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Latest News & Publications

Maflops, a forest management company operating close to Highway BR-163, practices sustainable forestry. If carried out the right way, sustainable forestry activities can generate income, provide long-term timber supplies and ensure that forests continue to be ecologically functional.

04 Jul 2008
Vague land ownership a factor in Amazon deforestation
A "fragile" land tenure system and "a scarce presence" by the State were identified as key factors in rising Amazon deforestation last week. » Read more

02 Jul 2008
Accounts of Environmental Education Programme in the Bolivian Pantanal

We want to share with you some touching and transforming stories, which started within WWF Bolivia’s environmental education programme in the Pantanal...

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02 Jul 2008
First Forum and International Fair for Water and Environment: ExpoAgua 2008
On April 3^rd and 4^th, the First Forum and International Fair for Water and Environment was held in Santa Cruz de la Sierra denominated “ExpoAgua 2008”. The Forum became a new scenario from which to generate proposals and links among the different actors related to the problems affecting this resource (water). Representatives from municipal, departmental and national institutions participated, as well as special guests at the international level. » Read more

New or updated projects

Modified: May 2008 - Started: Jul 1998

Conservation of the Mesoamerican Reef

The Mesoamerican Reef (MAR) project aims to improve protected areas management and influence regional development in support of conservation of the MA... » Read more

Modified: Apr 2008 - Started: Jul 1998

Amazon Sustainable Development: Acre-Purus and Itenez-Mamore Conservation Blocks and Lessons Learned

The project aims to develop an ecoregion conservation strategy for the Brazilian Amazon. It will operate at various levels, including local projects f... » Read more

Modified: Apr 2008 - Started: Feb 1994

Community-Based Managed Floodplain Fisheries: Varzea Project Phase II

The Varzea project addresses the problem of unsustainable fisheries. Alongside logging and land clearing (for cattle ranching and agriculture), small ... » Read more

Key Contacts in the Region

Monica Echeverria
(Senior Communications Manager)
WWF United States,
Washington DC

T: +1 202 7789626

Julio Mario Fernandez
(Communications Director)
WWF Colombia - Sede Principal

T: +57 2 558 2577 ext 117

Mariana Ramos
(Assessora de Comunicação para Mudanças Climáticas e Energia)
WWF Brazil,
Brasilia

T: +55 61 33647404

Viviane Von Oven
(Communications Coordinator)
WWF Bolivia Programme Office,
Santa Cruz

T: +591 3 3430609