Bolivia has spectacular natural scenery and astounding biodiversity, both of which are protected in its national parks, monuments, sanctuaries and biosphere reserves.
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[edit]The country's natural resources are protected by the National Service of Protected Areas (SERNAP), a federal government agency that manages 22 protected areas, 13 of which are designated as national parks and 3 more that are designated as integrated natural areas and 6 that are designated as biosphere reserves.
Parks
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National parks in Bolivia
- 1 Madidi National Park — one of the world's most extensive biodiversity reserves. Its humid tropical climate has spawned one of Bolivia’s richest woodlands.
- 2 Torotoro National Park — rugged landscape of canyons and ridges where paleontologists found 120 million-year-old dinosaur tracks and bone shards from the Cretacous period
- 3 Amboró National Park — one of the most biodiverse parks on Earth with more than 900 species of birds, more than 100 amphibian species, and more than 175 mammal species
- 4 Carrasco National Park
— a mountainous landscape of rivers, waterfalls, tranquil valleys and deep canyons where more than 5,000 plant species thrive - 5 Tunari National Park — home of Lake Warawara and rocky landscapes that flood every year
- 6 Noel Kempff Mercado National Park — remote park on the border with Brazil with remarkable biodiversity in several different ecoregions including tropical rainforests, savannah, wetlands, and dry forest
- 7 Isiboro Sécure National Park and Indigenous Territory — protects an area of the Yungas ecosystem and traditional homelands of the Tsimané, Yuracaré, and Mojeño-Trinitario Indigenous cultures of South America
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