tackled (if relevant).
We started with a big delay in our schedule, because Bolivia suffered one of the worst flooding in the
last years
http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/04/brazilian-dams-accused-aggravating-floods-bolivia/
https://nacla.org/blog/2014/3/31/are-brazil%E2%80%99s-dams-blame-record-floods-bolivia
http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/Blogs/2309820/bolivia_and_britain_a_tale_of_t
wo_floods.html
More than 180 000 cattle drowned in the area; also an undetermined amount of wildlife mortality
was reported, without any study or register in the area. The water levels were so high that they
covered my entire study site, including all the local indigenous communities living along the rivers,
Therefore, all the agreements and logistics have to be suspended. Unfortunately this situation was
denied by our national government to avoid any international help.
Until mid-June 2014 some areas at north of the country were still underwater, but waters were
slowly receding. In July 2014 we did a population survey, and we were able to notice that there was
still not beaches along the rivers, usually in this month there are several beaches where turtles lay
their eggs Therefore, most of the activities planned were postponed or started too late. However,
we were able to do several activities, and maintained the good relations and interest of the project
with authorities and local communities.
There are no evaluations for the wildlife or the effects on this. With all this disaster going on, the
Beni Department (State) Government stopped any activity that was not related to the flooding.
However, we still managed to continue with the project, and maintained the interest of some local
authorities related to river dolphins, doing most of the activities, and other activities will continue in
the near future.
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