(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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(January 07, 2014) Deforestation has dramatically reduced the extent of tropical forests in Bolivia and in the world. Destruction of tropical forests accounts for 20% of all carbon emissions produced by human activity in addition to the loss of biodiversity, impacts on water supplies and health and reduced opportunities for socio-economic and cultural development.  A recent publication conducted by the Tacana Indigenous People's Council (CIPTA) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS): "Deforestation scen...

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(October 30, 2013) On Sunday October 20, Guanay welcomed over a hundred guests at the "Native Cacao Festival, Guanay 2013", with the message that their use contributes to value and conserve this legendary plant of the American rainforest and the forests where it grows.  Its organizers, the Municipal Government of Guanay, the Leco Larecaja native cacao producers (CHOCOLECOS), from Mapiri Municipality (APCAO-Mapiri) and from the Tacana Indigenous People's Council (Carmen del Emero and APAET of Tumupasa), turne...

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