Ecocidio – Bolivia – Ecocide

El Diario: Ruling of the Court of Nature State policy and agribusiness caused “ecocide” in Bolivia The TIDN establishes guarantees so that fires do not occur again, among them the abrogation of the norms that promote the expansion of the agrarian border and with it the burning and clearing. In Bolivia, 6.4 million hectares were…

Scientists are producing data without sharing it with people who actually need it

All scientists want their research to have impact. But how often is that impact realized? A recent case study in Madidi National Park, Bolivia sought to put numbers to actual rates of knowledge dissemination and implementation. This study, published by Anne Toomey, assistant professor at Pace University, María Eugenia Copa Alvaro from the Colección Boliviana de Fauna in Bolivia,…

6 Die in Plane Crash in Bolivia

VOA reports: A Bolivian air force plane crashed in the Amazonian region shortly after takeoff Saturday afternoon, killing all those on board.     The victims on the twin-engine propeller plane included four Spanish nationals and the two-man crew, an air force captain and lieutenant.  The Spaniards were en route to catch a flight back to Spain,…

Bolivia: honey, cocoa and spices – miel, cacao y especias

Editorial from El Diario: It is urgent to produce honey, cocoa and spices There is an urgent need to diversify our economy in various areas of production. Several decades ago, agricultural entrepreneurs held meetings to establish what items they could take on their own with a view to improving what they produced and, in many…

Early Bolivian Amazon humans – Primeros Bolivianos en el Amazonas

EFE reports via Opinion: Study reveals early Amazon humans cultivated plants The first humans to arrive in the Amazon, about 10,000 years ago, created thousands of forest islands and domesticated wild plants for consumption, according to an international study with researchers from the Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), in Barcelona, published on Wednesday. in the magazine…

Three former Bolivian directors arrested in Mexico, Belize plane drug trafficking ring

Riviera Maya News reports: Three former Bolivian directors arrested in Mexico, Belize plane drug trafficking ring Bolivia — With the arrest of three officials, a whole network of drug traffickers has been discovered in high-ranking positions in Bolivia. Former directors of high ranking positions include that of the Administración de Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares a…