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WWF Bolivia office

WWF has been supporting projects in Bolivia since 1970. In 1993 it established an office in Santa Cruz de la Sierra which supports and directs its conservation work in the Pantanal and Amazon Basin. WWF Bolivia has two field offices: in Trinidad (Amazon) and Puerto Quijarro (Pantanal). Currently WWF's program office in Bolivia carries out 3 programs: Pantanal, Southwest Amazon and Forests.

Founded: 1993

Contact

Nardyn Pizarro

Communication Officer WWF Bolivia Programme Office,
Santa Cruz
+591 3 3430609

Viviane Von Oven

Communications Coordinator WWF Bolivia Programme Office,
Santa Cruz
+591 3 3430609

Office

WWF Bolivia Programme Office,
Santa Cruz

Av. Beni Calle Los Pitones No. 2070 Santa Cruz Bolivia +591 3 31150 41 +591 3 31150 42

WWF Conservation Projects in Bolivia

Logged Mahogany trees (Swietenia macrophylla) floated by Bolivian loggers on lower Heath river opposite Pampas del Heath nature sanctuary. Bolivia.

Sustainable forestry in the Bolivian Amazon

Bolivia is home to the largest dry tropical forests in the world and has some of the wildest parts of the Amazon; home to pumas, jaguar tapirs, giant ...

Modified: Feb 2009 - Started: Jan 2005

WWF team looking for river dolphins. Colombia.

Protecting river dolphins in South America

River dolphins are among the most endangered mammals. In South America, their habitats are often polluted or blocked by dams and they easily get caugh...

Modified: Feb 2009 - Started: Jul 2007

Dams and Hydroelectric Power in the Amazon

The documentary video proposal is fully consistent with overall WWF activities planned for the region as supported by WWF Italy and Blue Moon funds. B...

Modified: Sep 2007 - Started: Oct 2007

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Informe Planeta Vivo 2008

Living Planet Report 2008

Humanity's demands exceed our planet's capacity to sustain us. The Living Planet Report is WWF's periodic update on the state of the world's ecosystems. This is its 2008 edition.

Posted on 01 July 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

Estándares PPMS

Delivering large-scale conservation results

Welcome to WWF’s newest Field Guide for planning, managing and monitoring our largest conservation programs. This Guide is your blueprint as you develop strategies, align partners and resources, and deliver results in our largest priority programs.

Posted on 01 July 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

A tree being felled at an FSC certified private forest concession from La Chonta timber company, a member of the Bolivia FTN (Forest and Trade Network)

International Day for the Conservation of Tropical Forests

This is the 11th year in which the world celebrates, on June 26th, the conservation of tropical forests, for which Bolivia is the world leader in voluntary forest certification under the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) label, with 2,042,856 million hectares of sustainably managed forests.

Posted on 26 June 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

Scotland’s Climate law sparks hope for good Copenhagen deal - WWF

Edinburgh, UK – Scotland’s decision to cut its emissions by 42 percent by 2020 and by 80 percent by 2050, on 1990 levels, sets an example for developed countries and sparks new hopes that world leaders would be able to agree on a successful climate change deal in Copenhagen, WWF said.

Posted on 24 June 2009 | Read more

WWF campaigning at the UN Climate Change Conference, Poznan, Poland, December 2008.

Climate delegates finally agreed: only that they disagree - WWF

Bonn, June 12 - Delegates at the latest Unites Nations climate talks agreed that they disagree on almost all crucial issues, WWF states after another long round of negotiations about the future of our planet ended, with little progress on the substantial issues.

Posted on 12 June 2009 | Read more

Severe droughts might double in South-Asia over the coming years.

Don’t break promises, help the poorest fight climate change – WWF tells G8 finance chiefs

The G8 must stick to its past financial commitments to help the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs) address the disastrous impacts of climate change, WWF said ahead of a meeting of the group’s finance ministers.

Posted on 11 June 2009 | Read more

The International Symposium held in La Paz focused on the Madeira River watershed.

More studies needed for Amazon dams

La Paz, Bolivia - An international group of scientists has called for more studies into the impacts of large hydro-energy projects in the Amazon and other tropical regions.

Posted on 09 June 2009 | Read more

WWFolio 17

WWFolio Bolivia Nr. 17 - Earth Hour

This is the 17th edition of our quarterly news bulletin. This edition is thematic, dedicated to the worldwide Earth Hour campaign, and its implementation in Bolivia.

Posted on 08 June 2009 | Read more

Río Madera

International Symposium "Evaluation of the Environmental Impacts of Large Hydroelectric Dams in Tropical Regions: The case of the Madeira River"

Aware that Bolivia and Brazil have been developing research regarding the possible economic, social and environmental impacts as a result of the construction of dams on the Amazon watershed, and in particular the Madeira River watershed, the Hydraulic and Hydrology Institute of the San Andrés Main University (IHH/UMSA La Paz), the Institute for Research for Development (IRD France) and WWF, the global conservation organization, are organizing a meeting of experts with the objective of exchanging results obtained from research and propose recommendations for the technical-environmental evaluation to be carried out for this type of infrastructure.

Posted on 12 May 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

Bosques amazónicos bolivianos

Business Mission for Wood Products Bolivia 2009 concluded successfully

With favorable contacts and business intentions around 12 million USD between visiting buyers and Bolivia GFTN producer participants

WWF Bolivia and its Bolivia Global Forest and Trade Network (GFTN) organized, for the third consecutive year, the Business Mission for Wood Products targeting companies that integrate the WWF’s GFTN and who are interested in establishing trade relations with companies that participate in the Bolivia FTN –certified Bolivian producers or those in process of certification.

Posted on 23 April 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

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