La inagotable biodiversidad de la reserva sigue sorprendiendo a la comunidad científica. Una veintena de profesionales no paran de registrar las desconocidas criaturas

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The journey from La Paz to the San José de Uchupiamonas community, in the heart of Madidi National Park, reinforces its ecological importance. I flew from El Alto at 7:30 in the morning and the terror of boarding a plane that could fit in my living room was alleviated the moment the Amazon began to sprawl beneath us. It was an experience in and of itself. Soon I would be on a boat making my way down those same rivers and estuaries.

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After a five month break during the wet season, the Identidad Madidi field team is reunited on the fifth leg of its Bolivian scientific expedition. The Andean foothill forests of the upper Hondo River represent our seventh study site in a series of fifteen spanning the unique altitudinal range of almost 6,000 meters (194m to 6,044m above sea level) of Madidi National Park. Identidad Madidi will run for two and a half years between May 2015 and October 2017 and I will continue to blog on its progress and findings.

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An ongoing expedition in Bolivia’s Madidi National Park has recorded its 1,000th bird species, highlighting the park as a hotspot of avian biodiversity. The park is thought to contain more than 10 percent of all the world’s bird species.

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Scientists on an expedition through Madidi National Park in Bolivia, have now discovered seven animal species that are new to science. In total, the scientists have discovered three frogs, one lizard, and three catfish. Ten plant species are also currently under investigation as potentially new species. The work was conducted by the Wildlife Conservation Society and local partners.

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Sus siluetas y tonalidades fueron un regalo para los ojos de los visitantes, ese grupo de 19 científicos que se internópor tierra virgen para describir y registrar especies aún desconocidas, además de mostrar las maravillas del patrimonio natural que guarda la reserva. Fue el 5 de junio de 2015 cuando el equipo de Identidad Madidi iniciósu ambicioso proyecto en aquella despensa inagotable de flora y fauna, área protegida, considerada por la revista especializada National Geographic como uno de los 20 lugares con mayor interes turístico en el ambito mundial. El jefe de la expedicion, Robert Wallace, había anotado como primeros destinos los bosques de galería y las pampas en Apolo, municipio del norte del departamento paceño.

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Scientists on a multi-year expedition in Bolivia’s Madidi National Park have recorded nearly a thousand species of butterflies – with many more expected to come.

Madidi National Park sits along Bolivia’s northern border with Peru. Referred to as potentially the most biodiverse protected area in the world, Madidi spans a gamut of different landscapes – from lowland Amazon rainforest to the snowy peaks of the Andes and everything in between.

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Alto Madidi, on the upper Madidi River where the Andean foothills flatten out onto to the Amazonian floodplain, is a magical place and the sixth site on our two-year altitudinal transect in Madidi National Park. Extraordinary biological diversity, remote wilderness, and abundant wildlife – much of which seems almost naïve to the presence of people – are an intoxicating combination for the team Identidad Madidi.

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Three in One! The dramatic and breathtaking mountains of the Apolobamba range provided the backdrop for our third, fourth, and fifth Identidad Madidi expedition study sites.

Expected to take two years to complete, Identidad Madidi is a scientific expedition intended to draw attention to the wonders of Bolivia’s Madidi National Park. Our team of conservationists is investigating fourteen different habitats spanning 6,000 meters – from the Andes down to the Amazon – in what is the most biodiverse protected area on the planet.

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A major expedition happening right now in Bolivia’s Madidi National Park is aimed at figuring out just how many vertebrates live in this little-explored region. But along the way, it’s also shedding light on the park’s invertebrate diversity. The expedition’s scientists estimate 10,000 moths may inhabit Madidi’s wide array of ecosystems.

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