By El Diario: Bolivia’s 15 protected areas face high risk due to mining rights granted irregularly decades ago, which, if efforts are made to consolidate them, could lead to the extinction of natural heritage and biodiversity wealth as a result of uncontrollable illegal mining activity. Biologist Alfredo Fuentes, a researcher affiliated with the National Herbarium…
Category: Environment
River Guardian at Risk | Guardián del Río en Peligro 🌊🐬
By Carlos Lara, ANABolivia.org; Eju.tv: The Bolivian River Dolphin: A Freshwater Treasure Struggling to Survive This endemic cetacean mainly inhabits the basins of the Mamoré, Iténez, Tijamuchi rivers, and other Amazonian tributaries. Source: anabolivia.org La Paz, February 24 (ANA).– The Bolivian river dolphin (Inia boliviensis) is the country’s only endemic river dolphin. Unfortunately, it faces growing…
Back to the Wild | De vuelta a la selva
By EFE, Red Uno: Jaguar Rescued from 2024 Fires to Be Returned to Its Natural Environment The feline was rescued in 2024 after fleeing wildfires in Santa Cruz and spent two years in rehabilitation before her upcoming reintroduction. The jaguar Yaguara in Santa Cruz. File photo: EFE For the first time in Bolivia, a jaguar…
Rangers Push Back on Social Media Gag | Guardaparques rechazan mordaza en redes
By El Día: Park rangers reject Sernap directive limiting them to providing information on social media about protected areas Sernap also ordered that all communication be carried out only through official accounts, in order to safeguard the institution’s image. Bolivian park rangers. Photo: Sernap The Bolivian Association of Park Rangers and Conservation Agents (Abolac) expressed…
The Lithium Mess: Between the Constitution and Business | El lío del litio: entre la Constitución y los negocios
By Windsor Hernani, Visión 360: At the end of the day, it must be taken into account that lithium, like many of our natural resources, lies in our soil or subsoil and could remain there for a hundred years. Bolivia stands at a crossroads. While the world is crying out for lithium and foreign investors…
Serranía de Sunsas: Sanctuary Under Threat | Santuario bajo amenaza
By Mongabay: Serranía de Sunsas: A Little-Explored Sanctuary in Bolivia Protecting 176 Bird Species La Serranía de Sunsas, en el departamento de Santa Cruz, Bolivia, emerge como un refugio estratégico para la biodiversidad. Este espacio, que a finales de 2025 se convirtió en un área protegida, es el santuario de 176 especies de aves, pero también…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 