Tariquía Flora and Fauna National Reserve (''Reserva Nacional de Flora y Fauna Tariquía'') is a

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood ...

in the

Tarija Department Tarija () is a department in Bolivia. It is located in south-eastern Bolivia bordering with Argentina to the south and Paraguay to the east. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 534,348 inhabitants. It has an area of . The city ...

Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...

, situated in the

Aniceto Arce Province Aniceto Arce (or short: ''Arce'') is a province in the southern parts of the Bolivian department Tarija. The province is named after Aniceto Arce Ruiz (1824-1906), President of Bolivia from 1888 until 1892. Location ''Aniceto Arce'' province i ...

, Burnet O'Connor Province,

Gran Chaco Province Gran Chaco is a province in the eastern part of Bolivia, located in the department of Tarija. The province voted to become an autonomous region on December 6, 2009. Location ''Gran Chaco'' province is one of six provinces in the Tarija Departme ...

and

José María Avilés Province José María Avilés (or: ''Avilez'') is a Provinces of Bolivia, province in the western parts of the Bolivian Departments of Bolivia, department of Tarija Department, Tarija. Location ''Avilés'' province is one of six provinces in the Tarija De ...

. It protects part of the

Central Andean puna The Central Andean puna is a montane grasslands and shrublands ecoregion in the Andes of southern Peru, Bolivia, and northern Chile and Argentina. Setting The landscape in this ecoregion consists of high mountains with permanent snow and ice, mea ...

Southern Andean Yungas The Southern Andean Yungas is a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in the Yungas of southwestern Bolivia and northwestern Argentina. Geography The ecoregion occurs along the eastern slope of the Andes from southern Bolivi ...

, and

Bolivian montane dry forests The Bolivian montane dry forests (NT0206) is an ecoregion in Bolivia on the eastern side of the Andes. It is a transitional habitat between the puna grasslands higher up to the west and the Chaco scrub to the east. The habitat is under severe stres ...

ecoregion An ecoregion (ecological region) is an ecological and geographic area that exists on multiple different levels, defined by type, quality, and quantity of environmental resources. Ecoregions cover relatively large areas of land or water, and c ...

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www.fundesnap.org / Tariquía Flora and Fauna National Reserve
(Spanish) Nature reserves in Bolivia Geography of Tarija Department Gran Chaco Forests of Bolivia Protected areas established in 1989 Southern Andean Yungas {{Tarija-geo-stub

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