(January 23, 2020) The vicuña represents a conservation success, arising from a significant increase in wild populations as well as remarkable results in fiber management and in participation of vicuna manager communities in Bolivia. However, there are new conservation challenges for the species and also new economic challenges and opportunities. This WCS experience highlights some key issues on the health, habitat and quality of vicuña fiber. In order to evaluate the progress and achievements so ...

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(December 16, 2019) To connect the urban population of Bolivia with nature and involve them in research and conservation actions for urban biodiversity and habitat, WCS and the Institute of Ecology, as representatives of the institutional alliance that promoted the participation of La Paz in the City Nature Challenge, obtained second place in the social network popularity contest. This national competition is organized by the Urban Interventions Program of the Ministry of Development Planning, to reward citizen par...

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(November 29, 2019) WCS supported the participation of representatives of the Association of Caiman Managers “Matusha Aidha” and the Regional Association of Vicuña Managing Communities of Apolobamba (ARCMV) in the Workshop “Illegal Wildlife Trade in Latin America and the Caribbean: impacts on local communities and opportunities for legal and sustainable use ”, and in the First High-level Conference of the Americas on Illegal Wildlife Trade, both events took place in Lima (Peru) from S...

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(November 04, 2019) In September, the Community Association for the Marketing of Vicuña Fiber of Bolivia (ACOFIVB) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) signed a cooperation agreement to carry out joint actions towards ensuring the conservation and sustainable management of vicuña (Vicugna vicugna). ACOFIVB is a community-based organization that represents 11 Regional Associations of Vicuña Managing Communities (ARCMV) in Bolivia and that brings together more than 100 Vicuña Man...

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(October 24, 2019) Thanks to the extraordinary findings of the richness and diversity of bat species in Madidi National Park and Natural Area of ​​Integrated Management, in January of this year, the Identidad Madidi expedition, under the leadership of WCS and the Alcide d 'Orbigny Natural History Museum, with the endorsement of the Program for the Conservation of Bats of Bolivia (PCMB), nominated Madidi to be recognized as an Area of ​​Importance for the Conservation of Bats (AICOM) by the Latin America and Carib...

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