Alison, the little girl from the Otuquis National Park

Her name is Alison Aguilera Barba and she is three days old. She is the first daughter of Nancy Barba, one of the two female park rangers of the Otuquis National Park protected area.

The guardian of the mountain was almost until her seven months of gestation in Otuquis, and then moved to the office in Puerto Suárez, where she remained almost until the end.

She gave birth in Roboré, since the Puerto Suárez health center, according to her, did not meet the best conditions to care for herand at some point, faced with the rush of natural childbirth, she was in the dilemma of whether to cross the border so that Alison would be born in Corumbá, where Bolivians are used to getting attended to.

She continues hospitalized, and ‘skulling’ how she will return to the park with a newborn girl in her care, when her medical leave ends. “I think that in both cases it will be difficult, either by taking her to Otuquis, or leaving her under the care of someone else. Going to the field is complicated, camps are not the most appropriate place for her, and they are also removed in case of any emergency,” he reflected.