Rainforest Trust helps create 715,000-acre Bolivia reserve

What BBN said about it

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA new wildlife reserve in Bolivia now protects nearly seven hundred fifteen thousand acres along the Iténez River, and scientists call that river a link of life.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt's the Agua Dulce Municipal Wildlife Reserve, created with a local group called Faunagua, and it covers eleven vegetation types, over seventy mammal species and four hundred eighty-nine kinds of birds.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFour hundred eighty-nine birds. I'd love to see that sign-in sheet.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFaunagua's director says Rainforest Trust gave crucial support to foster local and municipal consensus. That is a very polished way to say everybody agreed.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAgreed on what, though? I've been to a town meeting about a parking lot.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd the trust says it's added ten million protected acres in eight months, so the meetings are working. Consensus is the real endangered species here.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorPut it on the list!

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSeventy mammals, four hundred eighty-nine birds, and one agreement. Guess which one we're tagging.