Bio-diversity

The project aims to develop a strategy for the conservation and sustainable use of species cactacea Table (Trichocereus werderermannianus), with the participation of communal and municipal, giving added value to the wood species, within the framework of the national biodiversity strategy. The table is a species of the region of the chichas and is endemic in 74% of the cacti of Bolivia that are unique in the world. The main shaft of this species produces good quality wood, the use of which in recent years has increased considerably for the construction of luxury furniture. This proven the selective use of the species in various communities of Tupiza, without any benefit for community members, with the sole purpose of using the wood; We could say reliably that the deforestation of the species is accelerated with the consequent collateral effect on soil erosion, loss of vegetation cover and ecological imbalance.

Bolivia