Fundación Natura Bolivia

Fundación Natura Bolivia is a Bolivian non-profit organization founded in 2003 to protect water sources through forest conservation and the sustainable use of natural resources. It works with communities, local governments, water users and strategic allies, and describes its main approach as the creation of large conservation landscapes. Its strategic lines include Reciprocal Water Agreements (ARA), subnational protected areas, community climate resilience, replicability and scaling, and institutional development and innovation. The organization reports working in 100 municipalities across Bolivia, from the Amazonian headwaters of La Paz to the Beni savannas, the inter-Andean and Santa Cruz valleys, the Chiquitania and the dry Chaco.

Fundación Natura Bolivia was founded in 2003 as a Bolivian non-profit organization to protect water sources through forest conservation and the sustainable use of natural resources. It states that for more than two decades it has worked with communities, local governments, water users and strategic allies to conserve biodiversity and secure key ecosystem services, integrating conservation and local development. Its main approach is described as the creation of large conservation landscapes, and it reports having supported municipal governments in legally protecting 4.14 million hectares. It reports working in 100 municipalities across Bolivia, from the Amazonian headwaters of La Paz to the Beni savannas, the inter-Andean and Santa Cruz valleys, the Chiquitania and the dry Chaco.

A Bolivian non-profit that transforms conservation into concrete actions protecting nature, strengthening communities and generating sustainable solutions for the future.

1. 1NaturaBolivianaturabolivia.org
2. 2Sobre Nosotros – NaturaBolivianaturabolivia.org