Agustin Saavedra writes in El Deber: Lets save the jaguar! The jaguar – commonly called ‘tiger’ in Bolivia and elsewhere in the American continent is one of the least studied wild cats. For its solitary nature, coupled with its extensive habitat – from the jungles of Central America to the vast Amazonian regions, the Pantanal…
Category: Environment
The exploitation of non-renewable resources under current Bolivian gov
An Editorial from El Diario: The exploitation of non-renewable resources A picture of mining, hydrocarbons and “industrialization” shows no results as positive as we would like, so the bonanza disseminated by government spokesmen would be in question. In connection with tin – traditional source of income of the country things are not going well. Huanuni…
Pink drones out of control over the Andes: Flamingos at Reserva Eduardo Abaroa
From the Inter American Development Bank: No, this is not some military project aimed at equipping wildlife with lethal capabilities. The project is actually harmless. It seeks to increase our knowledge of flamingo flight patterns in southern Bolivia, with the ultimate goal of better locating future infrastructure development in the region. To achieve that, we…
Bolivia has famous fossils
Javier Mendez reports for El Deber: Darin Croft: “Bolivia has famous fossils” He identified a new species of predator that lived in Bolivia some 13 million years ago. There’s more. When not in the Quebrada Honda, looking for fossils as the recently identified, teaches anatomy or grown fruits, vegetables and ornamental shrubs. Sure, he does…
Coca leaves’ production replaced oranges in Yungas, cocaine business is booming!
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: The oranges of truth It is a pity that the Deputy Rebeca Delgado has decided to surrender to government threats for their participation in the Truth Commission. [you can watch a cartoon related to her decision and of another member of that committee, down below] This “casualty” hurts everyone…
Bolivian mining 101: In crisis due to wrongdoings of current ochlocratic gov
Los Tiempos Editorial: THE CRISIS OF THE NATIONAL MINING Judging by the results, it appears that the current mining policy is one of the worst mistakes of the present Government As if this were not bad results, after more than three years of development of the new mining law, which has its many failures at…
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