Lourdes Molina, El Deber: The fire enters the Noel Kempff Mercado Park The fire is located on a plateau that is difficult to access. Brigades mobilized to design fire fighting strategies The forest fires do not let up and now they have begun to affect the forest reserves. Yesterday a fire was reported in the…
Category: Environment
Birdwatching – Aviturismo
Marcelo Arze, Opinion: Can birdwatching fly in Bolivia? Bolivia is a country with great potential to attract the world’s bird watchers and needs to develop a strategy to conquer this market that moves millions of dollars annually in the world. Being in the continent of birds, and having territory both in the tropical Andes and…
“Red alert” for forest fires | “Alerta roja por incendios forestales
Viviana Angélica Trujillo, AlDiaNews: The Governor’s Office of Santa Cruz reported a total of 77 new fire outbreaks in addition to the 1,531 identified in the month of August, while forest fires accumulated more than 15,700 during the season. “Red alert” for forest fires in Bolivia’s largest region Located in the department of Santa Cruz,…
Madidi: Illegal mining – Mineria ilegal
El Diario: Illegal mining in Parque Madidi is an undeniable issue The result of the Popular Action demanding an ecological pause in the territory of the Madidi National Park has not yet been defined. The tie between two members will be defined by a third party. After the judicial decision to postpone the ruling related…
The ancient people who reshaped the Amazon | Las misteriosas civilizaciones que inspiraron la leyenda de El Dorado
BBC: (Image credit: agefotostock/Alamy) By Shafik Meghji Dating back millennia and covering hundreds of square kilometres, these little-known ruins are changing perceptions of the Amazon and its ancient inhabitants. In a stretch of the Bolivian Amazon known as the Llanos de Moxos, the sultry port of Loma Suárez takes its name from a notorious rubber baron…
Bolivia: Anteater rescued from wildfires ravaging protected areas | Oso hormiguero rescatado de incendios forestales que asolan áreas protegidas
ABC, Reuters: Anteater rescued from wildfires ravaging protected areas in Bolivia Key points: Wildfires left around 14 hectares of terrain burnt across three different protected areas this week Annual forest fires in Bolivia have intensified in recent years Bolivia’s forests are home to jaguars, pumas, anteaters, night monkeys and countless other species Bolivian firefighters have rescued an anteater…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 