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Aquicuana Reserve
The Aquicuana Municipal Reserve is a protected natural reserve located about 20 km from the city of Riberalta in the Beni department in northern Bolivia and in the Amazon. It is home to Lake San José, a medicinal retreat center, Pisatahua, and two communities, San José and Warnes. Its name, Aquicuana, comes from the ancestral name of the lake which was before named Aquicuana in the Tacana language and means the place of big trees.
In 1995 when the municipality of Riberalta put in place a first law to protect the San José Lake. Then in 2004 the municipality extended the borders of the reserve to 1,600 Hectares.
In 2016, with the collaboration between the local communities, the municipality of Riberalta and the associations Sustainable Bolivia and Fundación Amazonia the reserve expanded to reach more than 20,000 hectares. The objective of making it an official reserve was to protect it from agricultural expansion and intensive livestock farming, deforestation, mining and extraction of its natural resources while allowing both communities to live with dignity there.
Location The reserve is located in the Amazon forest, in the Beni department in Bolivia in the Vaca Diez province. The reserve is also close to the border of the Pando Department and Brazil. Close to the city of Riberalta (also called the Bolivian Amazonian capital) you can go there by taxi (motorcycle or car).
Like any reserve in the rainforest, Aquicuana has an environment and a tropical and humid climate. It is hot and humid from October to April and dry but still warm from May to September. Temperatures do not exceed 35 degrees but can fall below 20 degrees when cold from the southern winds comes. Nevertheless, during the wet season it can rain up to 4000 mm.
The reserve contains a large amount of the Amazonian biodiversity, and a few research have been made on the topic. For the moment, a complete inventory is not possible. This reserve ensures the protection of nature but it also allows its observation.
The most well-known and recognized mammals in the reserve are jaguars, armadillos and monkeys ( black head squirrel monkey, howler monkey).
There are about forty types of frogs present in the reserve which have been listed. We can mention the "Rana verde" Phyllomedusa camba. It can measure up to 83 millimeters. It is known for its slowness and difficulties to jump. From its pretty light green color it is easily recognizable. We can also mention the Pipa Pipa or also call Common suriname toad. It has the distinction of not making love songs to attract females but of snapping a bone in its throat instead.
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Aquicuana Reserve
The Aquicuana Municipal Reserve is a protected natural reserve located about 20 km from the city of Riberalta in the Beni department in northern Bolivia and in the Amazon. It is home to Lake San José, a medicinal retreat center, Pisatahua, and two communities, San José and Warnes. Its name, Aquicuana, comes from the ancestral name of the lake which was before named Aquicuana in the Tacana language and means the place of big trees.
In 1995 when the municipality of Riberalta put in place a first law to protect the San José Lake. Then in 2004 the municipality extended the borders of the reserve to 1,600 Hectares.
In 2016, with the collaboration between the local communities, the municipality of Riberalta and the associations Sustainable Bolivia and Fundación Amazonia the reserve expanded to reach more than 20,000 hectares. The objective of making it an official reserve was to protect it from agricultural expansion and intensive livestock farming, deforestation, mining and extraction of its natural resources while allowing both communities to live with dignity there.
Location The reserve is located in the Amazon forest, in the Beni department in Bolivia in the Vaca Diez province. The reserve is also close to the border of the Pando Department and Brazil. Close to the city of Riberalta (also called the Bolivian Amazonian capital) you can go there by taxi (motorcycle or car).
Like any reserve in the rainforest, Aquicuana has an environment and a tropical and humid climate. It is hot and humid from October to April and dry but still warm from May to September. Temperatures do not exceed 35 degrees but can fall below 20 degrees when cold from the southern winds comes. Nevertheless, during the wet season it can rain up to 4000 mm.
The reserve contains a large amount of the Amazonian biodiversity, and a few research have been made on the topic. For the moment, a complete inventory is not possible. This reserve ensures the protection of nature but it also allows its observation.
The most well-known and recognized mammals in the reserve are jaguars, armadillos and monkeys ( black head squirrel monkey, howler monkey).
There are about forty types of frogs present in the reserve which have been listed. We can mention the "Rana verde" Phyllomedusa camba. It can measure up to 83 millimeters. It is known for its slowness and difficulties to jump. From its pretty light green color it is easily recognizable. We can also mention the Pipa Pipa or also call Common suriname toad. It has the distinction of not making love songs to attract females but of snapping a bone in its throat instead.