Category: Environment

Bolivian Zoo Unveils 1st Condor Born in Captivity, 14 Flamingos

EFE – Reuters report: Bolivian Zoo Unveils 1st Condor Born in Captivity, 14 Flamingos All the species the reserve houses are recovered animals who have been injured in their environment or by animal traffickers. An endangered condor and 14 flamingo chicks were unveiled Monday at Vesty Pakos Zoo, in La Paz, Bolivia. The female condor…

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UNODC Provides Bolivia with $20 Million to Tackle Drug Trade

InSight Crime reports: UNODC Provides Bolivia with $20 Million to Tackle Drug Trade Written by Tristan Clavel The UNODC is providing Bolivia’s government with over $20 million in aid to combat organized crime, drug trafficking and corruption, a sign of the international community’s continued support for the Andean nation in the wake of its diplomatic…

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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…

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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…

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Cyclist plunges off 300ft cliff along Bolivia’s Death Road after losing control of her bike… but miraculously SURVIVES after landing on a tiny ledge

Julian Robinson reports for MailOnLine: Cyclist plunges off 300ft cliff along Bolivia’s Death Road after losing control of her bike… but miraculously SURVIVES after landing on a tiny ledge Maria With Hoen had joined an expedition along notorious Death Road in Bolivia The 21-year-old’s push bike hit a rock sending her over the edge of…

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