Yvette Sierra P./Mongabay, Opinión: Andean condor and white quebracho: new reserve seeks to protect them from the threat The Quebracho and Condor Natural Reserve in the Laderas Mountain Range was created on August 24, 2023, in Tarija. The community of Laderas Norte promoted its creation after 34 condors died in that area in February 2021…
Month: October 2023
Madidi park ranger faces an unjustified judicial process for defending nature | Guardaparque del Madidi enfrenta un injustificado proceso judicial por defender la naturaleza
ANF: The Judge of Caranavi, as a legal substitute for the Judge of Apolo, scheduled the oral trial hearing for November 15 of this year. La Paz, October 28, 2023 (ANF).- The Madidi park ranger Raúl Santa Cruz (42) who tried at the end of March to prevent the entry of heavy machinery intended for…
Survey discloses violence and destruction by fire carried out by a masista group | Encuesta revela violencia y destrucción por fuego hecha por grupo masista
Brújula Digital, El Diario: According to survey Intercultural people are seen as responsible for fires Most people warn that the intercultural sector is responsible for the fires that affected a large part of the country intensely last week due to the smoke generated, according to a study by Diagnosis. The smoke caused by forest fires…
They hold the Government responsible for illegal coca in protected areas | Responsabilizan al Gobierno por coca ilegal en áreas protegidas
El Diario: Opposition question proliferation of crops After the discovery of coca plantations in the Amboró National Park, opposition legislators stated that the production of the leaf “has already gone out of control,” for which they blamed the government of the Movement towards Socialism (MAS) for promoting surplus plantations. destined for drug trafficking. The head…
Scariest places on Earth: North Yungas Road, Bolivia | Los lugares más aterradores de la Tierra: Camino a los Yungas del Norte, Bolivia
List Wire, Yahoo Sports: By Richard Suter: You drive. It’s 12 feet wide, at best, and descends nearly 12,000 feet in just over 40 miles, winding through the Amazon rainforest with a lack of guardrails and an even more significant absence of visibility due to fog and misty conditions. When considering all of that, there’s…
Neither coke nor soy. The forest is not touched | Ni coca ni soya. El bosque no se toca
H.C.F. Mansilla, Los Tiempos: This slogan, chanted in a modest public demonstration on October 25, 2023 by urban youth groups, represents one of the few testimonies of sociopolitical rationality that has been heard in recent times. The expression refers equally to traditional peasant groups and modern private entrepreneurs as those responsible for forest fires. Irrationality—the…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 