New Agua Dulce nature reserve protects Iténez river as 'link of life'

Rainforest Trust has helped establish the 715,000-hectare Agua Dulce Municipal Wildlife Reserve along the Iténez river in Bolivia, described by scientists as a 'link of life'. The area is home to jaguars, Amazon river dolphins, giant otters, lowland tapirs, black caimans and 260 fish species, 25 of which are found nowhere else. The reserve connects protected areas in Bolivia and...