Bolivia just linked dry forests and wetlands into a conservation landscape twice the size of Costa Rica

Bolivia's new Sunsas protected area connects a growing mosaic of national, departmental and municipal reserves — from Ñembi Guasu to Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco — into more than 20 million acres of linked habitat, letting jaguars and other wildlife move freely between dry forests and wetlands. The Sunsas reserve alone recorded 176 species, and the municipality of San Matías passed the law alongside local communities who helped design it.