ENG: I am very fortunate to have been invited for a presentation in the Institute of Ecology of the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA). This presentation was meant for undergraduate biology students interested in working on a bio-cultural thesis between botany and music, which I would co-supervise. What is urgently needed is more taxonomic […]
Tag: National Herbarium La Paz
Preliminary Checklist of Musical Bamboos
ENG: The National Herbarium of La Paz supports a preliminary checklist of musical bamboos of highland and lowland Bolivia. The reason for publishing the letter and checklist is related to conservation efforts and the Tropical Important Plant Areas (TIPAs) project of Royal Botanical Gardens Kew, Museo de Historia Natural Noell Kempf Mercado and Fundación Amigos […]
Donation of Musical Bamboos to National Herbarium of La Paz
ENG: The National Herbarium of La Paz has recently created a new collection of plant species with cultural and social use. I am happy to contribute to this new collection with a donation of a set of musical bamboo tubes, which I collected during my fieldwork among highland flute makers and lowland bamboo collectors. I […]
Proposal Musical Bamboos and KBAs Bolivia
ENG: On February 28th I participated at the final KBA-Bolivia meeting at the Institute of Ecology of the Universidad Mayor de San Andres (UMSA) in La Paz. Several contributors and partner institutions have been present to discuss the final phase of the KBA-Bolivia project, which aims at updating the key biodiversity areas for Bolivia. I had the […]
Visiting the National Herbarium of La Paz
ENG: After six years I returned to the National Herbarium of La Paz (LPB) in order to meet some old and new friends, and supporters of my project. In the meanwhile, the National Herbarium of La Paz inaugurated new facilities with more space for collections, meeting rooms, and project working spaces. It was so lovely […]
The Musical Bamboos of the Bolivian Andes 