TroPeaCC

TroPeaCC

Tropical Peatlands and the Carbon Cycle

Amacayacu

 
Amacayacu pantano is a small peatland near the Amazon river, located within the Parque Nacional Natural Amacayacu in the Amazonas Department in Colombia. The site is dominated by small trees of approximately 5 m height and has a peat layer of 1 m.

The monitoring efforts at the site are led by Professor Juan Carlos Benavides and his team at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.

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