ANF reports in Pagina Siete: TIPNIS leaders march in Germany and denounce the Bolivian State The president of the TIPNIS, Fabián Gil and the president of the women, Marqueza Teco participated in the mobilization. One of the leaders of the Isiboro Sécure Indigenous Territory and National Park (TIPNIS) marched for the Climate, this Saturday in…
Category: Environment
Lawsuit at the International Rights of Nature Tribunal against the Bolivian Government!
World Highways report: Bolivia road project in dispute First publishedon http://www.WorldHighways.com There is strong resistance mounting in Bolivia against the construction of a road link through the country’s TIPNIS national park, a conservation area. The new road is intended to improve transport connections between Villa Tunari and San Ignacio de Moxos. However the project has…
The Silent Advance of Chinese Mining in Bolivia Worsens Water Scarcity and Pollution
Upside Down World reports: The Silent Advance of Chinese Mining in Bolivia Worsens Water Scarcity and Pollution “Throughout the province of Nor Caranges we notice the damage that the mine brings to the environment and our health. The headwaters of the River Sallala have dried up. For generations we have been raising llamas. It’s our…
From Andes to Amazon: trekking through the Bolivian jungle; which is IN PERIL by the hand of their own government!
Sarah Gilbert writes for The Guardian: From Andes to Amazon: trekking through the Bolivian jungle The real-life hero of adventure film Jungle helped set up an ecolodge in Bolivia’s Madidi national park – a wild destination for trekkers, and a ray of light for a hunter-gatherer community under threat. Branches came crashing down and leaves…
Utilization of GMO crops could double Bolivia’s corn yields
Genetic Literacy Project reports: Utilization of GMO crops could double Bolivia’s corn yields Bolivia has been harvesting genetically modified (GM) soybeans since 2008, and its production exceeds one million hectares per year since 2012. However, it has not authorized the use of transgenic varieties in other crops. …. A recent study commissioned by several agricultural institutions points…
Only under this Bolivian government can we see clear evidence of incompetence and demagogue!
El Diario reports: Minister of Rural Development Government installed sugar mill “without taking an interest if there was sugar cane or not” The Government was not interested in whether or not there was raw material in northern La Paz to implement the sugar mill of San Buenaventura, but to respond to an “aspiration of La…
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