Since 2020, Asociación Armonía’s Tunari Program has been working with local communities, municipal governments, the departmental government, the National Service for Protected Areas through the Tunari National Park Authority (SERNAP–PNT), and partner institutions in Cochabamba…
Within the framework of the Conserva Aves initiative in Bolivia, the first in-person workshop was held in October 2024, aimed at Conserva Aves partners that accessed funding from American Bird Conservancy, Audubon Americas, BirdLife International…
From conflict to custodianship: Protecting ecosystem functions in key watersheds for biodiversity and people
For decades, the relationship between local communities and conservation authorities in Bolivia’s Tunari National Park was fraught with tension. The establishment of…
The ML Blue-throated Macaw Sound Expedition brought together 12 enthusiasts from different Latin American countries in Beni. It was an experience that blended science, passion, technical training, and international collaboration.
The Macaulay Library Sound Expeditions (ML…
On the southern hillside of Tunari National Park, where the sun illuminates thousands of small plants waiting to become forest, a woman works with patience and conviction. Pascuala Nogales, a mother and Quechua community member…
Cover photo: Buller's Albatross (Thalassarche bulleri). JJ Harrison
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology launched Birds of the World (BOW) in 2020 with a central mission: to build and maintain a comprehensive, global knowledge base of avian…
Cover photo: March for the 28th anniversary of the reconstitution of the Leco people of Apolo. Indigenous Central of the Leco People.
Creation of Community Protected Areas: A total of 1,888 hectares of Community Protection…
Asociación Armonía has conducted in 2023 the first-ever Inti Tanager ( Heliothraupis oneilli ) population assessment, a bird only recently discovered and described (2021), and expected to breed exclusively in Bolivia. This survey provides preliminary…
Cover photo: Census team gathered at Laney Rickman Reserve before starting the Second Blue-throated Macaw Census.
Ten years after the first population estimate, the second census of the Blue-throated Macaw ( Ara glaucogularis ), an…
From September 1 to 30, Asociación Armonía is conducting its annual monitoring of long-distance migratory shorebirds in the Llanos de Moxos. As in previous years, the surveys take place at the Barba Azul Nature Reserve,…
The Loma Santa Indigenous Conservation Area, officially registered on June 26 of this year as the fifth Protected Area of an Indigenous Autonomy in the Amazon region of Bolivia, is located in the Amazonian region…
July 19 and 20, more than ten communities from Torotoro National Park gathered to take part in the first Red-fronted Macaw Futsal Championship: “Playing for its Conservation.” This unique event brought together sport, local identity,…

