Four Bolivian towns protect nearly a million hectares across Andes and Amazon

Four local communities in Bolivia established four new protected areas totaling more than 900,000 hectares (2.2 million acres)—about the size of Yellowstone—across cloud forests, Amazon lowlands, and wildlife corridors for jaguars and other species, driven by local governments and Indigenous peoples rather than national park offices.

The article notes Bolivia continues to face intense deforestation pressures; these protections represent a local counter-movement.