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Yacu Tayta, from the Kichwa meaning “fathers of the water,” is the name of our community organization of fishermen and craftspeople.
We are a group of fishermen who belong to the Community of Manco Cápac, which is located on the western bank of the Puinahua Canal, in the region of Loreto in the Peruvian Amazon.

Our primary work area is the “Cocha El Dorado,” a lake that measures 400 hectares, which is located in the heart of the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve (PSNR). The Pacaya Samiria was legally defined as a protected area in Peru in 1972, due to its amazing biodiversity. It is Peru’s second largest protected wilderness region and spans over five million acres of land. It is the largest protected flooded forest area on earth.

The Yacu Tayta Social Organization evolved from a project that was financed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC). In 1994, the Peruvian Pro-Naturaleza (Pro-Nature) Foundation began working with local communities to analyze the various problems connected with the misuse of natural resources in the area. They utilized the information they collected to develop a program whose purposes are to educate people about the conscientious use of these resources and to develop initiatives to benefit the local population through proper management of natural resources.

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