Dan Collyns reports for CGTN: The Bolivian government says wildfires have destroyed around 12,000 square kilometers of forest and grasslands. But environmentalists say the real figure is higher. Many blame the President for not doing enough. [To watch the video, please click this photo, thank you] Bolivia is still burning. A team is out going…
Category: Environment
“Our forests are dying” – here’s our manifesto
BirdLife International reports: You have probably heard the devastating news about the fires currently destroying the Amazon rainforest – the result of formerly successful forest protection laws being rapidly dismantled. Not only does this vital ecosystem regulate the entire planet’s climate, but it is also home to an enormous wealth of rare and unique species found…
Bolivians in London and Berlin will march TODAY to request disaster declaration in Bolivia
Diego Jaramillo reports for El Deber: The organizers seek to make visible the natural disaster in the country as a result of forest fires in Chiquitania. They summon to mobilize before embassy in other European capitals. So were the flames in Roboré in previous days. Photo: Jorge Ibañez The Bolivian community in London, Berlin and…
Forest floor scattered with ash and dead animals as Bolivia battles its own vast Amazon fires
Euronews reports, to watch video, please click the image: Ash has replaced leaves and dead animals scatter the charred earth in this area of the Andean country near its border with Paraguay. A nearly blind, little armadillo scurries through the charred remains of its forest home before being scooped up by local veterinarian, Jerjes Suarez….
Burning of the autonomy of Santa Cruz
Ricardo Calla writes in Pagina Siete: It is already clear that if the regime of Evo Morales manages to extend itself in the governmental command through the elections of October 20 of this year, what will come next is the definitive liquidation of the autonomous project of Santa Cruz that, with all its limitations, until…
Amazon fires: What about Bolivia?
Reuters for BBC News: All eyes have been on the burning of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, as international pressure – and sharp criticism – have been heaped upon its president. But fires do not stop at borders, and Bolivia’s rainforest is burning too. The Amazon sprawls for millions of square miles across nine different…
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