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Help protect Bolivia's natural habitats

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Be a part of the global effort to save Bolivia's natural wonders for people and for nature.

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With some of the snakes and frogs that our BOLFOR II sustainable forestry project helps protect!

Avoiding carbon release

Through carefully monitored projects, like Noel Kempff Climate Action Project, we demonstrate how carbon emissions can be reduced when forests, grasslands and other habitats are preserved or restored.

With 21,000-foot peaks, Amazonian jungles, seasonally flooded wetlands, rare dry forests and desert-like expanses, not to mention abundant natural resources, Bolivia is a stunning mosaic of high plateaus, snow-capped volcanoes, rivers and waterfalls home to

    • more than 9 million people, a majority of whom are of     indigenous origen;

    • more than 1,350 species of birds, including harpy eagles     and tiger herons;

    • more than 320 species of mammals, including jaguars
    and spider monkeys;

    • 11,000 species of plants, including hundreds of orchid     species.

As rich as Bolivia is in terms of biodiversity, culture and natural resources, economic development in the country has lagged behind. That’s why the Conservancy has been working in Bolivia since 1986, supporting the Bolivian government to implement projects specifically designed to conserve the country’s wild beauty, manage its natural resources, and promote socioeconomic development all at the same time. The Conservancy’s conservation projects in Bolivia include:

• BOLFOR II Sustainable Forestry Management Project
    In 2003, the Conservancy, the Bolivian government and the     United States Agency for International Development
    (USAID) together launched the BOLFOR II sustainable     forestry management project to protect both dry and tropical     lowland Bolivian forests and give communities a way to earn     sustainable and profitable incomes at the same time. 

• Noel Kempff Climate Action Project
    By terminating logging rights on 1.6 million acres of lands and making them part of neighboring 
    Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, the Conservancy is supporting the Bolivian
    government in preventing the release of 5.8 million metric tons of carbon into the
    atmosphere over the next 30 years through the Noel Kempff Climate Action Project. This
    is a significant step forward in the fight against global climate change and in addition to 
    helping protect the park’s rich forests, local communities are receiving training in alternative, 
    sustainable livlihoods.

• Public Protected Areas
    The Conservancy is helping strengthen Bolivia’s national system of protected areas, including     indigenous, municipal, departmental, and national protected areas.

• Valuing the services nature provides
    The Conservancy is supporting various institutions in the Department of Santa Cruz to study water     valuation and explore compensation mechanisms that could help protect water resources from 
    Amboró National Park, which supplies the city of Santa Cruz and its 1.5 million inhabitants. 

Much of the Nature Conservancy’s history of conservation success in Bolivia was achieved through a joint effort with USAID, called Parks-in-Peril.

    •Amboró and Carrasco National Parks: working with the Bolivian government and local partners     through the Parks-in-Peril project, the Conservancy helped consolidate the protection of 3 million
    acres of tropical forests.

    •Tariquía National Park: just a “park on paper”, legally decreed but not effectively protected before
    the Parks-in-Peril project, the Conservancy was able to fortify protection of the 610,000-acre area—
    home to hundreds of threatened and endangered species like the Andean spectacled bear.

    •Eduardo Avaroa National Park: as Bolivia’s most-visited national park, Eduardo Avaroa needed to     find ways to better manage the seasonal influx of tourists. We were able to help the park get the     infrastructure and management capacity necessary to better protect biodiversity.

    •Sama Cordillera Biological Reserve: in southern Bolivia near the Argentine border, the
    Conservancy helped promote watershed protection and sustainable water management.

Nature picture credits (top to bottom, left to right): Flamingos in southwestern Bolivia © Tui De Roy & Mark Jones; Bolivian girl © Hermes Justiano; Parrot snake © Steffen Reichle/TNC.