Peru Creates Huge National Park in Amazon Basin

Peru Creates Huge National Park in Amazon Basin

~!!!~Peru*s President Ollanta Humala will travel to the region Sunday to sign a decree creating the park, Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar Vidal said on his Twitter account// The park has an estimated 3,000 species of plants and animals, many of them found nowhere else in the world, according to the government// 

~!!!~The announcement comes just three weeks ahead of a UN summit aimed at sealing a global pact on climate change// Advocates of the new park have said it will enable the capture of 150,000 tonnes of CO2, the equivalent of nearly 40 percent of Peru*s daily carbon output//