Identidad Madidi launched 6 years ago. “In June 2015, 28 researchers from seven recognized scientific institutions in Bolivia came together: WCS, Institute of Ecology, National Herbarium of Bolivia, National Museum of Natural History, Bolivian Collection of Fauna, Harmony and Museum of Natural History Alcide Orbigny, in coordination with the General Directorate of Biodiversity and Protected Areas (Dgpap), the National Service of Protected Areas (Sernap) and the Vice Ministry of Science and Technology.”
“Between 2015 and 2017, a group of scientists registered 1,694 new species” resulting in the identification of “9,191 species of plants, diurnal butterflies and vertebrates in the area,” including “212 new species for Bolivia and 156 potentially” new to science. These findings help “confirm that this protected area is the most biologically diverse in the world. Among other things, because it is one of the places on the planet that has an altitude difference of almost 6,000 meters, from the Amazonian forests and pampas of the Heath, at 190 meters high, to the top of the snow-capped Chaupi Orko, in the Apolobamba mountain range. , at 6,044 meters.”
The United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030) just started. Ecosystem restoration means “preventing, stopping and reversing this damage, going from exploiting nature to curing it.”
“Madidi is one of …22 protected areas of Bolivia. :Located north of La Paz, it is one of the last intact sites on the planet. This natural wonder inspired the Jungle movie and also parts of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands video game. On 1.9 million hectares, it is home to more species than the entire Amazon: 10% of the world's birds, 6.8% of butterflies, 4% of mammals and 3% of the planet's plants…Madidi shelters threatened and protected species, such as the Andean bear, jaguar, londra, swamp deer, borochi, marimono, rosillo monkey, Andean condor, harpy eagle, palkachupa, black caiman and turtles. It also includes wetlands and high Andean grasslands, dry forests, mountain savannas, montane forests, Amazon forests and flooded savannas.”
“Madidi National Park and Natural Area of Integrated Management was created on September 21, 1995.”
You can read more in the original Spanish-language article.