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"Andes Amazon Fund celebrates the creation of the Arroyo Guarichona Municipal
Protected Area in the department of Beni, Bolivia. Home to floodplains,
tributaries, expansive grasslands, vast forests, and evidence of pre-Columbian
societies, Arroyo Guarichona safeguards both the cultural and ecological
heritage of Northern Bolivia. The new area covers 492,815 acres (199,435 ha),
and is home to Indigenous peoples, farmers, and local communities that pushed
for the creation of the conservation area.
The new municipal protected area safeguards nearly half a million acres of the
Beni plains, which are critical ecosystems for the overall health of the
Amazon. Arroyo Guarichona, and its home municipality of San Ramón, compose part
of the greater Llanos de Moxos ecoregion, considered the third most important
floodplain system in South America. It is also the meeting point of four
biogeographic regions: the Amazon, Cerrado, Chiquitania, and Chaco."
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