided to create this controlled area so that the natural fauna (for instance, the Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey (Lagothrix flavicauda/Oreonax flavicauda) and the Cock-of-the-rock (Rupícola peruviana)) and fauna (dense rainforest and numerous species of orchid) did not go out of existence. There was also the intention of guaranteeing the normal supply of water for human, agricultural and industrial consumption in other parts of the region.
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The Yantalo province, 12Km [8miles] from Moyobamba is 18 minutes from Moyobamba and is the entrance to the most beautiful forest on the shores of the Rio Mayo. Yantalo is also the center of the Yantalo Peru Foundation, devoted to improve the health and educational conditions of the local population of about +3000 persons. On April 14, 2008 the Ground Breaking ceremony for the Clinica Adelina Soplin took place. This facility will have 16 beds and its main feature will be internet consultations with peruvian and international medical schools [telemedicine]. www.yantalo.org
