DESCRIPTION The James’s Flamingo (Phoenicopterus jamesi), also known as the Puna Flamingo, is a South American flamingo, named for Harry Berkeley James. It breeds on the high Andean plateaus of Peru, Chile, Bolivia and Argentina. It is related to the Andean Flamingo, and the two are often placed in the genus Phoenicoparrus. It is…
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Environment 101: Vicuna continues to be under jeopardy!
El Diario reports: They oppose poaching of vicuña Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Argentina and Ecuador expressed their opposition to illegal hunting and smuggling of vicuna, so agreed to strengthen border controls to prevent the illegal sale of the animal. An estimated kilo of vicuna wool is sold at more than $400, according to the National Program…
Tourism: Irupana is the paradise for paragliding
El Diario reports: Irupana is the paradise for paragliding With the participation of at least 56 paragliders, began yesterday the national tournament “Irupanapente”, the same that will last until today [07/27/2014] in the city of Irupana. The intervention of three women and three international paragliding (one French, one American and one German) gives greater prominence…
Environment 101: Four new tuco-tuco species found in Bolivia
Leslie Reed reports for the University of Nebraska – Lincoln: UNL scientist helps identify 4 new tuco-tuco species found in Bolivia Released on 07/18/2014, at 2:00 AM Office of University Communications University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, Neb., July 18th, 2014 — A research team led by Scott Gardner of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has identified four new…
How Sucre became the definitive capital of Bolivia
Luis S. Crespo wrote for El Diario on July 12, 1925: Defining the definitive capital of the Republic The National Constituent Assembly of the Republic of Bolivia, by law of August 11, 1825 ordered that lay the foundations of a city to serve as a capital for the new nation, and that city would be…
The new dwarf anta [tapir] may be Bolivian ‘flagship species’
Javier Mendez reports for El Deber: NATURE The new dwarf anta [tapir] may be Bolivian ‘flagship species’ Two biologists that reported their presence indicate that [this dwarf anta] revalues the forests of our country. There are reports of new species of dolphin, another monkey and a rodent Last year, the Journal of Mammalogy spread shocking…
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