Bruno Vander Velde reports for Human Nature, a Conservation International blog; A sprawling corner of the Amazon basin has been designated a protected area. Last week, the Bolivian municipality of Ixiamas issued a law establishing the Bajo Madidi Municipal Conservation and Management Area in the country’s northwestern region, near the Peruvian border. At 15,300 square…
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Bolivia: Down the Rio Yacuma
From The National Geographic: The caiman sized me up, all venomous reproach and pointy teeth. It sliced through the water until it was in snapping distance of our little boat. “Do they ever attack people?” I asked. “Oh yes,” said Sam, my local guide, who I liked but didn’t entirely trust. Friday, 31 May Bolivia…
Traffic of the red forehead macaw propitiates workshop and the proposal of harder penalties
Berthy Vaca reports for El Deber: The meeting to talk about the traffic of species, taking as a flag the jaguar, will be on July 24 and 25 in Santa Cruz. For conservationists, the villagers of the communities must become protectors of the threatened fauna In the Santa Cruz Kempff Mercado zoo, they live no…
Natural parks in Bolivia
Roxana Jimenez reports for El Dia: Three proposals Protected areas. They are a natural heritage that can be visited by tourists. They are valued for their biodiversity. There are three national parks located in the Bolivian territory. Its main characteristic is its infinite natural greatness and that are considered a natural heritage. In this line…
Judge ratifies prison for two fang traffickers
El Diario reports: The illegal trade of fangs in most cases occurs through the internet. The fifth Criminal Investigation Judge of the city of La Paz, Juan Carlos Moltabán, ratified the three-year prison sentence against two Argentine citizens, convicted of trafficking jaguar tusks and cougars, the Environment Ministry reported. According to the government entity, the…
Can jaguar tourism save Bolivia’s fast dwindling forests?
Mongabay has released a wonderful story about our biodiversity and wildlife peril … please use this link to read in full and admire those wonderful photos! https://news.mongabay.com/2019/03/can-jaguar-tourism-save-bolivias-fast-dwindling-forests/ Few countries in the tropics have seen trees chopped down as quickly as Bolivia did between 2001 and 2017. Within Bolivia, nearly two-thirds of that loss occurred in…
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