WWF Bolivia – Amazonia and Cerrado-Pantanal
Region
Americas
Country
Bolivia
Flyway
Americas flyway
Initiative
WLI Americas
About
Name of organisation
WWF Bolivia
Funding support
WWF Switzerland, WWF Netherlands, WWF Germany, WWF UK, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Number of staff
27 people
Number of visitors per year
Number of visitors per year: over 8000 students and 50 communities from both regions
Overall aims of the centre
WWF works for a living planet and its mission is to stop the Earth's environmental degradation and build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, conserving the world's biological diversity, ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable and promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption.
Description of the centre
The wetlands where we work cover just over 13 million ha, with many endemic species and species in different categories of risk.
The thematic axes of the institution include:
1) Climate change and forests:
a) Adaptation, and Mitigation
b) Integrated forest management
2) Sustainable infrastructure and water:
a) Road infrastructure
b) Hydropower infrastructure
c) Conservation of water resources/freshwater ecosystems
3) Sustainable production and markets
a) Production under good practices
b) Responsible markets and consumption
4) Territorial Management:
a) Territorial planning
b) Protected areas
c) Indigenous territories
5) Sustainable societies
a) Environmental education
b) Communication and dissemination
c) Reduction of the ecological footprint
Work Areas
Main CEPA work area
Implementation of the Bosni Project, whose objective is to contribute to generating a more harmonious relationship between society and nature, considering children as a key sector that through the educational process becomes a fundamental actor of change for the construction of ‘Living Well’, and other complementary and extension activities within the framework of projects for the integrated management of protected areas, sustainable management of natural resources, sustainable infrastructure. All projects require a high level of participation of civil society and authorities at different levels.
Top three successes
1) Conservation of sites and species, through the integrated management of protected areas (because the objectives of their creation have been achieved and because of the high social support of the region's population for them), and direct actions for their preservation, such as the development and support for the implementation of the National Plan for the conservation of the endemic Bolivian river dolphin or bufeo.
2) Support for the creation of 8 of Bolivia's 11 Ramsar sites (including the largest Ramsar wetland complex in the world, with more than 6.9 million ha).
Top three challenges
Expertise
Interpretation techniques
Creating signage / site information; Producing written materials; Using audio-visual tools; Developing nature trails
Visitor centres
Setting up a new visitor centre; Managing / creating habitat; Running a visitor centre
Participation
Working with disabled people; Engaging hard-to-reach groups; Engaging young people; Engaging the local community; Working with volunteers
Education and communication
Early years education; Delivering adult education; Working with primary schools; Working with secondary schools; Developing resources / materials
General
Auditing / assessing effectiveness; PR and marketing; Running effective administration; Health and safety; Fund-raising; Project planning.
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