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Protected Area Responsible:
R. Yimy Cuellar
Responsable de
Comunicación:
Erika Baya
Address:
Barrio Equipetrol Calle 9
Oeste #138
Phones: (00 591 3) 3394310 y
3394311
Fax: ( 00 591 3) 3394439
Santa Cruz de la Sierra -
Bolivia
amboro@amboro-bo.org
www.amboro-bo.org
Introduction
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The
Amboró National
Park is a large
natural area of
637,000 ha, situated
in the extreme east
of the Andean region
of the Santa Cruz
Department. It is
a zone of exceptional
biodiversity due
to its condition
as a meeting point
between four main
biogeographical
regions in Santa
Cruz: the Southeast
Amazon (humid tropical
forests), the western
Brazilian Shield
(Cerrado and deciduous
forests), the northern
Chaco (dry forests)
and the very diverse
sub-tropical and
temperate forests
of the Andean mountains.
This mosaic of ecosystems
houses a corresponding
richness in fauna
and flora diversity. |
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General information
The
Amboró National
Park was created
in 1973 as the "Teniente
Coronel Germán Busch"
National Reserve
and acquired the
category and the
name "Amboró" National
Park in 1984, with
an area of 180,000
ha. In 1991 this
was enlarged to
637,000 ha, but
in 1995 was reduced
again to 442,500.
The difference between
these last two figures
is the area of what
is called the "Amboró
Natural Area of
Integrated management"
(Area Natural de
Manejo Integrado
Amboró - ANMIA).
Inside
the ANMIA are a
variety of communities,
summing a total
of around 4,500
families, in eight
municipalities.
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FAN has supported
the Amboró National
Park since 1990
through a variety
of projects.
FAN
was in charge of
its administration
from 1991 until
1995, when the national
Government took
over. |
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Projects
implemented by FAN
| Project title: |
Parks in Danger |
| Coverage: |
Amboró National Park. |
| Year: |
2002 to 2007. |
| Donor: |
The Nature Conservancy |
| Description: |
Support the protection activities of the
Park, support the
creation of sustainable
long-term financing,
technical support
and advice on the
management of the
area based on FAN's
experience as co-administrator
of NKMNP. |
| Project
title: |
Private Conservation in the America's Corridor. |
| Coverage: |
Peripheral Zone of the Amboró National
Park (PZA) and Natural
Area of Integrated
Management (ANMI). |
| Year: |
2001 to 2004. |
| Donor: |
MacArthur Foundation through the Regional
Alliance for Conservation
Policies in Latin
America and the Caribbean
(Alianza Regional
para Políticas de
Conservación en América
Latina y el Caribe
- ARCA). |
| Description: |
The objective is to implement a pilot program
for tools for private
conservation through
direct work with private
owners interested
in the conservation
of areas of important
biodiversity that
are complementary
to the Amboró National
Park. Also to look
for a financial strategies
to collect funds for
the management of
the sites. |
| Project
title: |
Ecotourism development with local communities
in the Amboró Natural
Area of Integrated
Management. |
| Coverage: |
"La Yunga" community, southern zone of
Amboró National Park |
| Year: |
2002 |
| Donor: |
Small Donations Program - UNDP |
| Description: |
Contribute to the protection of the biodiversity
of the Park through
the development of
ecotourism as a low
impact activity that
benefits local communities.
Includes the support
of participative regional
landuse planning,
the design of tourist
circuits in the tree
fern forests, training
of local families
so that they can provide
a concrete offer of
tourist services. |
| Project title: |
Establishment of a basis for environmental
monitoring of the
Amboró National Park
and ANMI. |
| Budget: |
135,000.00 $us |
| Donor: |
CARE
- Bolivia
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Date
of implementation:
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October 1997 to October 1999 |
| Description: |
Establishment of a scientific and organizational
basis to carry out
regular follow-up
of the changes, both
quantitative and qualitative,
that affect the biodiversity
and ecological processes
in the ANP and the
ANMI, through the
monitoring of biodiversity
in different hierarchical
levels, within a space-time
multiple design, that
ensures its usefulness
for the management
of the Park and ANMI.
In order to create
a baseline for the
monitoring system
the following research
projects were supported:
- " Monitoring of
mammal species as
bio-indicators in
the Amboró National
Park and Natural Area
of Integrated Management
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- " Monitoring of
bird species as bio-indicators
in the Amboró National
Park and Natural Area
of Integrated Management
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- " Amphibians as
bio-indicators of
environmental changes
in the Amboró National
Park and Natural Area
of Integrated Management
"
- " Aquatic insects
as bio-indicators
of the water quality
in the Amboró National
Park and Natural Area
of Integrated Management
"
- " Population dynamics
of tree ferns in the
Amboró National Park
and Natural Area of
Integrated Management
"
- " Geographic Information
System for the monitoring
of changes in landuse
in the Amboró National
Park and Natural Area
of Integrated Management
". |
| Project
title: |
Biological and ecological evaluation of
the project "Prospecting
in the 2D Seismic
Block Amboró-Espejos". |
| Budget: |
8,600.00 $US |
| Donor: |
Petroleum
Company Andina S.A.
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Date
of implementation:
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June to August 2000. |
| Description: |
An independent document was prepared to
establish a biological
baseline, and analysis
of environmental impacts
and recommendations,
for the different
impacts that the seismic
prospecting of the
Block 2D in the Amboró
National Park could
cause. |
| Project
title: |
Analysis of the establishment of private
reserves in the peripheral
area of the Amboró
National Park. |
| Budget: |
3,000.00 $us |
| Donor: |
ANDINA
Petroleum Company.
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Date
of implementation:
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August 2000 to March 2001 |
| Description: |
An analysis of the feasibility of the creation
of private reserves
in the peripheral
area of the Amboró
National Park including
the consideration
of a series of socioeconomic
factors. Priority
areas and less conflictive
areas are defined
for the creation of
the private reserves. |
| Project title: |
Design,
Implementation, Monitoring
and Evaluation of
the Conservation Plan
for the Amboró - Madidi
Corridor. |
| Budget: |
66,899.78
$us |
| Donor: |
USAID
funds, channeled
through WWF-Bolivia.
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Date of implementation:
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1st
of January to 31st
October 2000. |
| Description: |
During
the project a preliminary
biological and socioeconomic
assessment was made
on the biological
corridor existing
between the Amboró
and Madidi National
Parks, a preliminary
analysis was also
made of the state
of conservation of
the area, the first
recommendations for
conservation activities
were made and a Monitoring
and Evaluation System
was designed. |
| Project title: |
Scientific
coordination to obtain
biological data from
the Amboró - Madidi
Corridor. |
| Budget: |
18,753.00
$us |
| Donor: |
USAID
funds, channeled
through WWF-Bolivia.
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Date of implementation:
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1st
April 2001 to 30th
April 2002. |
| Description: |
During
the project the scientific
means will be created
to carry out biological
research in strategic
areas inside the Amboró
- Madidi Corridor.
Joint botanical collections
will be made with
other researchers,
and a vegetation map
will be prepared for
the area. A database
will be set up containing
the new information
generated and the
results from the Project
for the "Design, Implementation,
Monitoring and Evaluation
of the Conservation
Plan for the Amboró-Madidi
Corridor" will be
adapted for use in
the local municipalities. |
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