News room

WCS Conservationist Honored by IUCN

Views: 2273
WCS Conservationist Honored by IUCN
(September 20, 2012) Oscar Loayza receives the Kenton Miller Award for 2012 Loayza is the Sub Director of WCS’s Greater Madidi-Tambopata Landscape Conservation Program JEJU, REPUBLIC OF KOREA (Sept. 12) — Oscar Loayza of WCS’s Madidi Program in Bolivia has received the Kenton Miller Award for Innovation in Protected Areas Management at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Jeju, Republic of Korea from Sept. 6-15. Loayza, the Sub Director of the WCS Greater Madidi-Tambopata Landscape Conserv...

READ THE STORY


Inauguration of the dry processing coffee plant of the Regional Association of Organic Coffee Producers of Larecaja (APCERL)

Views: 3098
Inauguration of the dry processing coffee plant of the Regional Association of Organic Coffee Producers of Larecaja (APCERL)
(September 03, 2012) In a ceremony held on August 23, the Regional Association of Organic Coffee Producers of Larecaja (APCERL), inaugurated its new dry processing coffee plant, as part of the activities of the project “Consolidating a model of integral and sustainable development of the coffee chain in Northern Tropical La Paz”, financed by USAID and executed with technical support of Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). The plant has been built in the pieces of land owned by the association, in the in...

READ THE STORY


Research establishes Global Biodiversity importance of Madidi protected area

Views: 3108
Research establishes Global Biodiversity importance of Madidi protected area
(August 24, 2012) The recent publication “Scientific knowledge and research priorities in Madidi National Park and Natural Area of Integrated Management” constitutes a significant contribution to the development of science and protected areas in Bolivia. It is the result of research conducted in the area, mainly in the last 15 years that the scientific community now makes available to Bolivian institutions and society. The effort of systematizing and analyzing information began in an expert workshop h...

READ THE STORY


Approval of the Land Management Plan of the Marka Cololo Copacabana of Antaquilla

Views: 4049
Approval of the Land Management Plan of the Marka Cololo Copacabana of Antaquilla
(June 20, 2012) On May 12th, in a community meeting or “Tanta Chawi” in the Sullka Llaxta Agua Blanca, the traditional authorities of the Marka Cololo Copacabana Antaquilla approved their Land Management Plan or Life Plan of the Marka that includes the plans of the Katantika, Cololo, Antaquilla, Nube Pampa and Puyo Puyoayllus or communities. Its development was supported by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). The Marka Cololo Copacabana of Antaquilla is located in the ancient territory Pukin...

READ THE STORY


Bolivian wild cats talk in the Vesty Pakos La Paz Municipal Zoo

Views: 3191
Bolivian wild cats talk in the Vesty Pakos La Paz Municipal Zoo
(May 15, 2012) As customary, Bolivia´s Children's Day was celebrated on April 12that the VestyPakos La Paz Municipal Zoo. The Wildlife Conservation Society was invited to give a presentation to school students visiting the zoo. On this occasion we focused on Bolivian wild cats. Four panels were developed describing the main characteristics of the nine species, their distribution, type of habitat, some aspects of their diet and threats to their survival. Talks were accompanied by a short audiovisual exhi...

READ THE STORY


Page 20 of 22First   Previous   13  14  15  16  17  18  19  [20]  21  22  Next   Last