SHAFIK MEGHJI, Lonely Planet Writer You’ll need to do some planning to explore Bolivia’s amazing landscapes © Peter Adams / Getty Images In the heart of South America, Bolivia is home to some of the most dramatic landscapes on the continent. From pristine rainforests and high-altitude salt flats to cities rich with cultural diversity, there’s an incredible…
Category: Environment
Illegal hunting leaves two orphaned bears – Caza ilegal deja dos ositos huérfanos
Julio Rojas, Los Tiempos: The story of Thaki and Chojñita, two orphaned bears who live in Senda Verde Chojñita, the rescued jukumari bear who now lives in Senda Verde. | Green Path Thaki, the bear cub who was orphaned at three weeks of birth. | Green Path Two dead jukumari bears and two orphaned cubs…
MADIDI: Park rangers prepare actions against illegal mining incursion – Guardaparques preparan acciones contra incursión minera ilegal
Walter Vasquez, El Deber: The procedure for awarding the 75-square-square area is carried out before the Mining Administrative Jurisdictional Authority by the Azariama Colorado R. L. Gold Mining Cooperative. Sernap park rangers prepare sanctioning processes for those responsible for the entry into the Resina sector of the Madidi National Park with machinery destined for illegal…
Andean flicker (Colaptes rupicola) – Carpintero andino
Knowing our birds: The Andean Woodpecker Fig. 1. Yaca-yaca feeding on a beetle larva (Photo: M. Isabel Gómez). By: M. Isabel Gomez MNHN-Zoology Unit-Ornithology Section The species Colaptes rupicola, is a woodpecker that measures about 32 cm. The plumage of the mantle and the wings have a pattern of bars that help it to camouflage…
Predatory Mennonites laugh at Bolivian laws – Menonitas depredadores, se ríen de leyes bolivianas
Editorial, El Deber: A clandestine and deforesting bridge An investigative report by journalist Roberto Navia discovered that, without government authorization or any environmental impact study, more than 200 Mennonite families built a 150-meter bridge over the Parapetí River, at a cost of approximately half a million dollars, in the middle of the forests of the…
Drug factories multiply in the depths of protected areas – Se multiplican las fábricas de droga en las entrañas de las áreas protegidas
Silvana Vincenti, El Deber: Historical data between 2017 and 2021 from the Special Force to Fight Drug Trafficking (Felcn) shows an increase in drug factories within protection zones, forest reserves and indigenous territories “Payroll: Calicha, Negro, Adam, Maira; 4,956 (Kg)”, says the notebook found in May of last year by agents of the Special Force…
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