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Entries for June 2014

Chipi chipis on the move

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Chipi chipis on the move
(June 25, 2014) Researchers from WCS’s Bolivia Program have documented a natural phenomenon new to science: the mass migration of a small, obscure fish known locally as the “chipi chipi.” WCS Conservationist Guido Miranda recently captured footage of the tea-colored Beni River virtually boiling over with millions of 1-inch long juvenile fish.  “It’s amazing that this natural wonder has gone unnoticed by science for all this time,” said Miranda, who is publishing a study...

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Strengthening Ecotourism and Culture in Apolobamba

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Strengthening Ecotourism and Culture in Apolobamba
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Madidi inspires La Paz: amazing photographic exhibition of world’s most biologically diverse park in Bolivia

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Madidi inspires La Paz: amazing photographic exhibition of world’s most biologically diverse park in Bolivia
(June 16, 2014) “Mummy, mummy, look at this one”, “What the devil is that?”, “I never knew there was so much”, “All this is in La Paz?”, “Is that a photo or a painting”, “We have to take care of our natural heritage”. Just some of the publics comments from an exceptional photography exhibition about Madidi National Parks record-breaking biodiversity that wowed 13,000 people during the Night of the Museums in La Paz on the 17th of May. A com...

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