Editorial, Los Tiempos: Winter ends and hot spots, forest fires and grass fires multiply. This year, exceptionally, Santa Cruz is not the department most affected by the devastating fires that are now more numerous in Beni, Cochabamba and La Paz. The last official report yesterday on satellite monitoring of hot spots in the country, registered…
Category: Environment
Miners seek green light for illegal mining – Mineros buscan luz verde para la minería ilegal
ANF, El Diario: Experts warn The massive march of the miners affiliated with the National Federation of Mining Cooperatives of Bolivia (Fencomin) should not be an excuse to negotiate the natural heritage or to ask for the green light in illegal mining exploitation, maintain the director of the Bolivian Documentation and Information Center (Cedib), Óscar…
Beni: tacana chocolate looks at the urban markets of Bolivia | el chocolate tacana mira los mercados urbanos de Bolivia
Ivan Alejandro Paredes, El Deber: Chocolate from that region is highly requested in the cafes of Rurrenabaque. Tourists ask for organic cocoa. In the community of Altamarani one of the best chocolates is produced. The initiative is led by Tacana indigenous people who live in that town, located in the municipality of San Buenaventura in…
Amboró: Water = Food Safety | Agua = Seguridad Alimentaria
El Mundo: The “Amboró” park guarantees water for Food Safety VITAL: LIDEMA considers the Amboró park as the head of a vital biological corridor for the region because it captures water and at least five rivers originate from it. In flora, it has 5,000 species of native plants and fauna more than 1,236 species The…
Cork oaks and tajibos in bloom, a beauty at the end of winter | Alcornoques y tajibos en flor, una belleza al ocaso del invierno
Lourdes Molina Rea, El Deber: They are different species with a common denominator, their ability to reproduce when the number of hours of sunshine are scarce There are still a few weeks left until the start of spring and the roundabout, mainly the one on the first ring, looks like an art painting. The tajibos…
Indigenous people in the Bolivian Amazon fight back against threats to their home | Indígenas de la Amazonía boliviana luchan contra las amenazas a su hogar
Nation World News: The evil in this remote point of the planet is demonstrated by an extreme appetite for deforestation, which puts Bolivia among the three countries in the world with the greatest loss of its tropical primary forests, reports Global Forest Watch And that too during 2022. World Resources Institute – 386,000 hectares got…
