Protected Areas in Bolivia

National Parks (5)

Name

Location (Department)

IUCN Category

Surface (ha)

Year created

Main

ecoregion(s)

Carrasco

Cochabamba

II

692,538

1991

Semihumid Puna, Humid to pluvial evergreen montane forest and Semi-humid low montane forest

Noel Kempff Mercado

Santa Cruz

II

1,583,809

1979

Flooded savannahs, Subhumid forest, and Amazonian forest

Sajama

Oruro

II

26,636

1939

Volcanic Puna and Dry Puna

Torotoro

Potosí

II

16,824

1989

Semihumid Puna and Pre-andine amazonian forest

Tunari*

Cochabamba

n/a

329,183

1962

Semihumid Puna and Subhumid montane forest

*Note: Although it still appears on most maps and tables describing the National System of PAs, this park is actually managed as a Departmental Protected Area

 

 

Total

2,648,990

 

 

 

National Parks and Integrated Management Natural Areas (6)

Name

Location (Department)

IUCN Category

Surface (ha)

Year created

Main

ecoregion(s)

Amboró

Santa Cruz

II - n/a

637,000

1984

Humid to pluvial evergreen montane forest and Semi-humid low montane forest

Cotapata

La Paz

II - n/a

61,000

1993

Puna and Humid montane forest

Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco

Chuquisaca

II - n/a

3,441,000

1995

Southern Chaco, Northern Chaco, and Cerrado Chaco

Madidi

La Paz

II - n/a

1,880,996

1995

Puna, Dry mesothermic valleys, Humid to pluvial evergreen montane forest, Humid seasonal tropical lowland forest, and Palm savannahs

Otuquis

Santa Cruz

II - n/a

1,005,033

1995

Cerrado Chaco, Flooded Savannahs of the Pantanal, and Chiquitano dry forest

Serranía del Aguaragüe

Tarija

II - n/a

108,307

2000

Tucumano-bolivian forest, Southern Chaco, and Serrano Chaco

 

 

Total

7,133,336

 

 

 

National Park and Indigenous Territory (1)

Name

Location (Department)

IUCN Category

Surface (ha)

Year created

Main

ecoregion(s)

Isíboro Sécure

Cochabamba/Beni

II - n/a

1,200,000

1965

Amazonian sub-andine forest, Amazonian pre-andine forest, Amazonian flooded forest, and Flooded savannahs

 

 

Total

1,200,000

 

 

 

National Reserves (4)

Name

Location (Department)

IUCN Category

Surface (ha)

Year created

Main

ecoregion(s)

Cordillera de Sama

Tarija

IV

105,004

1991

Pre-andine Amazonian forest and Semi-humid Puna

Eduardo Avaroa

Potosí

IV

685,399

1973

Semi-arid and arid Puna and Salt flats

Manuripi-Heath

Pando

IV

850,000*

1973

Low subhumid forest

Tariquía

Tarija

IV

246,929

1989

Tucumano-bolivian forest and Serrano Chaco

*Note: The limits of this reserve are still not clearly defined, so this figure is approximate

 

 

Total

1,887,332

 

 

 

Biosphere Reserves (2)

Name

Location (Department)

IUCN Category

Surface (ha)

Year created

Main

ecoregion(s)

Estación Biológica Beni Reserva Biológica

Beni

IV

135,170

1982

Low subhumid forest

Pilón Lajas*

La Paz/Beni

IV - n/a

400,000

1992

Humid to pluvial evergreen montane forest and Lowland humid seasonal tropical forest

*Note: The Pilón Lajas Biosphere Reserve is superimposed on Indigenous Communal Lands (Tierra Comunitaria de Origen)

 

 

Total

535,170

 

 

 

Integrated Management Natural Areas (3)

Name

Location (Department)

IUCN Category

Surface (ha)

Year created

Main

ecoregion(s)

Apolobamba

La Paz

n/a

483,743

1972 (ampliado 2000)

Glaciers, Puna, Dry mesothermic valleys, and Humid to pluvial evergreen montane forest

El Palmar

Chuquisaca

n/a

60,354

1973

Pre-andine Amazonian forest

San Matías

Santa Cruz

n/a

2,906,120

1997

Flooded savannahs of the Pantanal, Dry chiquitano forest, and Chiquitano Cerrado

 

 

Total

3,450,217

 

 

Total area: 16,834,380 ha (15,32% of national territory)