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…
Category: Environment
The thin line between CSR or just mitigation/remediation of environmental and social impact
The following article prompted an analysis of what really is Corporate Social Responsibility [Responsabilidad Social Empresarial – RSE] vis-a-vis development work need to restore the social/environmental conditions of a given site as a result of economic activities, in this case under the hydrocarbon industry. People in Bolivia tend to use the wording RSE to “demonstrate”…
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…
Bolivian Flamingos
DESCRIPTION The James’s Flamingo (Phoenicopterus jamesi), also known as the Puna Flamingo, is a South American flamingo, named for Harry Berkeley James. It breeds on the high Andean plateaus of Peru, Chile, Bolivia and Argentina. It is related to the Andean Flamingo, and the two are often placed in the genus Phoenicoparrus. It is…
Wheat production reached 1.8 million tons
Pagina Siete reports: ACCORDING TO A REPORT OF 11 YEARS MADE BY IBCE Wheat production reached 1.8 million tons Between 2002 and 2013, the country imported 1.6 million tons, but besides the grain, wheat flour must be bought from foreign markets. Wheat production increases, but the country still has to import both the grain and…
Environment 101: Vicuna continues to be under jeopardy!
El Diario reports: They oppose poaching of vicuña Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Argentina and Ecuador expressed their opposition to illegal hunting and smuggling of vicuna, so agreed to strengthen border controls to prevent the illegal sale of the animal. An estimated kilo of vicuna wool is sold at more than $400, according to the National Program…
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