Surveys of the Manu National Park and its buffer zone turned up 155 amphibian and 132 reptile species, 16 more than the 271 species documented in Ecuador’s Yasuní National Park in 2010.
Tag: protected area
First Private Conservation Area managed by native community was recognized
Area is in the buffer zone of the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve, which is recognized as a Ramsar area.
Entrepreneurial women create snails and bees in a sustainable way
Yarina’s women in Pacaya Samiria Reserve, are working in 2 projects of snails and bees management since 2011.
Bolivia: Government will explore oil and gas in protected areas
Madidi and Tipnis parks in the Bolivian Amazon could be exploited. Meanwhile, studies are stopped due to lack of environmental license.
Defined criteria for regularization of lands in conservation units
Concession will allow traditional populations of conservation units of sustainable use, obtain credits for development projects farming and extractivism.