Amarakaeri Communal Reserve

The Amarakaeri Communal Reserve (Reserva Comunal Amarakaeri) is a protected area in Peru located in the Madre de Dios Region, Manú Province. It protects parts of the Southwest Amazon moist forests and Peruvian Yungas ecoregions.

Located in the reserve is the "Harakbut Face" that resembles a man's face. It is known by the native Harakbut tribesmen as the Rostro, which means face in their native language. The Harakbut people see the statue as a god. It was discovered in 2014. The native people did speak of it in oral history for generations, but had forgotten where it was located at. Peru has declared it a Cultural Heritage of the Nation.

References

Olson, D. M; E. Dinerstein; et al. (2001). "Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Life on Earth". BioScience. 51 (11): 933–938. doi:10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0933:TEOTWA]2.0.CO;2.
Valle 1, López 2, Tuyuka 3, Munduruku 4, Raoni 1, Gori-Tumi Echevarría 2, Poani Higino Tenório 3, Jairo Saw 4 (November 2018). "What is anthropogenic? On the cultural aetiology of geo-situated visual imagery in indigenous amazonia". Rock Art Research. 35(2) (November 2018): 123–144 – via ResearchGate.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Hill, David (2015-05-08). "Natural rockface or tribal sculpture? Peru and US's Hunt Oil don't care". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
Admin (2022-12-27). "Man-Made Monument or Natural Phenomenon? Sacred Face of the Harakbut Declared Cultural Heritage of Peru". ANIMALS (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-10-09.

External links

/ Amarakaeri Communal Reserve (in Spanish)

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National Parks	Alto Purús Bahuaja-Sonene Cerros de Amotape Cordillera Azul Cutervo Güeppi-Sekime Huascarán Ichigkat Muja – Cordillera del Condor Manu Otishi Rio Abiseo Sierra del Divisor Tingo María Yaguas Yanachaga-Chemillén
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Historic Sanctuaries	Chacamarca Machu Picchu Pampas de Ayacucho Bosque de Pómac
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Wildlife Refuges	Laquipampa Pantanos de Villa Bosques Nublados de Udima
Landscape Reserves	Cotahuasi Nor Yauyos-Cochas
Communal Reserves	Amarakaeri Asháninka Chayu Nain El Sira Machiguenga Purús Tuntanain Yanesha
National Forests	Alexander von Humboldt Mariscal Cáceres Pastaza–Morona–Marañon
Protection Forests	Aledaño Bocatoma del Canal Nuevo Imperial Alto Mayo Pagaibamba Pui Pui Puquio Santa Rosa San Matías–San Carlos
Game Reserves	El Angolo Sunchubamba
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Regional Conservation Areas	Choquequirao Huacachina Tamshiyacu Tahuayo Puya Raymondi - Titankayocc Huaytapallana
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