Media Coverage

Between 2015 and 2018, a communication campaign was carried out to involve the urban population of Bolivia with the scientific expedition Identidad Madidi, through the dissemination of information about the field work and the results of the studies.

Interviews, press releases and reports on the expedition were promoted in the national and international media, as well as publications on the results of the expedition.

A total of 320 news and reports on the Identidad Madidi scientific expedition were published in the written and digital press, web pages, digital magazines and blogs, and on radio and television. Sixty percent of the news items were disseminated internationally, while 40% were disseminated through the Bolivian media.

The publication of 18 reports by The National Geographic and Mongabay was significant, helping to position Bolivia as a country with great biological wealth, and Madidi as important to conserve, potentially as a world heritage site.

The Identidad Madidi Facebook page was created in 2015. It proved to be an effective tool to achieve significant followers and capture their interest in the knowledge of nature and its value for human life. Currently, it has 90,000 followers (93% from Bolivia), with a reach of 29,311,736 people. From 2015 to date, 583 publications (texts, photographs and short videos) have been disseminated and users have made more than 1.3 million interactions.

Major expedition uncovers new species in Bolivia

We entered the forest where we left it the night before. Extending in front of us was a long line of translucent plastic sheeting, punctuated every few meters with a stake and a bucket dug into the ground. Small mammal biologist Nuria Bernal Hoverud and her study team worked hard the previous day, laying out the sampling transect in the hopes of catching small mammals in Bolivia’s super-biodiverse Madidi National Park. The transect was so long, I thought there were sure to be loads of exotic mice and other mammals in the buckets the next morning. But here we were, looking into each one in turn, but finding no mammals. Instead, there were spiders – many, many spiders – and in the bottoms of two of the buckets, a couple small brown frogs.

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Biodiversity Expedition in Madidi National Park Discovers New Frog Species

WCS reports that the groundbreaking Bolivian scientific expedition, Identidad Madidi, has discovered a new species of big-headed or robber frog (Oreobates sp. nov.) from the Craugastoridae family in Madidi National Park.

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Identidad Madidi: Exploring the Fantastic Biodiversity of Bolivia

It’s an idea that was four years in the making: to send a group of Bolivian scientists to investigate fourteen different habitats spanning 6,000 meters – from the Andes down to the Amazon – in what is the most biodiverse protected area on the planet. Identidad Madidi, expected to take a year and a half to complete, is a scientific expedition intended to draw attention to the wonders of Boliva’s Madidi National Park.

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Expedición en busqueda de nuevas especies

Expedición en busqueda de nuevas especies

El saltamontes Typophyllum sp es como aquel personaje que busca pasar desapercibido. Con su cuerpo del tono y forma de las hojas frescas, y sus extremidades como ramas pendulares, este insecto vive mimetizado a la naturaleza.

En realidad se trata de su estrategia de sobrevivencia en aquella reserva del norte paceño con la mayor biodiversidad mundial, el Parque Nacional Madidi. Este curioso y pequeño saltamontes es un habitante más entre las cerca de 120.000 especies diferentes de insectos del área declarada por la revista National Geographic como uno de los 20 lugares con mayor interés turístico en el ámbito mundial. Y es también una de las especies endémicas en aquella gran despensa en la que se guarda lo imprescindible para la supervivencia.

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Redescubriendo el Madidi

Redescubriendo el Madidi

Ed. Impresa Una expedición científica se propone incrementar los conocimientos sobre el parque
Redescubriendo el Madidi

Por Redacción Central – Los Tiempos – 2/06/2015

A finales de mayo, el Gobierno de Bolivia anunció una nueva gran iniciativa en el Parque Nacional Madidi: una expedición científica de 18 meses que tendrá como protagonistas a científicos bolivianos y organizaciones nacionales e internacionales.

Forman parte el Instituto de Ecología, el Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, la Colección Boliviana de Fauna, el Museo de Historia Natural Alcide d’Orbigny, Armonía y la Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) que también es patrocinador junto con la Fundación Moore.

La travesía arranca este 5 de junio y se iniciará en las montañas altas para extenderse a las profundidades de la selva tropical, informó en un comunicado la Fundación Moore.

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Search For Unknown Species Set To Begin In Bolivia’s Madidi National Park

It’s been called the most biodiverse protected area in the world, and an expedition launching this week into Bolivia’s Madidi National Park should help put some parameters on that statement.

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Government of Bolivia & Wildlife Conservation Society Announce Biodiversity Expedition in Madidi National Park

The Government of Bolivia, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), and a number of Bolivian research and conservation organizations announced today (the International Day for Biological Diversity) the launching of a new scientific expedition, Identidad Madidi, into the heart of Madidi National Park—the most biodiverse protected area in the world—in an effort to describe still unknown species and to showcase the wonders of Bolivia’s extraordinary natural heritage at home and abroad.

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Government of Bolivia & Wildlife Conservation Society Announce Biodiversity Expedition in Madidi National Park

The Government of Bolivia, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), and a number of Bolivian research and conservation organizations announced today (the International Day for Biological Diversity) the launching of a new scientific expedition, Identidad Madidi, into the heart of Madidi National Park—the most biodiverse protected area in the world—in an effort to describe still unknown species and to showcase the wonders of Bolivia’s extraordinary natural heritage at home and abroad.

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Government of Bolivia & Wildlife Conservation Society Announce Biodiversity Expedition in Madidi National Park

Government of Bolivia & Wildlife Conservation Society Announce Biodiversity Expedition in Madidi National Park

Newswise — The Government of Bolivia, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), and a number of Bolivian research and conservation organizations announced today (the International Day for Biological Diversity) the launching of a new scientific expedition, Identidad Madidi, into the heart of Madidi National Park—the most biodiverse protected area in the world—in an effort to describe still unknown species and to showcase the wonders of Bolivia’s extraordinary natural heritage at home and abroad.

The expedition officially begins on June 5th and will last for 18 months as a team of Bolivian scientists will work to expand existing knowledge on Madidi’s birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and fish along an altitudinal pathway descending more than 5,000 meters (more than 16,000 feet) from the mountains of the high Andes into the tropical Amazonian forests and grasslands of northern Bolivia. Participating institutions include the Ministry of the Environment and Water, the Bolivian National Park Service, the Vice Ministry of Science and Technology, Madidi National Park, the Bolivian Biodiversity Network, WCS, the Institute of Ecology, Bolivian National Herbarium, Bolivian Faunal Collection and Armonia with funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and WCS.

“This new expedition will give us a better understanding of the full breadth of Madidi’s natural wonders,” said Dr. Robert Wallace of WCS’s Amazon Program. “At the same time, we intend to share our activities and discoveries with the public in order to raise awareness at the importance and exceptional value of Madidi. What better way to commemorate the International Day for Biological Diversity?” Wallace added “follow the adventure online at www.identidadmadidi.org, #IDMadidi.”

Specifically, the expedition’s objectives call for an increase in existing information on the park’s vertebrates with the researchers expecting to add at least 200 species to Madidi’s confirmed list of vertebrates. The expedition will also create a baseline of information for monitoring the effects of factors such as climate change on the park’s ecosystems.

At the same time, the scientists will work to connect the citizens of Bolivia and the world with the natural richness of Madidi National Park via a number of media, including pictures, blogs, videos, a website, and other digital tools. “Providing a virtual conservation experience for Madidi National Park can create powerful new constituencies for conservation,” said Dr. Lilian Painter of WCS´s Bolivia Program. “Reaching children and young people is especially important, chiefly because it is this demographic that will be most inspired by Madidi´s record-breaking biodiversity, wonderful wildlife and breathtaking scenic beauty.”

 

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