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Can jaguar tourism save Bolivia’s fast dwindling forests?

Can jaguar tourism save Bolivia’s fast dwindling forests?

March 13, 2019February 18, 2021 Supertrooper 1 Comment

ÑUFLO DE CHÁVEZ, Bolivia — Few countries in the tropics have seen their trees chopped down as quickly as Bolivia did between 2001 and 2017.According to data from the University of Maryland and World Resources Institute’s Global Forest Watch, Bolivia lost 45,000 square kilometers (17,400 square miles) of tree cover, or 7 percent of its […]

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Bolivia’s domestic parrots seen as “crop pests”

Bolivia’s domestic parrots seen as “crop pests”

January 1, 2016December 23, 2019 Supertrooper 3 Comments

A new shipment of illegally trafficked parrots arrives at the Los Pozos market in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. The sellers and middlemen are approached and questioned. The species, age and place of capture are noted down. This isn’t an enforcement sting, far from it; it’s research. The year was 2004, and scientists were […]

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Bolivia Trip Report Part II

Bolivia Trip Report Part II

December 20, 2012December 22, 2019 Glenn Bartley 1 Comment

Bolivia is an extremely diverse country when it comes to birds. In fact, some say that if it wasn’t land-locked it would have more species than any other country. Endemism is not especially high but there are some stunners to search for such as the Red-fronted Macaw and Black-hooded Sunbeam. The country lacks a field […]

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