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Entries for February 2019

Vicuña integrated management in Apolobamba

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Vicuña integrated management in Apolobamba
(February 08, 2019) WCS Bolivia has started actions towards improving pasture management, in order to conserve a critical habitat for biodiversity and improve local livelihoods through vicuña management. The aim is to strengthen the technical capacities of vicuña fiber managers and herders of domestic camelids -from 18 communities of Apolobamba National Natural Area of Integrated Management (ANMIN)- in the sustainable management of about 100,000 hectares of native pastures and 1,400 hectares of Andean...

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The new year starts with the process of creating a municipal protected area in Reyes, located in Beni department

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The new year starts with the process of creating a municipal protected area in Reyes, located in Beni department
(February 04, 2019) The Wildlife Conservation Society is technically supporting the process of designing and creating a municipal protected area of about 800,000 hectares of natural forests and savannas in the Reyes Municipality. In 2008, the Autonomous Municipal Government of Reyes created the Municipal Protected Area Los Santos Reyes through a municipal ordinance, with the objective of promoting tourism and conserving natural resources. Nevertheless, the area did not get established adequately, with neither a ...

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