Isiboro Sécure National Park and Indigenous Territory
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IUCN category II (national park)
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A man walks through the Isiboro Sécure park near the Sécure River
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| Location |
 BoliviaBeni Department, Cochabamba Department |
| Nearest city | Villa Tunari and San Ignacio de Moxos |
| Coordinates | 16°0′0″S 66°0′0″W / 16.00000°S 66.00000°WCoordinates: 16°0′0″S 66°0′0″W / 16.00000°S 66.00000°W |
| Area | 1,372,180 ha |
| Established | November 22, 1965; Recognized as indigenous territory, September 24, 1990 |
| Governing body | Servicio Nacional de Áreas Protegidas (SERNAP) |
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Isiboro Sécure National Park and Indigenous Territory (Territorio Indígena y Parque Nacional Isiboro Secure, TIPNIS) is a protected area and Native Community Land in Bolivia situated between the north of the Cochabamba Department and the south of the Beni Department (Chapare, Moxos, and Marbán provinces). It protects part of the Bolivian Yungas ecoregion. The indigenous people living within the park belong to the Tsimané, Yuracaré, and Mojeño-Trinitario peoples. The southern portion of the park has been colonized by agricultural settlers, primarily coca farmers, since the 1970s. The Bolivian government estimates that 10% of the park has been deforested by their presence.
The park was made into a National Park by Supreme Decree 7401 on November 22, 1965 and recognized as an indigenous territory (formally as Native Community Land) through Supreme Decree 22610 on September 24, 1990, following pressure by local native peoples and the March for Territory and Dignity organized by the Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of the Bolivian East. Following clearing by the National Agrarian Reform Institute (INRA), operative collective title to the Isiboro Securé TCO, consisting of 1,091,656 hectares was awarded to the Subcentral TIPNIS on 13 June 2009. Some 124,000 hectares inside the park were adjudicated to agrarian colonists, most in the southern Polygon 7. Another 137,783 hectares are held by ranchers in the Beni department portion of the park.
The territory includes four major ecosystems:
(undescribed species not included)
TIPNIS is home to three indigenous peoples who have ancestrally lived in the region. At the 2001 census, there were 12,388 indigenous inhabitants, living in 64 communities: 1.809 from the Yuracaré people; 4,228 of the Trinitario-Mojeño people; and 6,351 of the Chimane people.
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