Brújula Digital: Beni declares a “disaster situation” due to drought and forest fires. Firefighters battle fires in Beni. Photo: Beni Governor’s Office The forest fires and extreme drought severely affecting several municipalities in Beni prompted the department’s government to issue Departmental Decree 13/2024, officially declaring the region in a “disaster situation.” This declaration aims to…
Category: Environment
Slash-and-burn practices are a threat to public health, and a health alert should be declared | Los chaqueos son un atentado a la salud pública, se debe declarar alerta sanitaria
By Brujula Digital, El Diario: The Bolivian Society of Pneumology has proposed declaring a health alert due to the environmental pollution present in several cities, caused by forest fires and “chaqueos” (slash-and-burn practices). In a statement, the organization labeled the chaqueos as “an attack on public health” and demanded that those responsible “be sanctioned according…
Awareness on Animal Trafficking and Illegal Possession | Conciencia sobre el Tráfico y la Tenencia Ilegal de Animales
By Brujula Digital: Experts rehabilitate a jaguar cub in Santa Cruz that was rescued in poor condition A jaguar cub, presumably a victim of trafficking and illegal wildlife possession, is recovering at a custody center in the Santa Cruz region, where it arrived “in poor health,” according to the Santa Cruz Government. The animal, named…
Camelid breeding | Cría de camélidos
El Potosi, Eju.tv: Potosí is among the top places in camelid breeding Potosí ranks among the top places in camelid livestock breeding nationwide, according to the latest data obtained at the conclusion of the national fair held in the city of Oruro. According to the data from the Departmental Agricultural Service (Sedag), under the Secretariat…
Protected Areas at Risk Due to Uncontrolled Fire Spread | Áreas protegidas en riesgo por avance del fuego sin control
El Diario: Legislator Questions Bureaucracy of Authorities The fire continues to spread uncontrollably in the eastern region of the country. According to data from the Governor’s Office, two million hectares of forest areas have burned in the department of Santa Cruz in the last two months. Meanwhile, in other regions, the fires have affected nearly…
Does peanuts originate from Bolivia? | ¿El maní tiene origen boliviano?
Vision 360: An expert claims that “all peanuts, from all over the world,” come from a cross “between two wild species of Bolivian peanuts”. A referential image. Photo: Infobae / Cocina fácil An investigator from the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Sergio Svistoonoff, stated in a conference that peanuts “from all over the…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 