Protected Areas in
National Parks (5) |
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Name |
Location
(Department) |
IUCN
Category |
Surface
(ha) |
Year
created |
ecoregion(s) |
Carrasco |
|
II |
692,538 |
1991 |
Semihumid Puna, Humid to pluvial evergreen montane
forest and Semi-humid low montane forest |
Noel Kempff Mercado |
|
II |
1,583,809 |
1979 |
Flooded
savannahs, Subhumid forest, and Amazonian forest |
|
|
II |
26,636 |
1939 |
Volcanic Puna and Dry Puna |
Torotoro |
Potosí |
II |
16,824 |
1989 |
Semihumid Puna and Pre-andine amazonian forest |
Tunari* |
|
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 |
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|
|
Total |
2,648,990 |
|
|
National Parks and Integrated Management Natural
Areas (6) |
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Name |
Location
(Department) |
IUCN
Category |
Surface
(ha) |
Year
created |
ecoregion(s) |
Amboró |
|
II - n/a |
637,000 |
1984 |
Humid
to pluvial evergreen montane forest and Semi-humid
low montane forest |
Cotapata
|
|
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, |
Madidi |
|
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 |
|
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, |
|
|
Total |
7,133,336 |
|
|
National Park and Indigenous Territory (1) |
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Name |
Location
(Department) |
IUCN
Category |
Surface
(ha) |
Year
created |
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) |
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Name |
Location
(Department) |
IUCN
Category |
Surface
(ha) |
Year
created |
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 |
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|
|
Total |
1,887,332 |
|
|
Biosphere Reserves (2) |
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Name |
Location
(Department) |
IUCN
Category |
Surface
(ha) |
Year
created |
ecoregion(s) |
Estación Biológica Beni Reserva Biológica |
|
IV |
135,170 |
1982 |
Low
subhumid forest |
Pilón
Lajas* |
|
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) |
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|
|
Total |
535,170 |
|
|
Integrated Management Natural Areas (3) |
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Name |
Location
(Department) |
IUCN
Category |
Surface
(ha) |
Year
created |
ecoregion(s) |
Apolobamba |
|
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 |
|
n/a |
2,906,120 |
1997 |
Flooded
savannahs of the Pantanal, Dry chiquitano
forest, and Chiquitano Cerrado
|
|
|
Total |
3,450,217 |
|
|
Total area: