El Deber reports: BENI Thousands of fish die in the Machupo River from lack of oxygen Experts suspect that the cause of death of the shoal is due to pollution from the remains of dead animals after the floods earlier this year. Dead fish cover an area of 5 kilometers. A committee of the Governorate…
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They feed Bolivia but are neglected by current gov?! WTH?
Juan Carlos Salinas reports for El Deber: THE GOVERNMENT ALREADY ASSIGNED $7 MILLION FOR SMALL FARMERS Livestock farmers call for fairness in resource allocation Of the $30 million dollars for large producers, no disbursements were made yet. Livestock restocking program and infrastructure improvement in Beni has two realities. The first is that for small farmers…
Another undeniable “contribution” of current Bolivian gov!
Guider Arancibia reports for El Deber: SANTA CRUZ They find a narc-lab guarded by snipers Worked on the border between Santa Cruz and Beni. The FELCN seized cocaine hydrochloride and chemical precursors. Two arrested. The drugs were transported from Peru for refining. A crystallization of cocaine laboratory where Colombian method was used to process the…
Bolivian golden bat revealed as ‘new species’
Erbol reports about a golden bat, found in Bolivia! If you want to read about this wonder in Spanish, please use this link: http://www.erbol.com.bo/noticia/ciencia_y_tecnologia/04082014/descubren_en_bolivia_un_murcielago_de_color_dorado This article is in English, from BBC: Bolivian golden bat revealed as ‘new species’ By Michelle Warwicker BBC Nature A golden bat from Bolivia has been described as a new species by…
The new dwarf anta [tapir] may be Bolivian ‘flagship species’
Javier Mendez reports for El Deber: NATURE The new dwarf anta [tapir] may be Bolivian ‘flagship species’ Two biologists that reported their presence indicate that [this dwarf anta] revalues the forests of our country. There are reports of new species of dolphin, another monkey and a rodent Last year, the Journal of Mammalogy spread shocking…
Bolivian birds 101: URGENT need for a Field Guide!
Bolivia is considered a mega diverse country, as such we have important bird species in our territory, and we need a field guide: . What will be achieved by this field guide? Discover the main aims of the Birds of Bolivia Field Guide and how it will help local people 1. Raising environmental awareness Bolivia…
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