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A new park in the Bolivian Gran Chaco – an advance in tropical dry forest conservation and community-based management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Andrew Taber ,
Gonzalo Navarro  and
Miguel Angel Arribas
Andrew Taber
Affiliation:
Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York 10460, USA.
Gonzalo Navarro
Affiliation:
Universidad Complutense, Facultad de Farmacia, Departamento de Botánica, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid 28040, Spain.
Miguel Angel Arribas
Affiliation:
Miguel Angel Arribas, PO Box 2873, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
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The Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco National Park and Integrated Management Area was established in September 1995. At 3.44 million hectares it is one of South America's largest protected areas. The tropical dry forest of the Chaco, which this reserve protects, is Bolivia's most threatened major lowland habitat type. With the creation of this reserve the protected-area coverage of the Gran Chaco increased to 4.7 per cent. With at least 69 species of mammals (the Chiroptera have not yet been surveyed), it is one of the richest Neotropical sites for this taxonomic group. The Kaa-Iya park is being administered by the Izoceño-Guaraní Indian organization, the Capitanía del Alto y Bajo Izozog, and puts community-based conservation into practice. Threats to the park include encroachment by colonists, ranchers and farmers; the Bolivia-Brazil gas pipeline; and hunting.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , July 1997 , pp. 189 - 198
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1997

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