Tree Top Manu 2016: canopy camera traps reveal secret lives of rainforest wildlife

Ever wondered what goes on in the jungle when no-one’s looking? Innovative research through camera traps gives a rare glimpse and unique access to life in the rainforest canopy.
Last summer, our Tree Top Manu expedition team set up 131 camera traps across the Manu Biosphere Reserve in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest - an area the size of Wales that boasts the highest levels of biodiversity in the world. Today, the results are in...
Tree Top Manu is one of the largest arboreal camera trapping projects in the world and has been running since 2013, in collaboration with the University of Glasgow and funded by the Darwin Initiative.
During this time, we have learnt that camera trapping is a valuable tool for studying rare, hunted and cryptic animals, giving us an insight into these species that traditional terrestrial monitoring cannot achieve.
In 2017, Tree Top Manu will be applying this technology to understand what the impact of a controversial new road being built through the Manu Biosphere Reserve might have on the area’s biodiversity.