eNgLISH CoNTENTS (for Color Plates, see pages 25– 48) Participants ............................................................................ 156 appendices Water.Samples.(1).................................................................... 274 Institutional Profiles ............................................................... 159 Vascular.Plants.(2)................................................................... 278 acknowledgments ................................................................... 162 Fish.Sampling.Stations.(3)........................................................ 308 ................................................................................ Mission and approach ............................................................ 166 Fishes.(4). 310 Amphibians.and.Reptiles.(5).................................................... 330 report at a glance .................................................................. 167 Birds.(6).................................................................................. 336 Why Yaguas-Cotuhé? ............................................................... 175 Large.and.Medium-sized.Mammals.(7).................................... 356 Bats.(8).................................................................................... 360 Why a New Protected area in amazonian Peru? ...................... 176 Commonly.Used.Plants.(9)...................................................... 362 Conservation in Yaguas-Cotuhé ............................................... 178 Commonly.Hunted.or.Sold.Animals.(10)................................. 366 Conservation.Targets............................................................... 178 Threats.................................................................................... 184 Literature Cited ...................................................................... 369 ..................................................................................... Assets. 186 Published reports .................................................................. 378 Recommendations................................................................... 188 technical report ..................................................................... 192 Regional.Panorama.and.Sites.Visited........................................ 192 Biological Inventory . Landscape.Processes:.Geology,.Hydrology,.and.Soils............ 199 . Flora.and.Vegetation............................................................ 211 . Fishes.................................................................................. 221 . Amphibians.and.Reptiles..................................................... 230 . Birds.................................................................................... 237 . Mammals............................................................................ 245 Social Inventory Communities.Visited:.Social.and.Cultural.Assets. and.Resource.Use............................................................. 252 Perú: Yaguas-Cotuhé junio / june 2011 155 PARTICIPaNTS FIELD TEAM Diana (tita) Alvira Reyes (social inventory) Jorge Gallardo (Iquitos logistics) Environment,.Culture,.and.Conservation. Instituto.del.Bien.Común The.Field.Museum,.Chicago,.IL,.USA Iquitos,.Peru [email protected] [email protected] gonzalo Bullard (field logistics) roosevelt García Villacorta (plants) Independent.consultant. Peruvian.Center.for.Biodiversity.and.Conservation Lima,.Peru. Iquitos,.Peru [email protected] [email protected] andrea Campos Chu (Iquitos logistics) Julio Grández (field logistics) Instituto.del.Bien.Común Universidad.Nacional.de.la.Amazonía.Peruana Iquitos,.Peru Iquitos,.Peru [email protected] [email protected] Zaleth Cordero-P. (plants) Max H. Hidalgo (fishes) Herbario.Amazónico.Colombiano.(COAH) Museo.de.Historia.Natural. Instituto.Amazónico.de.Investigaciones.Científicas.(SINCHI) Universidad.Nacional.Mayor.de.San.Marcos Bogotá,.Colombia Lima,.Peru [email protected] [email protected] Álvaro del Campo (field logistics, photography, video) Isau Huamantupa (plants) Environment,.Culture,.and.Conservation. Herbario.Vargas.(CUZ) The.Field.Museum,.Chicago,.IL,.USA Universidad.Nacional.San.Antonio.de.Abad [email protected] Cusco,.Peru [email protected] Juan Díaz Alván (birds) Instituto.de.Investigaciones.de.la.Amazonía.Peruana.(IIAP) Dario Hurtado (coordination, transportation logistics) Iquitos,.Peru Peruvian.National.Police. [email protected] Lima,.Peru Freddy Ferreyra (Iquitos logistics) guillermo Knell (field logistics) Instituto.del.Bien.Común Ecologística.Perú Iquitos,.Peru Lima,.Peru [email protected] [email protected] www.ecologisticaperu.com robin B. Foster (plants) Environment,.Culture,.and.Conservation. The.Field.Museum,.Chicago,.IL,.USA [email protected] 156 RAPID BIoLOGICaL AND SOCIaL INVeNTORIES inFoRMe /RePoRT NO. 23 Jonathan A. Markel (cartography) Mario Pariona (social inventory) Environment,.Culture,.and.Conservation. Environment,.Culture,.and.Conservation. The.Field.Museum,.Chicago,.IL,.USA The.Field.Museum,.Chicago,.IL,.USA [email protected] [email protected] Italo Mesones (field logistics) ricardo Pinedo Marín (social inventory) Universidad.Nacional.de.la.Amazonía.Peruana Proyecto.Especial.Binacional.Desarrollo.Integral.. Iquitos,.Peru . de.la.Cuenca.del.Río.Putumayo.(PEDICP) [email protected] Iquitos,.Peru [email protected] olga Montenegro (mammals) Instituto.de.Ciencias.Naturales Nigel Pitman (plants) Universidad.Nacional.de.Colombia Center.for.Tropical.Conservation Bogotá,.Colombia Nicholas.School.of.the.Environment [email protected] Duke.University,.Durham,.NC,.USA [email protected] Debra K. Moskovits (coordination, birds) Environment,.Culture,.and.Conservation. Manuel Ramírez Santana (social inventory) The.Field.Museum,.Chicago,.IL,.USA Organización.Regional.de.los.Pueblos.Indígenas.. [email protected] . del.Oriente.(ORPIO) Iquitos,.Peru Luis Alberto Moya Ibáñez (mammals) [email protected] Proyecto.Especial.Binacional.Desarrollo.Integral.. de.la.Cuenca.del.Río.Putumayo.(PEDICP) ana Rosa Sáenz Rodríguez (social inventory) Iquitos,.Peru Instituto.del.Bien.Común [email protected] Iquitos,.Peru [email protected] Jonh Jairo Mueses-Cisneros (amphibians and reptiles) Corporación.para.el.Desarrollo.Sostenible.del.. richard Chase Smith (coordination) . Sur.de.la.Amazonía.(CORPOAMAZONIA) Instituto.del.Bien.Común Mocoa,.Colombia Lima,.Peru [email protected] [email protected] armando Ortega-Lara (fishes) robert F. Stallard (geology) Fundación.para.la.Investigación.y.el.. Smithsonian.Tropical.Research.Institute Desarrollo.Sostenible.(FUNINDES) Panama.City,.Panama Cali,.Colombia [email protected] [email protected] Perú: Yaguas-Cotuhé junio / june 2011 157 Participants (continued) COLLABORATORS Douglas F. Stotz (birds) Comunidad Nativa de Huapapa Environment,.Culture,.and.Conservation. Putumayo.River,.Loreto,.Peru The.Field.Museum,.Chicago,.IL,.USA [email protected] Comunidad Nativa de Puerto Franco Putumayo.River,.Loreto,.Peru aldo Villanueva (field logistics) Ecologística.Perú Comunidad Nativa de Santa Rosa de Cauchillo Lima,.Peru Yaguas.River,.Loreto,.Peru [email protected] www.ecologisticaperu.com Federación de Comunidades Indígenas del Bajo Putumayo (FeCoIBaP) rudolf von May (amphibians and reptiles) Putumayo.River,.Loreto,.Peru Florida.International.University Miami,.FL,.USA Peruvian National Police [email protected] Centro de Conservación, Investigación y Manejo Corine Vriesendorp (coordination, plants) de Áreas Naturales (CIMa-Cordillera Azul) Environment,.Culture,.and.Conservation. Lima,.Peru The.Field.Museum,.Chicago,.IL,.USA [email protected] Dirección General de Flora y Fauna Silvestre Ministry of Agriculture tyana Wachter (general logistics) Lima,.Peru Environment,.Culture,.and.Conservation. The.Field.Museum,.Chicago,.IL,.USA Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas (sINChI) [email protected] Bogotá,.Colombia Alaka Wali (social inventory advisor) smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) Environment,.Culture,.and.Conservation Panama.City,.Panama The.Field.Museum,.Chicago,.IL,.USA [email protected] Peruvian Center for Biodiversity and Conservation Iquitos,.Peru Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, universidad Nacional de Colombia Bogotá,.Colombia 158 RAPID BIoLOGICaL AND SOCIaL INVeNTORIES inFoRMe /RePoRT NO. 23 INSTITUTIoNaL PROFILES the Field Museum Instituto del Bien Común (IBC) The.Field.Museum.is.a.collections-based.research.and.. The.Instituto.del.Bien.Común.is.a.Peruvian.non-profit.organization. educational.institution.devoted.to.natural.and.cultural.diversity.. devoted.to.promoting.the.best.use.of.shared.resources..Sharing. Combining.the.fields.of.Anthropology,.Botany,.Geology,.Zoology,.. resources.is.the.key.to.our.common.well-being.today.and,.in.the. and.Conservation.Biology,.museum.scientists.research.issues.in. future,.as.a.people.and.as.a.country;.to.the.well-being.of.the.large. evolution,.environmental.biology,.and.cultural.anthropology... number.of.Peruvians.who.live.in.rural.areas,.in.forests.and,.on. One.division.of.the.Museum.—.Environment,.Culture,.and. the.coasts;.to.the.long-term.health.of.the.natural.resources.that. Conservation.(ECCo)— is.dedicated.to.translating.science.into. sustain.us;.and.to.the.sustainability.and.quality.of.urban.life.at. action.that.creates.and.supports.lasting.conservation.of.biological. all.social.levels..Among.the.projects.led.by.IBC.are.Pro.Pachitea,.