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Edition Nº 16 – January 2009

Special Edition

15yearsWWF IN BOLIVIA

Informative publication on WWF’s work in Bolivia

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Editorial

As individuals and organizations we accumulatemilestones throughout our lives. We add andremember events, incidents, and achievementsthat, on the one hand, allow us to look backand recognize our wise decisions and our errorsand, on the other hand, serve to renew our spiritand hopes for the future. But accomplishing 15years of work is a milestone in and of itself,especially if we consider that during these timesit is easy to stray from our path and not achieveour goal, or that what is inaugurated today isshut down tomorrow. So, having successfullysurvived is, again, another milestone –perhapsthe first– to include on the list of achievements.

This edition of the WWFolio is dedicated toproviding a summary of our efforts over the past

15 years since we first opened an office inBolivia in 1993, which initially was a ProjectOffice for six years before it became aProgramme Office in 1999. Our initial effortsfocused primarily on forestry issues and gavean important push to business and communityforest management. Eventually we becameinvolved in a greater array of issues –yet stillremained involved in the productive forestryissue– such as problems related to protectedareas, env i ronmenta l educat ion andcommunication, overall management of naturalresources, land use planning, sustainableagricultural practices, responsible forest trade,generation of scientific information for decisionmaking regarding development, and a widerange of other activities, some of which are

WWF works in Bolivia under a Framework Agreement for Cooperation signed between the Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and non-governmental organizationWorld Wildlife Fund, Inc. This Agreement is valid for three years and was recently renewed in October of 2008.

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mentioned in this special edition commemoratingour 15 years of uninterrupted work in Bolivia.

Our work has been carried out under a globalplanning structure and in l ine with anorganization that works in roughly 100 countrieswhich, as Bolivia, are betting on lasting andsustainable development, in which man livesin harmony with nature.

Established in 1961, WWF is about to celebrateits 50th anniversary, and we want to take thisopportunity to share our joy of having fulfilled15 years of work in Bolivia. We wish you thebest for 2009 and are prepared to continueachieving goals, accumulating milestones and

are pleased in being partners in this journeywith all of you.

Adolfo MorenoConservation Director

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Pantanal

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• WWF has been working in the BolivianPantanal since 1997

• The Pantanal is one of the priority regionsfor WWF worldwide

• The Pantanal is a mosaic of lagoons,wetlands and rivers, and constitutes agreat floodplain in the upper watershedof the Paraguay river

• The Pantanal is one of the world’s largestand best preserved wetlands, and has anextension of 158.000 km2, covering partsof Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay

• In Bolivia, the Pantanal is located in theSoutheastern portion of the country, in thedepartment of Santa Cruz, Germán Buschand Ángel Sandóval provinces, and coversfour municipalities: El Carmen RiveroTorres, Puerto Quijarro, Puerto Suárezand San Matías.

BACKGROUND

Main achievements

Creation of national protected areasin the Bolivian Pantanal

In 1997, the Prefecture for the Department ofSanta Cruz and the Noel Kempff MercadoMuseum of Natural History, recognizing theenvironmental, social and economic value of thePantanal, and in compliance with what wasestablished in the Land Use Plan (Plus),promoted the necessary research and studies,with support from WWF, for the declaration oftwo national protected areas (Otuquis and SanMatías).

Since then, WWF has continued supporting themanagement of these two protected areas,including their institutional strengthening andfacilitating the participation of the Pantanalinhabitants in its management.

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Declaration of the Bolivian Pantanalas a Ramsar site

The richness of this wetland and the diversity interms of its fauna allowed the BolivianGovernment, with support from WWF, todesignate its entire surface area in Bolivia as aRamsar site in 2001, recognizing it as a wetlandof international importance. The 3.2 millionhectares of the Bolivian Panantal represent thefourth largest Ramsar site worldwide.

The Ramsar site designation commits the nationalgovernment in developing policies and actionsaimed at harmonizing sustainable developmentwith conservation in the Pantanal, as well aspromoting the use and rational management ofthe ecoregion’s natural resources.

Creation of the Association ofMunicipalities of the Bolivian Pantanal

WWF supported the conformation andstrengthening of three participatory municipalforums on local sustainable developmentplanning: the Local Economic DevelopmentCommissions (referred to as Codel) in themunicipalities of Puerto Quijarro, Puerto Suárezand San Matías. As a result of this joint effortwith the Codels, the Association of Municipalitiesof the Bolivian Pantanal emerged and receivedfurther support from WWF for the following twoyears.

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Communication and education infavor of the Pantanal

WWF believes in using information as a key andstrategic tool for responsible and lastingdevelopment for the region. We have producedand distributed diverse informative andeducational materials, such as collectible stickeralbums, school notebooks, coloring books andstory books. We have also undertaken othertypes of educational activities: radio programmes,improving school infrastructure and implementingmini-libraries in more than 20 schools,refurbishment and equipping the districteducational office, among others.

Development and application of aPantanal educational curriculum

As of 2003, and as a result of a participatoryprocess with teachers and educational authoritiesin the region, an educational curriculum for theenvironment was developed for elementaryschool children.

As a result of this process, there are now 160trained teachers, who are not only recognizedin the region but also actively working asconservation agents, demonstrating theirleadership and role in forming opinion regardingenvironmental issues.

The curriculum, approved in 2005 by the Ministryof Education and supported by the Prefectureof the Department in 2006 as a formal educationalinstrument environmentally contextualized, is inthe process of being implemented and receivespermanent follow-up. Parallel to this, a similarcurriculum is being developed for high schoolstudents.

Developing a technical foundation forsustainable development

WWF has also been working so that developmentin the Pantanal is carried out in a more organizedand planned manner, and has been providingtimely information and technical support to helpin sustainable development decisions in theecoregion. Below are some of the mostoutstanding achievements:

• Publication of the “Puerto Busch Study:Options for the location of a sovereignport on the Paraguay-Paraná RiverSystem”

• Support in the creation and functioning ofan environmental and natural resourceunit within the municipal government ofPuerto Quijarro

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• Development of the Municipal Plan onLand Use Regulation (PMOT) for SanMatías (in process)

• Identification and prioritization ofecosystems and species, sub-watershedsand headwaters of the Paraguay Riverwatershed; data col lect ion andsystematization of spatial information onthe ecoregion; analysis of the frequencyand impact of fire in the ecoregion, withemphasis on protected areas.

Sustainable productive systems

WWF has promoted the use of sustainablepractices aimed at improving productive and/orcommercial activities, and, with this, the lifelihoodsof the local population. Such is the case withfishing management, and for which results canbe seen in a fishing cooperative capacity for self-management and guidelines for fishingmanagement so as to ensure the sustainabilityof this activity.

Considering that cattle ranching is one of themost important activities in the ecoregion, WWFhas worked in providing information and technicaltraining on sustainable cattle ranching and hasbeen able to reach approximately 100 individualsform 20 communities in the Ángel Sandóvalprovince, as well as trained 57 young adults asskilled cattle ranchers.

Aware that tourism is an important potential forthe Pantanal, WWF has contributed to thedevelopment of municipal strategies for tourismin Puerto Quijarro, Puerto Suárez and SanMatías, based on the identification of localattractions and indicating priority areas to bedeveloped. Training and awareness activitieswere also provided.

Ecoregional trans-boundary planningfor the Cerrado-Pantanal

One of WWF’s strengths is developing trans-boundary action for conservation and sustainabledevelopment in globally important regions. In2008, WWF’s Pantanal Programme in Boliviaand Brazil jointly worked on an ecoregional planfollowing WWF’s Programme and ProjectManagement Standards (PPMS). This complexand detailed process included consultations withspecialists and an analysis of achievements andimpacts during the last two years. Keyconservation objects that sustain the Pantanal’svalue worldwide were considered, as well as thethreats that jeopardize the conservation of theseobjects and drivers which allow these threats tooccur. This coordination between both countrieshas led to the development of a work plan for2009–19.

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Main achievements

Support for the creation of protectedareas in the Amazon

WWF has supported the creation of theDepartmental Park and Natural IntegratedManagement Area (PDANMI) Iténez, covering1,389,025 ha in the department of Beni; theNorthern Tiquipaya Wildlife Municipal Reservewith 117,688 ha in Cochabamba; and the BrunoRacua Departmental Wildlife Reserve with 75,054ha in Pando.

In addition, we have supported the managementand effective administration towards theconsolidation of the protected areas of Manuripi,Iténez, Tiquipaya, Amboró, Carrasco and NoelKempff Mercado, as well as supporting relationswith communities located within or around theseareas, promoting management committees andeducational programmes (which include theAmboró Interpretation Center and a itineranteducation programme in the I ténez).

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BACKGROUND• The Amazon is one of the priority regions

for WWF worldwide and considered oneof its greatest priorities; it is at the centerof its collective conservation agenda

• The Amazon is shared between Bolivia,Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru,Surinam and Venezuela

• There are more than 33 million peopleliving in the Amazon. 5% of this populationis indigenous, belonging to 350 differentethnic groups, of which 60 there is littleknown about.

• The Amazon covers 6.7 million km2 andshelters the Amazon river, the largest inthe world in terms of watershed area,number of tributaries, and volume of waterdischarged

• The Bolivian Amazon extends throughthe departments of Pando, Beni, NorthernLa Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz–without including the Dry ChiquitanoForest– occupying 24% of the nationalterritory and corresponding to 95% of theupper watershed of the Madeira River,the main tributary of the Amazon River.

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Sustainable management of naturalresources with local communities

For almost a decade, WWF has been supportingactivities related to the conservation of naturalresources and sustainable production, ecotourisminitiatives, handicrafts, forest management (timberand non timber products), agricultural production,recovery of degraded lands, fishing, caiman andriver turtle management, as well as strengthenedthe capacities of local stakeholders so that theycan implement these activities in protected areas.

This approach has allowed us to work in aparticipatory manner with communities livingwithin or around protected areas, generatingsustainable development in harmony withconserving the Amazon, while at the same timeimproving their livelihoods.

Generation of technical information

Technical information is a useful instrument insustainable development planning for localcommunities and authorities. WWF has supportedparticipatory studies, coordinated with authoritiesand focused on improved management of naturalresources.

Outstanding studies include a conservation visionand ecological zoning for the Amboró-MadidiCorridor, aquaculture, bio-commerce and landuse planning in Pando, Manuripi Reserve’sManagement Plan, potential impacts for Boliviaof the dams on the Madera River, financialsustainability for protected areas, as well as thecompilation and systematization of spatialinformation on the Southwest Amazon ecoregion.

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Sustainable tri-national forestrydevelopment

The Project Forest and Integral Vision forDevelopment in the Amazon Project was carriedout from 2004 to 2006 in the tri-national regionof Pando in Bolivia, Madre de Dios in Peru andAcre in Brazil, and focused on the strategicplanning for sustainable development proposalssuch as on pilot activities with municipalities,local NGOs, peasant and indigenouscommunities, in the hopes of contributing topoverty alleviation and biodiversity conservation.

The Project was coordinated by WWF andincluded the participation of Care International,Conservation International (CI), Dutch Servicefor Cooperation and Development (SNV),Tropenbos International (TBI) and The NatureConservancy (TNC), as well as local partnerswhich implemented field activities and are listedon the final page of this WWFolio.

Inter-institutional coordination

WWF supported the development of theCoordination Committee for the Amboró-MadidiCorridor as an inter-institutional coordinationentity with the participation of the National Servicefor Protected Areas (Sernap), National Office forBiodiversity (DGB) and international conservationorganizations also working in the Amboró-MadidiCorr idor: CI , TNC, WCS and WWF.

We also supported the creation and functioningof border committees to promote coordinationbetween environmental authorities and generalpopulation in Bolivia and Brazil in the Iténez-Mamoré Corridor.

The Bolivian river dolphin (Iniaboliviensis)

In 2006, the Bolivian dolphin was recognized bythe scientific community as an endemic speciesfor Bolivia. As a result of the South America riverdolphin census carried out in 2006-2007, during

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the expedition along the Iténez River in the Beni,a total of 941 Bolivian dolphins (Inia boliviensis)were sighted in good conservation state,surpassing the number observed during theremainder of the expeditions of the continentalcensus.

The specie is also considered an importantindicator in terms of the quality of the aquaticecosystems it inhabits, and facilitates theevaluation of impacts from threats such ascontamination from hydrocarbons and mercury,construction of infrastructure including dams andwaterways. In addition, during 2007 the Iniaboliviensis was declared by the Prefecture of theDepartment of Beni (Northeastern portion of thecountry) as natural heritage, further highlightingthe specie’s conservation value, as well as thatof the aquatic ecosystems found in Beni and inBolivia.

Land use planning in the AmazonWWF has supported land use planning andmanagement designed to guarantee a regionalplanning process that allows for the adequateuse of renewable natural resources in theAmazon.

Under this framework, Municipal Plans on LandUse Regulation (referred to as PMOT) in themunicipalities of Magdalena and Baures in theDepartment of the Beni have been developed,as well as in the Association of MunicipalitiesAmazon Union Filadelfia-Bolpebra (MUAFB) inPando. Specifically this refers to processes forland and natural resource management intendedto strengthen basic technical capacities in publicand community management, as the basis forplanning sustainable municipal development.

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Supporting forest certification leaders

Since 1993 WWF has invested efforts instrengthening capacities and promotingsustainable forest management. An outstandingmilestone has been the visit of Bolivianconcession leaders and peasants to Costa Ricaand Mexico to learn about forest managementinitiatives. Upon their return, many of theparticipants decided to implement forestmanagement, setting the course for nationalforest management through their initiative andexample, under a strong commitment withsustainability and certification and which to thisday continues.

Sustainable management andcertification with communities in LatinAmerica

As a strategy to achieve the sustainablemanagement of community natural tropicalforests, WWF implemented between 1999 and2004 a project that, from Bolivia, supported morethan 25 sustainable community forest operationsand/or certified under the Forest StewardshipCouncil (FSC), in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia,Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Mexico. InBolivia, the Yuqui-Yuracaré IndigenousCommunal Land (referred to as TCO) wascertified under this initiative.

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• Bolivia has 53 million hectares of forestcoverage, of which 17% is set aside forsustainable use

• WWF Bolivia has been working withforestry related issues since 1993, whenit first invested efforts in training andcommunity forest management in theAmazon watershed

• WWF Bolivia currently promotes capacitybuilding for indigenous community forestmanagement and their integration into themarket, as well as responsible tradefavoring a preferential demand for woodfrom well managed and/or certified forests

• Geographically the actions under theForestry Program focus on the BolivianAmazon, the Dry Chiquitano Forest (upperwatershed of the Pantanal) and on themain Bolivian cities.

BACKGROUND

Mainachievements

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Community management in Bolivia

Since 2004, WWF has provided support tonumerous chiquitano, guarayo and ayoreodeindigenous communities, helping them tostrengthen their management and administrationcapacities regarding forestry resources, with astrong emphasis on the community-companylink. In order to guarantee the financialsustainability of community operations, WWFhas facilitated their access to the national andinternational market in the mid term. A clearexample is the support provided between 2004and 2006 –together with Cadefor, Bolfor II, InpaParket and the Forestry Chamber– to the onlycommunity currently certified in Bolivia: Cururú.

WWF has also provided tools for monitoringforestry production and costs; training insustainable forestry management orientedtowards certification and business management;social control of productive units towardspromoting understanding and transparency inadministration; and the increase of added valuein the commercialization of forestry products.

World leadership in FSC certification

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is anindependent non-governmental and non-profitorganization, established with support from WWFto promote the responsible management offorests worldwide. WWF Bolivia has beenpromoting FSC certification during the past 15years, generating a supply and demand of FSCwood and supporting the certification process ofmore than two million hectares of tropical nativeforest. As of 2005, Bolivia has the largestextension of FSC certified tropical natural forestsin the world.

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The Global Forest and Trade Network(GFTN)

The GFTN is a WWF initiative that aims toeliminate illegal logging and improve themanagement of threatened and valuable forests.340 companies participate in the GFTN and areresponsible for roughly 15% of all forestryproducts that are commercialized worldwideevery year, with combined annual salesrepresenting USD 61 billion.

In Bolivia, there are currently 21 companiesparticipating in the GFTN and others which areundergoing their application process. Theparticipating companies manage 67% of the totalFSC* certified forests in Bolivia. For March 2009,the Bolivia GFTN is organizing its 3rd BusinessTrade Mission which is linked to the ExpoForestBusiness Roundtable for the Wood Industry. Inprevious missions held in 2007 and 2008, Boliviareceived the visit of roughly fifty businessmenfrom the United States, Europe and Asia, resultingin an increase of more than USD 5 million inexports from the national wood sector.

*2.385.030 ha (source: CFV)

Signing of agreement with theMunicipal Government of Santa Cruzde la Sierra: responsible purchase offorestry products

The Municipal Government of Santa Cruz de laSierra approved its Responsible Purchase Policyfor forestry products through AdministrativeResolution Nr. 190/2007 in efforts to promote,with support from WWF, the purchasing and

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consumption of forestry products from legalsources, under management and/or certified,and in this way contributing to the conservationof forests in Bolivia.

Twinning between the cities ofBarcelona and Santa Cruz de la Sierra

In 2007, both cities signed a Twinning Agreementexpressing their commitment to forestconservation and FSC certification. Thedepartment of Santa Cruz has FSC certifiedforests and its capital city has a ResponsiblePurchase Policy supported by WWF. Barcelonaalso developed a similar policy and promotesthe responsible purchase of wood products andby-products. Through this twinning, both citieswant to lead by example, and reduce theirenvironmental impact while also generating ademand for products that don’t destroy theforests.

One Tree Bolivia: integrating art andconservation

The One Tree Bolivia campaign was an effort tomassively reach a new audience for WWF inBolivia, the urban population. 62 Bolivianarchitects, cabinet makers, artists, designersand sculptors participated in using a single tree,a Cariniana estrellensis measuring 32 m high,creating 210 objects while integrating art, culture,conservat ion and the wood industry.

The campaign had two important moments: theI International Sculptors’ Workshop for FSCCertified Wood in 2006 and the exhibit for theclosing of the One Tree Bolivia campaign duringthe 2007 ExpoForest. Approximately 100,000people visited these exhibits, which includedinformation and messages on forest conservation,

forestry management and responsible purchaseof forestry products. The II International Sculptors’Workshop was carried out in 2008 by theManzana 1 Art Gallery, who was able to includethis bi-annual event in the city’s cultural agenda,giving it international exposure and furtherpositioning Bolivia as a leader on this issue.

Certified Forest Walkway

The walkway is an educational initiativeundertaken by the Autonomous MunicipalGovernment of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, WWFand the Bolivian Forestry Chamber, in celebrationof the city’s self-proclamation as the World Capitalof Native Tropical Certified Forests, as well asits adoption of the Responsible Purchase Policyfor forestry products.

The walkway is located in Santa Cruz de la Sierraand includes the display of the FSC certifiedwood sculptures resulting from the internationalsculptors’ workshops.

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National Protected Areas Day inBolivia

In 2005, WWF supported the National Servicefor Protected Areas (Sernap) in declaringSeptember 4th as National Protected Areas Dayin Bolivia, through Supreme Decree Nr. 28315issued by the Ministry of SustainableDevelopment. The date coincides with theinstitutionalization of the Sernap in 1998, adecentralized arm of the aforementioned Ministryand responsible for coordinating the functioningof the National System of Protected Areas, aswell as guaranteeing their integral management.

Bolivia is one of the fifteen most mega-diversecountries on the planet, and has 22 nationalprotected areas, which cover more than 15% ofits surface area; in addition, there are alsodepartmental, municipal and private protectedareas.

Bolivia joins the fight against climatechange

Earth Hour is a global WWF campaign whichbegan in 2007 in Australia in efforts to drawattention to the importance of finding solutionsto global warming. Each year, cities andcommunities turn off their lights on the lastSaturday of March for one hour as a symbolicact that encourages individuals and companiesto save energy on an every day basis byunplugging electrical appliances that are notbeing used and change light bulbs for those thatconsume less energy in frequent use areas,among others.

WWF Bolivia joined Earth Hour in 2008, togetherwith the municipality of Santa Cruz de la Sierraand the local power company (CRE), and, in2009, the municipal governments of Trinidadand Puerto Quijarro, Trinidad’s power companyCoserelec and diverse companies and individualsare also joining Earth Hour.

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RECENT AWARDS

2006WWF is recognized by the Superintendence forthe Regulation of Renewable Natural Resources(Sirenare), for its commitment to renewablenatural resources and the environment in Bolivia.

2007WWF is recognized by the San Matías ProtectedArea for its institutional support.

2008WWF is recognized by the Otuquis ProtectedArea for its invaluable support and commitmentin favor of the effective management of theprotected area since its creation.

2008The Bolivian Forestry Chamber (CFB) recognizesWWF for its continuous and effective support forsustainable forestry development and to the CFBin general, highlighting WWF’s role in trainingthe first group of Bolivian concession leadersincorporating the concept of sustainability duringthe 1990s. These business men leaders playedand continue to play a key role in developingBolivia’s responsible forest management.

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

Scholarships

“The most important task, if we are to save theEarth, is to educate”, reflected Peter Scott, oneof the founders of WWF. Under this philosophyand through the Prince Bernhard and Russell E.Train scholarships, WWF has supported over23 Bolivian professionals with scholarships overthe past 15 years, promoting leadership inconservation activities, local participation andconservation synergies.

Gifts to the Earth

A Gift to the Earth is a public celebration byWWF of a conservation action by a government,a company, an organization, or an individualwhich is both a demonstration of environmentalleadership and a globally significant contributionto the protection of the living world.

WWF distinguished the Bolivian government witha Gift to the Earth and the Gold Duck award in2001 for the three Ramsar sites created (theBolivian Pantanal, the Izozog marshlands /Parapetí river, and the Islands Cluster of Palms/ San José salt works). A second Gift to the Earthwas awarded in 2002 to the Bolivian ForestryChamber for Bolivia’s one million hectares ofcertified tropical forest and promotion of the FSClogo.

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OUTSTANDING PUBLICATIONS

The generation of scientific information for decisionmaking in relation to development, as well asenvironmental awareness and education, areessential tools for WWF in promoting itsinstitutional mission. For this reason, WWF Bolivia,during these past 15 years, has published andsupported other institutions in publishing dozensof books, of which a few are listed below:

PANTANAL PROGRAMME

• Puerto Busch Study: Options for thelocation of a sovereign port on theParaguay-Paraná River System

• Fact or Fiction (Paraguay-Paraná Hydrovia)• Curricular diversification for the Bolivian

Pantanal• Pantanal collectible sticker album

AMAZON PROGRAMME

• Ecological zoning of the Amboró-Madidibio-corridor

• Biodiversity conservation vision of theAmboró-Madidi corridor

• The Forest and Integral Vision forDevelopment in the Amazon collection:

• Strategic guidelines for the development of bio-commerce in Pando• Feasibility study for aquaculture in

Pando• Municipal Plan on Land Use

Regulation for the Association ofMunicipalities Amazon Union Filadelfia-Bolpebra (MUAFB) (full and summarizedillustrated version)

• Municipal Plan on Land Use Regulationfor the municipalities of Magdalena andBaures (Iténez province) (summarizedillustrated version)

• Management Plan for the Bruno RacuaDepartmental Wildlife Reserve

• Natural History of the Municipality ofPampagrande

FORESTRY PROGRAMME

• One Tree Bolivia (honorable mention forits graphic design during the “NationalPrize for the Best Book Printed and Editedin Bolivia 2008”)

• Supply and demand for independentlycertified and non certified wood productsin Bolivia

• Illustrated guide of the main tree speciesin Bolivia

• Bolivian certified woods• Guide for the responsible buyer of forestry

products• Seedlings of 60 forestry species in Bolivia

PERIODIC PUBLICATIONS:

• Quarterly institutional bulletin WWFolioBolivia (editions 1 to 16)

• Children’s educational magazine PantanalGang (editions 1 to 4)

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WWF Bolivia in its mixed role ofdonor and implementer

In Bolivia, WWF executes funds under twomodalities:

1) Through partner institutions: we transferingfunds through grants to nat ionalorganizations for a project that is both onWWF’s and the partner’s agenda, as wellas in accordance to what has been agreedupon with the primary donor (see our list ofpartners and donors on the next page).

2) Through direct implementation: we executepart of our funding directly through our fieldstaff (Trinidad and Puerto Quijarro) and fromour main office (Santa Cruz), andoccasional ly through consul tants.

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WWF GermanyWWF BelgiumWWF Central America / World BankWWF USWWF US / AecidWWF US / European UnionWWF US / International FinanceCorporation

WWF US / Ducks UnlimitedWWF US / Fondo de Inversión deReservas EstratégicasWWF US / W. Alton Jones FoundationWWF US / Blue Moon FoundationWWF US / The Gordon and Betty MooreFoundationWWF US / Hope Stevens

WWF US / JP MorganWWF US / UsaidWWF US / U.S. Fish & Widllife Service

WWF US / Varios individualsWWF SpainWWF NetherlandsWWF Netherlands / DGIS

WWF InternationalWWF United KingdomWWF United Kingdom / DfIDWWF SwedenWWF Sweden / AsdiWWF Switzerland

Below is a list of WWF Bolivia partner organizations which have received grants from WWF within the last decade, making it possible to execute our portfolioof programmes and projects during all these years.

Aarenarmapa - Agriculture and NaturalResources Extractivism Association fromManuripi-PandoAcerm - Peasant Extractivist Associationof Manuripi ReserveAcopando – Association of Advisors forPandoApcob – Support for Peasant-IndigenousPeople from Eastern BoliviaArmonía / Birdlife InternationalFaunAguaCadefor – Amazonian Center forSustainable Forest EnterpriseCedure – Center for Studies on Urbanand Regional DevelopmentCururú Community OfficeCepad – Center for Participation andSustainable Human DevelopmentCetefor – Technical Forestry CenterCFB – Bolivian Forestry ChamberCFV – Bolivian Council on Voluntary ForestCertificationCibapa - Bajo Paraguá IndigenousCommunityCICC –Indigenous Community Office forConcepciónCideder – Integrated Center for Ecological

Protection and Rural DevelopmentCides - Integral Center for Economic andSocial DevelopmentCipca – Center for Research andPromotion of Peasant CommunitiesCistel – Center for Research and RemoteSensingCoinacapa - Agroextractivist Cooperativeof PandoCSF - Conservation Strategy FundDistrict Education Office for PuertoSuárezDistrict Educational Office for SanMatíasFAN – Friends of Nature FoundationFuamu – Friends of the Noel KempffMercado Museum FoundationBolivian NavyInfocal Santa Cruz FoundationJosé Manuel Pando FoundationNatura FoundationNoel Kempff Mercado FoundationFundación OGD – Organization andAdministration of Tourism Destinations forSanta CruzFundav – Audiovisual FoundationFundesnap – Foundation for the

Development of the National System ofProtected AreasFundforma – Foundation for theDevelopment of Forestry Training and theEnvironmentMunicipal Government of BauresMunicipal Government of PuertoQuijarroMunicipal Government of Puerto SuárezMunicipal Government of San MatíasHerencia - Interdisciplinary SustainableDevelopmentIbif – Bolivian Institute for ForestryResearchIphae – Institute for Man, Agriculture andEcologyIRD – Institute for Research andDevelopmentAssociation of Municipalities of theBolivian PantanalAssociation of the Amazon UnionFiladelfia-BolpebraMonte Verde – Amazon Research andConservationNoel Kempff Mercado Museum ofNatural HistoryNew Zealand Institute for Crop and

Food ResearchPrefecture of the Pando DepartmentPrefecture of the Beni DepartmentProceso Educational ServicesRema – Rescue in your HandsSBDA – Bolivian Association forEnvironmental LawSernap Amboró (National Service forProtected Areas)Sernap Carrasco (National Service forProtected Areas)Sernap Isiboro Sécure (National Servicefor Protected Areas)Sernap Manuripi (National Service forProtected Areas)Sernap Noel Kempff Mercado (NationalService for Protected Areas)Sernap Otuquis (National Service forProtected Areas)Sernap San Matías (National Service forProtected Areas)Sernap Central Office (National Servicefor Protected Areas)SNV - Dutch Service for Cooperation andDevelopmentForestry SuperintendenceVicariate Radio San Miguel

WWF Bolivia Donors (1999-2008)

WWF Bolivia's partners (1999-2008)

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WWFThe global conservation organization

WWF's ultimate goal is to stop and eventually reverse environmental degradation and to build a future where people live inharmony with nature. Our promise to the world is that through working together, we will find the best solutions to save nature.For more than 40 years our passion, commitment, and inspiring actions have made us the most recognized independentconservation organization on Earth.

WWF Bolivia • Av. Beni, calle Los Pitones 2070 • Tel.: +591-3-3430609 • Fax: +591-3-3430406 • Santa Cruz, Bolivia • wwfbolivia@wwfbolivia.org • www.panda.org/bolivia