On September 21, 2020, Madidi National Park celebrated its 25th anniversary quietly.
In this Spanish-language opinion piece, Cecilia Chacon notes that “Thanks to the scientific expedition "Madidi identity", it has been possible to register to date: 5,535 species of plants, 1,633 species and subspecies of butterflies, 1,028 species of birds, 333 species of fish and several of them are potentially new species for science. Madidi is the “Madidi is the fourth most important tourist destination” in Bolivia, and is “at risk from the expansion of the agricultural frontier, oil activities or trafficking of wild fauna and flora.”