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Protected areas of Bolivia

Protected areas of Bolivia

Published:
Updated: July 29, 2009, 7:11 pm
Content Source: WDPA
This article has been reviewed by the following Topic Editor: Juan Pablo Arce

Protected area highlights for Bolivia (January 31, 2008):

 

# of
Areas

Area
km2

 

Total Area of nationally recognized protected areas (% of Bolivia's Territorial Area)

53

232,988

21.2%

    Terrestrial (% of Bolivia's Terrestrial Territorial Area)

55

232,988

21.2%

    Marine and Littoral Protected Area

-

-

 

  Note that some protected areas include both terrestrial area and marine area

 

 

 

Nationally recognized protected areas greater than 1,000 km2

32

 

 

Nationally recognized protected areas greater than 10,000 km2

9

 

 

Wetlands of International importance (Ramsar Sites)

8

65,181

 

UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserves

3

7,350

 

There are eight wetlands in Bolivia recognized as important under the the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention):

Site Name (all are terrestrial sites, none marine)
Total
Area
(hectares)
Bañados del Izozog y el río Parapetí615,882
Cuenca de Tajzara5,500
Lago Titicaca (Sector Boliviano)800,000
Lagos Poopó y Uru Uru967,607
Laguna Colorada51,318
Laguna Concepción31,124
Palmar de las Islas y las Salinas de San José856,754
Pantanal Boliviano3,189,888

Other internationally recognized areas are:

  • Estación Biológica del Beni Biosphere Reserve - UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
  • Noel Kempff Mercado National Park -World Heritage Site
  • [Pilón Lajas Biosphere Reserve]] - UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
  • Ulla Ulla National Fauna Reserve - UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve

The latest World Database on Protected Areas reports 63 nationally recognized protected areas in Bolivia (ten more than in the summary above):

Site Name (all are terrestrial sites, none marine)IUCN
Designation		Total
Area
(Hectares)
Aguarague National ParkII111,411
Aguarague Integrated Management Natural AreaIV111,411
Altamachi Park  
Altamachi Integrated Management Natural Area 67,720
Amboró National ParkII442,500
Amboró Integrated Management Natural AreaIV160,537
Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural AreaIV483,743
Area 1 Madre de Dios Area of Immobilization 51,101
Area 2 Madre de Dios Area of Immobilization 3,677
Area 3 Madre de Dios Area of Immobilization 3,908
Area 4 Madre de Dios Area of Immobilization 1,904
Area de proteccion del Pino del Cerro Wildlife RefugeIV4,704
Area de proteccion del Quebracho Colorado Wildlife RefugeIV131,553
Bruno Racua Natural Reserve of Immobilization 73,727
Carrasco National ParkII694,320
Cavernas del Repechón Wildlife RefugeIV1,500
Cerro Tapilla Fiscal ReserveVI1,066
Cordillera de Sama Biological ReserveIV10,8500
Corvalan Private Protected Area 4,922
Cotapata National ParkII26,934
Cotapata Integrated Management Natural AreaIV35,000
Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve for Andean FaunaIV714,745
El Dorado Wildlife RefugeIV171,711
El Palmar Integrated Management Natural AreaVI60,532
Estación Biológica del Beni Biosphere ReserveVI135,000
Estancias Elsner Espírir Wildlife RefugeIV100,101
Estancias San Rafael Wildlife RefugeIV44,877
Flavio Machicado Viscarra Wildlife RefugeIb66.37
Huallatani Pampa 3,143
Huancaroma Wildlife RefugeIV36,911
Huaripampa Municipal Park 1,562
Iñao National Park and Integrated Management Natural AreaII14
Incacasani Altamachi National Reserve for Andean FaunaIV22,705
Isiboro Securé National ParkII1,200,000
Isiboro Securé Indigenous Territory 1,027,834
Kaa-iya del Gran Chaco National Park and Integrated Management Natural AreaIV6,882,230
Kenneth Lee Scientific, Ecological and Archaeological Reserve 440,966
Lagunas del Beni y Pando National Reserve 275,000
Las Barrancas National ParkII225
Llica National ParkII74,929
Lomas de Arena Municipal Park 13,466
Madidi National ParkII1,895,750
Madidi Integrated Management Natural AreaIV1,281,472
Mallasa National ParkII541
Manuripi Amazonian National Wildlife ReserveVI1,884,375
Mirikiri National ParkII757
Noel Kempff Mercado National ParkII1,523,446
Otuquis National ParkII905,458
Otuquis Integrated Management Natural AreaIV102,609
Pedro Ignacio Muiba Regional Park 71,992
Pilón Lajas Biosphere ReserveVI400,000
Pilón Lajas Indigenous Territory 402,623
Ríos Blanco y Negro Wildlife ReserveIb1,397,800
Sajama National ParkII100,230
San Matías Integrated Management Natural AreaIV2,915,644
Santa Cruz la Vieja National Historic Park 296,90
Tariquía National Fauna and Flora ReserveIV241,600
Torotoro National ParkII16,576
Tunari National ParkII6,000
Tuni Condoriri National ParkII9,099
Ulla Ulla National Fauna Reserve 150,000
Yacuma Regional Park 221,320
Yura National ParkII97,316

 

Map of Bolivia. Source: <a href='https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bl.html' class='external text' title='https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bl.html' rel='nofollow'>The CIA World Factbook</a> Map of Bolivia. Source: The CIA World Factbook

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Further Reading:

  1. World Resources Institute (accessed May 26, 2009)
  2. World Database on Protected Areas (accessed May 26, 2009)

Citation

Elisa Triana (Contributing Author);WDPA (Content Source);Juan Pablo Arce (Topic Editor) "Protected areas of Bolivia". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth July 29, 2009; Last revised Date July 29, 2009; Retrieved May 21, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Protected_areas_of_Bolivia>

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