Location
Name: Parque Nacional y Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Madidi (PNAMI Madidi).
Created on September 21, 1995.
Superficie: 1.895.750 ha (18.957,5 km2).
Location: western of La Paz department, Franz Tamayo and Iturralde provinces.
The sampling effort of higher plants resulted in the collection of 3,986 specimens, 11% of the scientific collection of Madidi plants, increasing by 7.5% the species recorded in the area. Identidad Madidi also established the baseline number of higher plants recorded prior to the expeditions as 5,075.
During the scientific expedition, 460 new records were obtained for Madidi, increasing the number of species recorded so far to 5,535. Of these species, 32 are new records for Bolivia and 98 are candidates as new species for science.
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Basic information
Biodiversity
Habitats: high Andean wetlands and grasslands, dry forests, mountain savannas, montane forests, Amazonian forests and flooded savannas.
Plants: 40 % of the Bolivian flora and 3 % of the planet.
Vertebrados: 66 % de los vertebrados de Bolivia y 3,7 % del mundo.
Protected endangered species: Andean bear, jaguar, river otter, marsh deer, manned wolf, spider monkey, whooly monkey, Andean condor, harpy eagle, palkachupa, black caiman, turtle
Related indigenous territories: Tacana, Uchupiamonas, Lecos de Apolo and Lecos de Larecaja.
Communities: 31 communities of Tacana, Leco, Quechua and Aymara families.
Calle Jaime Mendoza No 987, Torre Soleil
Zona San Miguel, La Paz-Bolivia
Zona San Miguel, La Paz-Bolivia
Casilla: 3 – 35181 SM
(591-2) 2117969, 2126905
Scientific report 2015
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