The Chamicero de Perijá reserve is located at the northern part of South America's Andes Mountain range, as part of the smaller Serranía de Perijá mountain range. The region is covered mainly by high Andean forest and Andean páramo and subpáramo grasslands. The region also has a number of rivers that run through it, mainly feeders for the Manaure River.[6]
Politics and founding
For decades, the region was inhabited by guerrilla fighters and narcos. In 2006, the Colombian government redoubled efforts to establish control in the area.[7] Then in 2014, the ProAves and Rainforest Trust raised over $180,000 to buy the 1,850 acres to establish the reserve.[8][7] This is helping to protect it from deforestation, which had picked up pace in the years prior.[7] Since then, birders and scientists have entered into the reserve to more thoroughly document the region and its endemic species.[9]