Fernando “Pino” Rubio del Valle was a stubborn defender of Peru’s forests

In the late 1970s, a group of young naturalists in Lima used a room in the Rubio family home as a headquarters for their expeditions. They called it the Gabinete de iconoclastas. There were maps to study, frogs to look for in neighborhood ponds, plants to collect, and places along Peru’s coast that seemed worth [Continue reading] The post Fernando “Pino” Rubio del Valle was a stubborn defender of Peru’s forests appeared first on Rhett Ayers Butler .