San Matías Integrated Management Natural Area

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San Matías Integrated Management Natural Area
Hyacinth macaws in the Pantanal
Location Bolivia
Santa Cruz Department
Area2,918,500 ha
Established1997
Governing bodyServicio Nacional de Áreas Protegidas (SERNAP)

San Matías Integrated Management Natural Area (Spanish: Área Natural de Manejo Integrado San Matías, or ANMI San Matías) is a protected area in Bolivia located in the Santa Cruz Department.

Geography

It is located in the east of the

San Matías, Puerto Suárez, Puerto Quijarro, San José de Chiquitos and San Rafael. It borders Brazil to the east. It is the second largest protected area in Bolivia.[1]

History

During the installation of a

rock paintings near Laguna Gaiba, to the north of the road from El Carmen to Puerto Suarez, and to the north of the area of Navidad y Las Petas.[2]

The indigenous people of this area are the Ayoreo and Chiquitano.[1]

The area was first protected under Supreme Decree 24124 on 21 September 1995 as Area de Inmovilización-Reserva Biológica San Matías (a Santa Cruz Department designation),[1] with a size of 900,000 ha.[3] On 31 July 1997 Supreme Decree 24734 renamed, reorganised and enlarged the Natural Area, growing it to its modern girth.[1]

During the massive wildfires across Bolivia in 2021, this ANMI was the most impacted of all protected areas; 697,929 hectares had burned by 2021. 916,486 hectares burned in the San Matías Municipality.[4]

Flora

Sixteen main (natural) floral associations have been identified in the ANMI.[2] There are also anthropogenic habitats and open water.[1]

Fauna

The paraba azul (

Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus, the hyacinthine macaw) is considered an emblematic symbol of the region.[2] Most of the Bolivian population of this large parrot is thought to be found in this Natural Area,[5][6] although they likely range northward. They can most often be seen in the cattle ranches in the ANMI.[7] There is an annual macaw festival in the village of San Fernando on 6 August. The population is likely increasing, as the range is expanding and there are more sightings.[5]

Typical mammals of the ANMI San Matías are the giant otter

Tolypeutes matacus (tatú bola).[2]

Besides the hyacinthine macaw, other birds found here are the piyo (

Buteogallus urubitinga. 310 species of bird were registered in the ANMI as of 2018.[2]

Typical reptiles found here are the yacaré or caiman

WWF Bolivia, claimed to be the first of its type in Bolivia.[8] The animals are often hunted by locals for use in traditional cuisine.[1]

The large catfish

Zungaro jahu occurs here. 128 fish species were registered in the ANMI as of 2018.[2]

People

There were 155 properties in the park when the first management plan for the area was complied, the majority were cattle ranches, with an estimated 100,000 head of cattle in the ANMI.[5] There are nine forestry concessions within the park, one is in the centre.[1] Approximately 6,000 people reside within the ANMI, of which the majority are under 15. These live in 17 communities, and the majority are of Ayoreo and Chiquitano ethnicity. There are numerous towns of a few thousand people in the buffer zone around the ANMI.[1]

Management

The director is Marcel Caballero, a biologist, as of 2018.[5]

Tourism

The dry season (June to November) is the best time for tourism, as the land is not flooded and the roads stable.[2]

It can be reached from Santa Cruz by road, air or boat. The road runs through the towns of San José de Chiquitos,

El Carmen and Puerto Suárez. The road from Roboré to San Matías is said to be a scenic route. There are daily flights from Santa Cruz to Puerto Suárez, and there are three much closer villages with airstrips for small planes in the area: Rincón del Tigre, Santo Corazón and San Fernando. There is also a train which departs daily from Santa Cruz to Puerto Quijarro, passing through San José de Chiquitos, Robore, El Carmen Rivero Torrez and Puerto Suárez.[2]

There is a village in the east of the ANMI, Santo Corazón, where tourists can meet Ayoreo and Chiquitano people.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Arnold Torrez, Iván; Barroso Pauletti, Patty (2008). Áreas Protegidas de Bolivia : Situación y perspectivas de Gestión (in Spanish). Tarija, Bolivia: Nativa & Avina. p. 98 & 99.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Área Natural de Manejo Integrado San Matías" (in Spanish). Servicio Nacional de Áreas Protegidas, Government of Bolivia. 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Area Natural San Matias". RedEscuela (in Spanish). Sociedad Civil Cognotec. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  4. ^ Rodriguez Montellano, A.; R. Camargo Arce; V. Ibarnegaray Sanabria (October 2021). Cuantificación de áreas quemadas en Bolivia,con información de enero a octubre de 2021 (PDF) (Report) (in Spanish). Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia: Fundación Amigos de la Naturaleza. pp. 6, 7. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d Franco Berton, Eduardo (16 May 2018). "Paraba azul: ¿podrá salvarse la población de esta ave emblemática de Bolivia?". Mongabay Latam (in Spanish). Environmental News. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  6. ^ Pinto-Ledezma, Jesús N.; Sosa, Ronald; Paredes, Maya; García, Ivan; Villarroel Segarra, Daniel; Muyucundo, Steven; Rivero Mamani, Mary Laura (June 2011). "La Paraba Jacinta (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus): Estado Poblacional y su Conservación en el Pantanal Boliviano" [The Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus): Population Status and its Conservation in Bolivian Pantanal] (PDF). Kempffiana (in Spanish). 7 (1): 19–31. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  7. ^ Pinto-Ledezma, Jesús N.; Sandoval, X. Vanessa; Pérez, Valkiria N.; Caballero, Thania J.; Mano, Katherine; Pinto Viveros, Marco A.; Sosa, Ronald (September 2014). "Desarrollo de un modelo espacial explícito de hábitat para la paraba jacinta (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) en el Pantanal boliviano (Santa Cruz, Bolivia)" [A spatial explicit habitat model for the Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacintinus) in the Bolivian Pantanal (Santa Cruz, Bolivia)]. Ecología en Bolivia (in Spanish). 49 (2). Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  8. World Wildlife Fund
    . 1 March 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2021.

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