{"id":102,"date":"2015-08-04T12:15:49","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T12:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wff\/?p=102"},"modified":"2015-08-04T12:15:49","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T12:15:49","slug":"arcamazon-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildff.org\/arcamazon-update\/","title":{"rendered":"ARCAmazon Update"},"content":{"rendered":"
Laughter and music break through the cacophony of the jungle. The soft lights of candles and lanterns illuminate the faces around the circle, catching the crinkles of eyes mid-laughter and flashes of gold that shine from sharp, joking smiles. It is a night of celebration in the workers\u2019 camp here at the Las Piedras Amazon Center, where years of extensive planning and hard work have finally begun to take concrete shape in the form of several new pieces of infrastructure.<\/p>\n
Wooden platforms complete with roofs made of colorful recycled billboards and handcrafted bunk beds offer comfortable respite after long days of work in the rainforest. Rammed-earth bathrooms now sit amidst the foliage, with a view from the showers of a growing garden full of Heliconia. Last (but most certainly not least), a new water tower stands tall amongst the trees, ready to complete its task of supplying the camp with refreshment, and for the more adventurous travelers, an excellent vista.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Over the past three months, this project has involved intense and impressive feats of construction completed by a dedicated and skillful team of Peruvian carpenters, plumbers, and electricians. Before that could happen, however, the planning and legal process of forming an NGO and obtaining a concession of land had to be carried out. The very first steps took place over three years ago, when the idea of creating the organization that is now ARCAmazon<\/a> first came about. In 2014, it was officially founded by a diverse team of conservationists, all of whom have been working extensively ever since towards their goal of land conservation and the Las Piedras Amazon Center. On the 7th of April, with the support of Wild Forests and Fauna, ARCAmazon was able to acquire an 11,021 acre ecotourism concession in an extremely crucial location along the Las Piedras River, within the larger region of Madre de Dios, Per\u00fa.<\/p>\n