Protected areas of Bolivia

Published: July 29, 2009, 7:11 pm

Contributing Author: Elisa Triana

Source: WDPA

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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):

|- style="background-color: #5d7b9d" ! scope="col" align="left" | Site Name (all are terrestrial sites, none marine)
! scope="col" align="right" | Total
Area
(hectares) |- align="left"

Bañados del Izozog y el río Parapetí	615,882
Cuenca de Tajzara	5,500
Lago Titicaca (Sector Boliviano)	800,000
Lagos Poopó y Uru Uru	967,607
Laguna Colorada	51,318
Laguna Concepción	31,124
Palmar de las Islas y las Salinas de San José	856,754
Pantanal Boliviano	3,189,888

Other internationally recognized areas are:

Estación Biológica del Beni Biosphere Reserve - UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park -World Heritage Site
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):

|- style="background-color: #5d7b9d" ! scope="col" align="left" | Site Name (all are terrestrial sites, none marine) ! scope="col" align="center" | IUCN Designation ! scope="col" align="center" | Total
Area
(Hectares) |- align="left"

Aguarague National Park	II	111,411
Aguarague Integrated Management Natural Area	IV	111,411
Altamachi Park
Altamachi Integrated Management Natural Area		67,720
Amboró National Park	II	442,500
Amboró Integrated Management Natural Area	IV	160,537
Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area	IV	483,743
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 Refuge	IV	4,704
Area de proteccion del Quebracho Colorado Wildlife Refuge	IV	131,553
Bruno Racua Natural Reserve of Immobilization		73,727
Carrasco National Park	II	694,320
Cavernas del Repechón Wildlife Refuge	IV	1,500
Cerro Tapilla Fiscal Reserve	VI	1,066
Cordillera de Sama Biological Reserve	IV	10,8500
Corvalan Private Protected Area		4,922
Cotapata National Park	II	26,934
Cotapata Integrated Management Natural Area	IV	35,000
Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve for Andean Fauna	IV	714,745
El Dorado Wildlife Refuge	IV	171,711
El Palmar Integrated Management Natural Area	VI	60,532
Estación Biológica del Beni Biosphere Reserve	VI	135,000
Estancias Elsner Espírir Wildlife Refuge	IV	100,101
Estancias San Rafael Wildlife Refuge	IV	44,877
Flavio Machicado Viscarra Wildlife Refuge	Ib	66.37
Huallatani Pampa		3,143
Huancaroma Wildlife Refuge	IV	36,911
Huaripampa Municipal Park		1,562
Iñao National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area	II	14
Incacasani Altamachi National Reserve for Andean Fauna	IV	22,705
Isiboro Securé National Park	II	1,200,000
Isiboro Securé Indigenous Territory		1,027,834
Kaa-iya del Gran Chaco National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area	IV	6,882,230
Kenneth Lee Scientific, Ecological and Archaeological Reserve		440,966
Lagunas del Beni y Pando National Reserve		275,000
Las Barrancas National Park	II	225
Llica National Park	II	74,929
Lomas de Arena Municipal Park		13,466
Madidi National Park	II	1,895,750
Madidi Integrated Management Natural Area	IV	1,281,472
Mallasa National Park	II	541
Manuripi Amazonian National Wildlife Reserve	VI	1,884,375
Mirikiri National Park	II	757
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park	II	1,523,446
Otuquis National Park	II	905,458
Otuquis Integrated Management Natural Area	IV	102,609
Pedro Ignacio Muiba Regional Park		71,992
[Lajas Biosphere Reserve]	VI	400,000
Pilón Lajas Indigenous Territory		402,623
Ríos Blanco y Negro Wildlife Reserve	Ib	1,397,800
Sajama National Park	II	100,230
San Matías Integrated Management Natural Area	IV	2,915,644
Santa Cruz la Vieja National Historic Park		296,90
Tariquía National Fauna and Flora Reserve	IV	241,600
Torotoro National Park	II	16,576
Tunari National Park	II	6,000
Tuni Condoriri National Park	II	9,099
Ulla Ulla National Fauna Reserve		150,000
Yacuma Regional Park		221,320
Yura National Park	II	97,316