AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoAndean Biodiversity: Scientists report 11 new plant species in Andean cloud and montane forests, expanding the Axinaea genus and underscoring the Andes as a biodiversity hotspot stretching across Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia and Venezuela. Wildlife Rescue in Bolivia: Two Andean condors poisoned after eating contaminated carrion in Toro Toro are recovering at Bioparque Agroflori and could return to the wild in weeks—an urgent reminder of how illegal poisoning harms mountain ecosystems. Amazon Protection Effort: Cafod highlights how UK rules to block products from illegally deforested land may miss loopholes, urging stronger protections that target deforestation-linked supply chains to help safeguard the Amazon’s “flying rivers” of moisture. Climate Risk Planning in La Paz: Mayor Michael Lim chaired a La Paz disaster council meeting approving a Local Climate Change Action Plan (2026–2035) to strengthen disaster preparedness and long-term resilience. Bolivia Conservation Spotlight: A rehabilitated jaguar, Yaguara, is released into Noel Kempff Mercado National Park after Bolivia’s wildfire-driven rescue and long recovery—an important test for big-cat conservation in the country.
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