(May 22, 2018) Two-and-a-Half-Year Identidad Madidi expedition ends after visiting 15 remote sites in Bolivia’s stunning Madidi National Park1,382 plants and animals added to Madidi´s species lists, firmly establishing Madidi as the world’s most biologically diverse protected area124 are candidate new species for scienceResults of the expedition have been shared with Bolivia´s urban majority through an innovative social media campaign After a two-and-a-half-year expedition through the ...

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(October 13, 2016) A study on the genetic variability of Bolivian cocoa in the northern La Paz region received recognition from the Executive Committee of Bolivian Universities, among the three best papers presented at the Second National University Fair for Research, Science and Technology, held between August 24th and 26th in the city of Sucre. The study was conducted by Daniela Arteaga and Ximena Sandy and promoted by Wildlife Conservation Society and Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation, in coordination with the In...

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(June 05, 2015) The Government of Bolivia, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and other groups announced today (the International Day of Biological Diversity) the launching of a new scientific expedition into the heart of Madidi National Park—one of the most biodiverse areas in the world—in an effort to describe still unknown species and to showcase the wonders of Bolivia at home and abroad. The expedition officially begins on June 6th and will last for 18 months as a team of scientists will work to...

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(June 05, 2015) In commemoration of the International Day for Biological Diversity, held 22nd May in the Tiwanacu room of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, the Environmental Ministry gave a special recognition to the Matusha Aidha Association, of  the Tacana indigenous land, for their contribution to sustainable management of natural resources and biodiversity conservation. This recognition is specially for the contribution of the association to the management of spectacled caiman (Caiman yacare). It is a fund...

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(June 05, 2015) For his contribution to science in Bolivia, Robert Wallace, Director of the Greater Madidi-Tambopata Landscape Conservation Program of WCS in Bolivia, has received the Sydney Anderson award at the Seventh Congress of Mastozoology in sucre, Bolivia held between 13th and 15th May. The award recognizes his research in the field of Mastozoology. Robert Wallace earned his PhD from the University of Liverpool in Behavioral Ecology and Evolutionary Psychology. He has worked with WCS in the Amazonian An...

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