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Date of last field evaluation |
April 2005 |
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Name |
Pilón Lajas |
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Category |
Biosphere Reserve |
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Year created |
1992 |
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Area |
400.000 ha |
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Main objectives |
- Conservation of biological diversity;
- Improvement of living conditions of resident and adjacent indigenous communities |
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Location |
In the departments of La Paz (Sud Yungas, Larecaja and Franz Tamayo provinces) and Beni (Ballivian province), in their northern and western portions, respectively. |
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Ecoregions |
Montane Moist to Perhumid Evergreen Forest, Seasonally Moist Lowland Tropical Forest |
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Habitats |
Cloud forest, Sub-Andean rain forest, pluvial piedmont forest, seasonally moist basal forest, riparian forest, swampland palm groves, and edaphic savannas |
Author: Stéphane Pauquet
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