The AMBORO National Park, first has been declared by Suprem Ordinance 11254 of 20  December 1973 as  Teniente Cnel. Germán Busch Natural Reserve. The Suprem Ordinance 20423  of 16 Augost 1984 gives other name and category to AMBORO National Park, it increases the surface by the Suprem Ordinance  22939 of 11 October 1991 and the Suprem Ordinance  24137 of 3 October 1995 redefines the extension of National Park and establishes a natural area for integrated gestion with local population, who live around the Park.

The geographic coordinates are: 64°29´ - 65°47´  West  Longitude  17°15´ - 18°14´ South atitude.

 Superfice:  Now the superfice is 637.600 Hectares (6.376 Km2) , where  442.500 Hectares  are National Park and  195.100 Hectares are natural integrated gestion area.

Location: It is situated on the West of Santa Cruz on the provinces  Ichilo, Manuel María Caballero, Florida and Andrés Ibáñez.

CLIMATE: The climate is mild on the high side but hot on the low area.

The precipitation changes following the zone from  1400 mm to  4000 mm yearly.

ALTITUDE AND PHYSIOGRAPHY

In the AMBORO, the altitude changes between 300 and 3300 meters above sea level.

The area is situated in the Andes elbow , in Santa Cruz, where the mountain chain changes direction to South. 

The region has mountains with great slope. At the South, the zone has low colines.

HYDROGRAPHY 

The more importants basins define the hydrography  in the area: the rivers Ichilo, Yapacaní, Surutú, San Mateo,  carry water to the  Mamoré river.

BIO-GEOGRAPHIC SUB REGIONS 

In the AMBORO National Park there the humid cloudy mountain sub-region: Yungas Biogeographic zone.

Also in the AMBORO National Park there is Brasilian-Parenese Sub region.

The AMBORO National Park has also animal and vegetal species of Chaco region and Amazon region.

The flora in the AMBORO natural integrated gestion area  register 2.659 species of  superior plants; but is estimated more than 3.500 species. 

Among the flora species  in the AMBORO Park are:

limachu (Myrsine coriacea),  khellu khellu  ( Bocona frutescens) ,   cebillo ( Myrica pubescens) ,  icigo (Tetragastris altíssima),  bilka (Anadenanthera colubrina) ,  bibosi (ficus spp.) ,  ambaiba uva (Pourouma sp.),  pacay (Inga  velutina),  guitarrero ( Didymopanax morototoni),  clavo rojo ( Palicourea bryophila), mara ( Swietenia macrophylla),  pinos de monte (Podocarpus spp.) , nogal (Juglans boliviana),  canelón (Aniba coto).

Also are:  Clethra revoluta, Myroxylon balsamum, Protium Bangii, Meliosma boliviensis, Gunnera sp. Y  Psychotria trichotoma. It is important there are extended areas with big tree-ferns (Cyathea sp,Alsophila sp.) in the cloudy forest.  Also there are pachiuva ( Socratea exorrhiza),  asaí ( Euterpe precatoria)  and several orchideas especies own of that place .

In the AMBORO National Park and in the AMBORO  Natural integrated gestion area there are 1236 animal registered especies.  There are a big animal diversity, where there arejucumari or bear anteojos (Tremarctos  ornatus),  jaguar (Panthera onca),   bear bandera (Myrmecophaga tridáctila), pava de copete (Pauxi unicornis) ,  paraba militar (Ara militaris),  paraba   frente roja ( Ara rugrogenesis) and other bird species own of this place: (Simoxenops striatus,  Myrmotherula grisea,  Anglaeactis pamela, Schizoeaca,  Harterpi,  Grallaria erythrotis, Hemitriccus spodiops  and Poospiza garleppi).

Also there are birds like as: Rupícola peruviana, Myiopsitta monachus, Ciccaba albitarsus, Coeligena coeligena, Andigena  cucullata, Thamnophilus ruficapillus and Atlapetes fulviceps.

The people establishment model is outlying.  The human communities are in the North and South border of AMBORO  natural integrated gestion area, with few population to the center.

The natural integrated gestion area has  97 country communities (unions and/ or  cooperatives) doing 3759 families, that means more than18.419 inhabitants extended in 9 municipal governments.

The Comarapa municipal government at the South side; Buena Vista and Yapacaní municipal governments at the North side have more population.

The land settler are cambas, aymaras and quechuas in variable percentage after the municipe government. The quechuas are more in Yapacaní (75%)and Buena Vista (70%), againts the cambas , who are more in  Pampa Grande (100%). Samaipata (89%) and Comarapa (70%). At the East border there are Guarayo native communities. Into the AMBORO National Park there are only 2 families.

The population in the important towns in the South Side are Comarapa (3221 inhabitants), Pampa Grande (558 inhabitants), Mairana (3060 inhabitants), Samaipata (2735 inhabitants) and Porongo (1134 inhabitants). At the East side there more important town is  El Torno (6332 inhabitants). At the North side, Yapacaní (4029 inhabitants), San Carlos (3223 inhabitants) and Buena Vista (2873 inhabitants).

The categories of National Park and Natural Integrated Gestion Area give to AMBORO a big potentiality to make wild life conservation research.

The area  is natural reserve  of a lot of  genetic resources.

The landscape and culture itno the AMBORO, are oportunities to develop tourism activities in the area. Thus, Santa Cruz city nexto to the area, and other urban towns are opportunities to make environmental education activities.

The presion more important in the Area comes from the agricultural extension area by land settlers and paysans.   Tree cut, no controled grass alimentation, stealthy hunt and disordered turims causes that presion on the National Park.