El Deber reports: Livestock sector calls for law to regulate burning The livestock sector of Santa Cruz, within the framework of the sectoral congress held at Fegasacruz facilities, among other points, resolved to take steps before the Government to accede to the approval of a law that permits regularization of the fires and thus exempt…
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Bolivia’s Disappearing Lake Poopo
Earth Island Journal reports: Bolivia’s Disappearing Lake BY LINDA FARTHING – FEBRUARY 1, 2017 As Lake Poopó vanishes, depleted by water diversions and warming temperatures, it leaves behind an uncertain future for Indigenous Urus Battered by the blinding sun that reigns supreme in Bolivia’s arid high plain, Urus-Muratos villagers from three Lake Poopó communities waited…
Locusts invade Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Wkyc.com reports: . [To watch video, please use the link below] http://www.wkyc.com/tech/science/locusts-invade-santa-cruz-in-bolivia-2/395158365
China’s Sinohydro again highly questioned in Bolivia!
ANF reports via El Deber: Deputy will sue Sinohydro again Monasterio indicated that it collected new information to file another lawsuit against the Chinese company. Congressman Tomás Monasterio (Democrat) will activate another criminal action against the Chinese Sinohydro, despite the death threats he received by a group of people during the inspection he did to…
An attempt to go nuclear?
Miguel Melendres reports in El Deber, via hoybolivia.com: Hydrocarbons transfers half of its responsibilities to Energies The Minister of Hydrocarbons, Luis Sánchez, delivered this morning 50% of his responsibilities, until yesterday, to the new Energy Ministry, which will be at the head of the new authority, Rafael Alarcón. “We will be a single team to…
Bolivia Environment 101: Where do we go with the protected areas
Arturo Moscoso writes in El Deber: Where do we go with the protected areas For a number of years, a number of protected areas and conservation units have been created by countries, following the mandates of the UN Biodiversity Convention and to fulfill the functions of maintaining ecosystem representativeness, protecting landscapes, protecting water sources And…
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