In Peru you can find 84 of the 114 identified areas of life on our planet, its rich biodiversity is represented in the Peruvian Amazon by 1700 varieties of birds, mammals and large quantity of all kinds of animals. The Peruvian plant has given the world the biggest variety of domesticated plants, including, for example, there are more than a thousand varieties of potatoes (potato).

The nature reserves are the Peruvian richest source of natural resources in the world. In Peru born Amazon River, the longest and flow of the world, and its basin is covered with dense vegetation, which comprises more than half the territory of Peru. The interesting thing is that the Peruvian Amazon is so great that could take months or years to visit her in its entirety, and that's why it has designed a tourist infrastructure that allows the tourist to choose programs short, medium or long stay for greater satisfaction . The northern jungle, the eastern, central or southern jungle are points of great interest, in addition to reserves, nature sanctuaries, which abound in the three regions of Peru, and which protects fauna and flora.

The coast of Peru has a maritime domain of 863 thousand square kilometers, almost similar to that area of the Amazon, being the area of the Peruvian, or Humboldt Current, the richest in the world in production of plankton. Often the Peru ranks first in the world of fishing volumes. In the Peruvian sea, 20 of the 67 living species of cetaceans minors known in the world. It is advisable to visit the Paracas National Reserve, with a wealth of marine flora and fauna, the national shrine Lagoons Mejia in the south, with a wide variety of birds; las Lomas Lachay north of Lima, a paradise in full biologico coastal desert; special and unique places in the world, are protected areas of the Peruvian Amazon, as the Manu National Park and the Tambopata Reserve Candamo.

In the Andean area there are very interesting from the viewpoint of ecological and landscape of indescribable beauty, as the Huascaran National Park and the mountains of the Cordillera Blanca and the Colca Canyon, the deepest in the world, the Reserve National Titicaca or the Sanctuary of Machu Picchu. The Colca Canyon is the previous section to Colca Canyon. This valley is squeezed and runs east to west, beginning at pune cold and down to warm regions, showing its great scenic beauty and attractive addition to its cultural richness ethnic, petroglyphs, colonial churches, art and folklore.

National Parks

The National Parks are that are representative samples of the natural diversity of the country and its major ecological units. They are protected by nature intangible ecological integrity of one or more ecosystems, associations of the wildlife and successional and evolutionary processes as well as other scenic and cultural characteristics that are associated.

In the national parks is prohibited all direct use of natural resources for commercial purposes and the settlement of human groups which have not ancestrally occupied these territories. These units are allowed, under special conditions, the visitors' entrance for scientific, educational, recreational and cultural.

Today the country has national parks that occupy an area of 2.918.179,25 hectares, accounting for 2.27% of the national territory.

National parks are:

- Cutervo
- Tingo Maria
- Manu
- Huascaran
- Cerros de Amotape
- Rio Abiseo
- Yanachaga-Chemillen
- Bahuaja-Sonene
- Cordillera Azul
- Otishi
- Alto Purús

National Reserve
The National Reserves are areas for the conservation of biological diversity and sustainable use of resources of wild flora and fauna, water or land. They allowed the commercial exploitation of natural resources under management plans approved, supervised and controlled by the competent national authority. At present National Reserves have been established they occupy an area of 2 946 686 hectares, which accounts for 2% of the national territory.

The National Reserves are:

- Tambopata Candamo
- Pampa Galeras
- Junin
- Paracas
- Lachay
- Titicaca
- Salinas and White Wash
- Calipuy
- Pacaya-Samiria

National Sanctuary
The National Shrine are areas where it protects, as a matter of goodwill, the habitat of a species or a community of flora and fauna and natural formations of scientific interest and scenic.
In Peru we have today National Shrine, which cover a total area of 48 113.10 hectares, accounting for 0037% of the national territory.

The National Shrine are:
- Huayllay
- Calipuy
- Lagunas de Mejia
- Ampay
- The Mangrove Tumbes
- Tabaconas Namballe
- Megantoni

ZONES RESERVED
The Zones Reserved are areas that, meeting the conditions to be you considered as Natural Areas Protected, they require the execution of complementary studies for determine, among others, the extension and category that will correspond them like such. Currently already Zones have been created Reserved that cover a total area of 5 096 310.02 hectares, what represents the 4% of the national territory.

The reserved areas are:

- Laquipampa
- Pantanos de Villa
- Tumbes
- Algarrobal El Moro
- Chancaybaños
- Aymara Lupaca
- Güeppí
- Río Rímac
- Santiago Comaina
- Cordillera de Colán
- Cordillera Huayhuash

Protected forest
The Forest Protection are areas that are established in order to ensure the protection of watersheds high or collector, riverbanks and other waterways, and generally to protect fragile lands that so require. They allow the use of resources and development activities which do not endanger the vegetation of the area. Currently, there Protection of Forests covering an area of 389 986.99 hectares, representing 0.3% of the national territory.

The Forest Protection are:

- Aledaño a Bocatoma – Canal Imperial
- Pui Pui
- San Matias-San Carlos
- Pagaibamba
- Alto Mayo

GAME PRESERVES
These are areas for the use of wildlife through practice regulated sport hunting.
Today the country has two Cotos reserves covering an area of 124735 hectares, representing 0.1% of the national territory.

The hunting areas are:
- Angolo
- Sunchubamba

Communal Reserve

The Communal Reserves are areas for the conservation of wild flora and fauna, for the benefit of rural populations nearby.
The use and marketing resources will be under management plans, approved and supervised by the competent authority and conducted by the same beneficiaries. They can be established on floors greater ability to use agricultural, livestock, forestry or protection and wetland.

The Communal Reserves are:
- Yanesha
- The Sira
- Matsiguenga
- Amarakaeri
- Asháninka