Claim: Much research had been conducted in the area of Tamshiyacu Tahuayo Regional Conservation Area, where between 1980 and 1990 the importance of conserving the area was highlighted due its unique and vast biodiversity; also during the 1980s, the Peruvian government noted the unusual number of reptiles produced by this region.
Evidence: During the 1980s, the Peruvian government noted the unusual number of primates produced by this region and so in the early 1980s biologist Pekka Soini (who later became renowned for his conservation work with Amazon turtles in the Pacaya Samiria) and his assistant Rogelio Castro, conducted the first primate population survey under the auspices of IVITA (the Peruvian Instituto Veterinario de Investigaciones Tropicales y de Altura).