ACP Panguana, Peru

Juliane Diller, née Koepcke, was born in Lima in 1954 and grew up in Peru. In 1968, her parents took her to the Panguana biological station, where they had started to investigate the lowland rainforest wildlife.

A tragic airplane crash on Christmas Eve of 1971 claimed the lives of all passengers aboard including her mother. The 17-year old Juliane Koepcke was the only survivor and was able survive eleven days in remote tropical forest, drawing from her ample childhood experience in the wild, as her parents, passionate scientists, had taken her along on their expeditions throughout Peru as often as possible.

Butterfly hunting next to the Rio Yuyapichis: At the age of 14, Juliane moved with her parents into the jungle.

In 2000, after the passing of her father, Juliane took over as Panguana’s director and main organizer of research expeditions to the station. After years of efforts by Juliane, the territory of the Panguana Biological Research Station was finally decla