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Yaguas (Putumayo Landscape)

A selection of photos from Yaguas NP and FZS's work in and around the National Park. These photos may be used by media only in context of the Frankfurt Zoological Society’s work in the area. Please give the copyright information given in the captions.
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A local fisherman along the Putumayo River near Yaguas. The fisherman is laying nets to catch Arowana fish. The arowana fish industry is included in a project hoping to provide locals with a sustainable source of income. this species are mouthbrooders (males keep the egg and young fish protected in their mouths). The Arowana are fished, the younf collected and the adult released again. The young are sold as ornamental fish to the aquarium industry. Peru. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
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A local fisherman along the Putumayo River near Yaguas. The fisherman is laying nets to catch Arowana fish. The arowana fish industry is included in a project hoping to provide locals with a sustainable source of income. this species are mouthbrooders (males keep the egg and young fish protected in their mouths). The Arowana are fished, the younf collected and the adult released again. The young are sold as ornamental fish to the aquarium industry. Peru. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS

  • A local fisherman along the Putumayo River near Yaguas. The fisherman is laying nets to catch Arowana fish. The arowana fish industry is included in a project hoping to provide locals with a sustainable source of income. this species are mouthbrooders (males keep the egg and young fish protected in their mouths). The Arowana are fished, the younf collected and the adult released again. The young are sold as ornamental fish to the aquarium industry. Peru. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • José Antonio Ochoa (right) together with a local fisherman along the Putumayo River near Yaguas. The fisherman is holding a box of young Arowana fish. The arowana fish industry is included in a project hoping to provide locals with a sustainable source of income. this species are mouthbrooders (males keep the egg and young fish protected in their mouths). The Arowana are fished, the younf collected and the adult released again. The young are sold as ornamental fish to the aquarium industry. Peru. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • A park ranger (SERNANP) paddling down the River Yaguas, Peru. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • A still young Ceiba tree found cut down in Yaguas, Peru. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • Illegal dredges, (dragas), used for gold mining in the Yaguas, Peru. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
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