By Wara Arteaga, Visión 360: Unlike other National Parks, Cotapata covers a small area and concentrates a diversity of ecosystems: cloud forests, inter-Andean ecosystems, Yungas jungles, and rich biological heritage. Birdwatching in Cotapata National Park. / Photo: Marcelo Arze – BIOTA. Because of its climate, its views, and its proximity to the city of La…
Category: Environment
Bolivia facing the collapse of the myth of the coca leaf | Bolivia ante el derrumbe del mito de la hoja de coca
By Javier Viscarra, El Dia: Bolivia is witnessing an uncomfortable, almost inevitable moment in which the old myth of the coca leaf is beginning to crack. A few decades ago the idea was nurtured that merely repeating “coca is not cocaine” would earn international indulgence and domestic permissiveness. However, reality has become louder than any…
Tuichi River Gains Rights in Bolivia | Río Tuichi obtiene derechos en Bolivia
By Jorge Soruco, Vision 360: Tribunal Agroambiental recognizes the Tuichi River as a subject of rights and bans mining in its waters The resolution orders environmental precautionary measures to prevent risks to the river’s biodiversity and protect public health from pollution. Mining activity in the Tuichi River. PHOTO: Sernap The Plenary Chamber of the Agro-Environmental…
18.000 huellas de dinosaurio encontradas en el Parque Nacional Torotoro de Bolivia | 18,000 Dinosaur Tracks Found in Bolivia’s Torotoro National Park
Por ColombiaOne: Se han descubierto más de 18.000 huellas fosilizadas de dinosaurios en el centro de Bolivia, lo que lo convierte en el sitio más extenso de su tipo jamás documentado. El hallazgo, realizado en el Parque Nacional Torotoro en un lugar llamado Carreras Pampa, arroja nueva luz sobre cómo vivían los dinosaurios y cómo…
Silent Justice Amid Illegal Mining | Justicia muda frente a la minería ilegal
By Jimena Mercado, Erbol: Illegal mining in Madre de Dios: Agro-Environmental Tribunal remains silent four months after preventive action The Center for Legal Studies and Social Research (CEJIS), through its director Miguel Vargas, expresses concern over the Agro-Environmental Tribunal’s failure to rule on the direct preventive environmental action filed four months ago by the Multiethnic…
Launch of Bolivia’s first digital wine-tourism platform: Ruta del Vino | Lanzan la primera plataforma digital de enoturismo en Bolivia: Ruta del Vino
By Erbol: INITIATIVE BY PROMETA The NGO Protección del Medio Ambiente Tarija (PROMETA) has introduced Ruta del Vino Bolivia (www.rutadelvinobolivia.com), the country’s first platform fully dedicated to wine tourism. The site gathers tourist information from the Tarija and Cinti valleys, including wineries, vineyards, tour operators, complementary services, and cultural activities. The platform allows visitors to…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 