Table 1: List of the forest fragments on the western slope of the Andes
in northern Peru. In some cases neither the precise locality, state of
conservation nor altitudes are documented in the literature.
Dpto. |
Prov. |
nombre del bosque |
altitudes (m) |
localización |
estado de conservación |
extensión aproximada (ha) |
Piura |
Huancabamba |
Canchaque |
1,800—2,500 |
04˚ 30´ S, 079˚ 05´ W -
05˚ 22´ S, 079˚ 36´ W6 |
largely destroyed |
1,000 |
Piura |
Morropón |
Chalaco |
? |
? |
unknown |
unknown |
Piura |
Morropón |
Mijal |
2,350—3,350 |
----------- |
conserved |
unknown |
Piura |
Ayabaca? |
Huamba |
ca. 2,500 |
04˚ 43´ S, 079˚
31´ W |
unknown |
unknown |
Piura |
Ayabaca |
El Toldo[1] |
2,800–-3,100 |
04˚ 40´ S,
079˚ 31´
W |
partly conserved |
various fragments, one of
them ca. 400 |
Piura |
Ayabaca |
Aypate1(Ayabaca) |
2,800–-3,100 |
04˚ 42´ S,
079˚ 35´
W |
conserved |
600–800 |
Piura |
Ayabaca |
Los Molinos1(Ayabaca) |
2,200–-3,100 |
04˚ 36´ S, 079˚ 44´ W |
conserved |
400 |
Piura |
Ayabaca |
Bosque
Cuyas1, [2]
(Ayabaca) |
2,200–-3,100 |
04˚ 36´ S, 079˚ 44´ W |
partly conserved |
600 |
Cajamarca |
Contumazá |
Bosque de
San Mateo3, 6 (Cachil) |
2,400—2,700 |
07˚ 24´ S, 078´ 47´ W |
conserved |
ca. 100 |
Cajamarca |
Santa
Cruz/ San
Miguel de Pallaques |
Bosque de Monteseco3, 6 (La Florida, Taulis) |
1,500—2,800 |
06˚ 52´ S, 079˚ 05´ W |
partly destroyed |
2,500 |
Cajamarca |
Cutervo |
Bosque
de Cutervo3, 6 |
2,500—2,500 |
06˚ 05´ S, 078˚ 40—53´ W |
partly destroyed |
2,500-3,000 |
Cajamarca |
Chota |
Ucshahuilca[3],6
(Pagaibamba) |
2,300—2,800 |
06° 24´ S, 079° 01´ W6 |
partly conserved |
1000 ca. 21006 |
Cajamarca |
Chota |
Las
Palmas3 |
2,400—2,800 |
06˚ 24´ S, 079˚ 01´ W |
highly fragemented and
partly converted to field |
500 <1006 |
Cajamarca |
San
Miguel de Pallaques |
Tongod3,6-Quellahorco |
2,600—2,700 |
06˚ 30´ S, 078˚ 38´ W - 06˚ 49´ -78˚ 46´ W6 |
highly fragemented |
200 |
Cajamarca |
San
Miguel de Pallaques |
Santa Rosa – El Palmo |
? |
? |
unknown |
unknown |
Cajamarca |
San Miguel
de Pallaques |
La Oscurana[4]
(Niepos y Corral Viejo) |
2,000—2,800 |
06˚ 90´ S,
079˚
08´ W |
conserved |
Ca. 65 |
Cajamarca |
Prov. San
Miguel de Pallaques |
Cerro
Quillón |
3,320—3,500 |
07˚ 01´ S, 079˚ 4´ W |
conserved |
Ca. 50 |
Cajamarca |
Cutervo |
Querocotillo-Granadillo-Shinshin
Sur - Río Chotano |
? |
? |
unknown |
unknown |
Cajamarca |
San
Miguel de Pallaques/ Santa Cruz |
Los Cedros
y Cascarilla |
2,500—2,800 |
----------- |
conserved |
2,500 |
Lambayeque |
Ferreñafe |
Kañaris[5] (Upaipeta) |
750—4,000 |
06˚ 02´
S, 079˚ 15´ W |
conserved |
13,800 |
Lambayeque |
Ferreñafe |
Bosques de Yatrapa |
? |
? |
conserved |
unknown |
Lambayeque |
Ferreñafe |
Bosques Chillama-
Mamahuaca-Bosque del Cerro Pluto
(Santa Lucía Kañaris) |
? |
? |
conserved |
unknown |
La libertad |
Gran Chimú |
Bosque de Lucma (Callanquitas) |
2,200—2,600 |
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largely destroyed, fragmented |
ca. 200 |