Save America's Forests warns that the situation facing the Peruvian Amazon is particularly alarming given that the western Amazon is likely to be a refuge for Amazonian biodiversity in the face of global warming.

Recent studies indicate that the eastern Amazon is to experience increased drought while the western Amazon will be more stable.

"Amazonian diversity for plants, birds, amphibians, and mammals all peak at its upper reaches in Peru and Ecuador," said Dr. Clinton Jenkins of Duke University.

Dr. Jenkins is refining the existing range maps for mammals, birds, and amphibians in the Americas and he is working with Save America's Forests to understand and eliminate threats to biodiversi...

Save America's Forests warns that the situation facing the Peruvian Amazon is particularly alarming given that the western Amazon is likely to be a refuge for Amazonian biodiversity in the face of global warming.

Recent studies indicate that the eastern Amazon is to experience increased drought while the western Amazon will be more stable.

"Amazonian diversity for plants, birds, amphibians, and mammals all peak at its upper reaches in Peru and Ecuador," said Dr. Clinton Jenkins of Duke University.

Dr. Jenkins is refining the existing range maps for mammals, birds, and amphibians in the Americas and he is working with Save America's Forests to understand and eliminate threats to biodiversity and indigenous peoples in the northwest Amazon.

"This is one of the most diverse areas in the world, both biologically and ethnically," Dr. Jenkins says. "Oil development is the major threat to this part of the Amazon."