Ríos Blanco y Negro Wildlife Reserve
Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia · built 1990
Rios Blanco y Negro Wildlife Reserve (Reserva de Vida Silvestre Ríos Blanco y Negro, RVSRByN) is a departmental protected area in Ñuflo de Chávez and Guarayos provinces in the northern part of the Bolivian department of Santa Cruz. It covers portions of the municipalities of Concepción, Ascención de Guarayos, and Urubichá. The reserve covers 1,400,000 hectares. As a wildlife reserve, according to the General Regulation on Protected Areas (Reglamento General de Áreas Protegidas), its purpose is "the protection, management, and sustainable use of wildlife." Living in the vicinity of the protected area are the native Guarayo and Chiquitano peoples, who engage in such diverse traditional activities as berry picking, subsistence hunting and fishing, and farming. Their products are sold at the local market.
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