El Potosi, Correo del Sur: Técnicos de la Gobernación potosina realizan el monitoreo de las aguas en el río Tarapaya, antes de que llegue a territorio chuquisaqueño. | Technicians from the Potosi Government carry out water monitoring in the Tarapaya River, before it reaches Chuquisaca territory. | GENTILEZA Tailings dam wall collapses in Potosí and…
Category: Environment
Jorge Banegas Franco: Ranger from Bolivia among global award winners | Guardabosque de Bolivia entre ganadores de premios mundiales
At the IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress, twelve rangers and ranger teams from around the world received an International Ranger Award today for their extraordinary commitment to protecting nature and helping local communities. Photo: @GABRIEL CHÁVEZ SEOANE Kigali, Rwanda, 20 July 2022 (IUCN).- Winners of the second International Ranger Awards, presented by the International Union for…
Chaco – Chiquitania: Drought | Sequía
El Diario: Drought is critical in the Chaco and will last until August The Chaco and Chiquitania regions are affected by meteorological drought, which translates into low rainfall that affects food production, reported the head of the Climatology Unit of the National Meteorology and Hydrology Service (Senamhi), Willy Rocha. “Now we are in a dry…
Madidi: Ecological pause | Pausa ecológica
El Diario: Popular Action was admitted They await an ecological pause to save Madidi Park The reserve of the department of La Paz is invaded and severely affected by illegal mining, indiscriminate logging and even activities such as drug trafficking, emphasized Senator Cecilia Requena. The hearing was set by the Constitutional Chamber for July 29…
Potosí: History of water | Historia del agua
Juan José Toro · El Potosí: Well find recalls long history of water When Potosí was born, it did not have a distribution system for the liquid element. As expected, the maintenance and renovation works in the second Mint House gave rise to a discovery, this time of a well that would have been covered…
Environmental deaths that should have been avoided | Muertes ambientales que debieron evitarse
Editorial, Página Siete: The Concepción lagoon, an idyllic place in the Chiquitania of Santa Cruz, has ceased to exist. Had no funeral or death certificate. The Bolivian State let her die with indifference. Ñembi Guasu is a “new” conservation area in the Chaco” (it is three years old) and it is the second in importance,…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 