By Iván Paredes Tamayo Bolivia’s newest protected area, Gran Manupare Integrated Management Natural Area, sprawls across an area a tenth the size of Switzerland in the municipality of Sena, in the northern department of Pando. This 452,639-hectare (1.12-million-acre) reserve serves as a refuge for rare species like the giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) and the jaguar (Panthera onca). Limbert Torres, the president of the Sena City Council, says the creation of the protected area in January this year followed exhaustive studies by various entities, including the City Council, the Center for R…