In 2015, Gabriel Díez Lacunza wrote an article for Pagina Siete. He details the exact percentages of how 11 protected areas in Bolivia are opened for oil and gas company exploration contracts. He also discusses the Supreme Decree 2366 and how it further opened protected areas to hydrocarbon contracts. Lacunza outlines how zoning works in these protected areas and how oil and gas companies can use them to their advantage when looking for contracts.
There are contracts to explore 11 of the 22 protected areas