1.2 M ha
of Territorio Indígena Parque Nacional Isiboro-Sécure (TIPNIS) — forest under Indigenous title.
3
Indigenous nations sharing governance of this vast territory.
Amazon
gateway forests linking Andean foothills to lowland rivers.
Core
national park and Indigenous territory in one legal landscape.
What lives here
- Jaguars and other large Amazonian carnivores
- River dolphins in meandering lowland channels
- Macaws and canopy birds of foothill rainforest
- Community forests managed under Indigenous authority
What threatens it
- Road projects threatening to split the territory
- Coca expansion and illegal land clearing
- External settlers pressing forest frontiers
- Weak enforcement of Indigenous territorial rights
“This forest has owners. They speak Mojeño, Yuracaré and Chimane — and they decide its future.”
— TIPNIS territorial authorities
Isiboro-Sécure (TIPNIS) is one of Bolivia’s most important Indigenous territories — a continuous forest from Andean foothills into the Amazon basin.
Defending it means recognising Indigenous government, blocking destructive roads and supporting livelihoods that keep the canopy standing.
Consortium partner
Indigenous territory, living forest
Partners in Bolivia stand with TIPNIS communities to secure territorial rights, monitor forest loss and keep this Andes–Amazon corridor intact.
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