The conservation of urban forests is a fundamental strategy to achieve sustainability and human well-being in the context of accelerated global urbanization. Lima, a megacity located in the desert, does not have the green infrastructure necessary to face its multiple problems. Therefore, the Project “Centro de la Diversidad Natural y Cultural del Perú” is being developed in the “Vivero Forestal” of the Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (UNALM) to be the main sample of the peruvian floristic and cultural richness. The aim of this study is to evidence the biodiversity conservation in the urban forest Vivero Forestal. We generated a census of trees, palms and some shrubs and herbaceous plants and a bibliographic review to identify the species of wild fauna. Furthermore, native species were identified according to their natural distribution and those that were threatened. The u...