​​​​Lost Paradises - South America

PERU - Amazon River and Rainforest - Nature

The Amazon rain forest covers more than 60% of Peruvian territory, more than in any other country except Brazil. Tropical rainforests set records in biodiversity: anywhere between 40 to 100 species of tree can be found in a 1-hectare plot of land.

The Amazon is home to as many as 80,000 plant species from which more than 40,000 species play a critical role in regulating the global climate and sustaining the local water cycle.