Pagina Siete: 20 species new to science found in the Zongo Valley Among the twenty finds are the Yope mountain viper, the Bolivian flag snake and the Liliputian frog. “It is a milestone for science,” according to experts. Hallan 20 especies nuevas para la ciencia en el valle de Zongo Entre la veintena de hallazgos…
Category: Environment
Se acabó – It’s over
Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: End of the oil companies The reign of oil has lasted 161 years until now but it goes out like a candle, just like the reign of mineral coal, which has lasted until now for 260 years and goes out like an ember. According to Antonio Escohotado, a Spanish researcher, in…
Cacao – Bolivia – Cocoa
Webinar Dec/11/2020 – El Diario: World market demands Bolivian Amazonian cocoa Bolivian cocoa is one of the agricultural products with the highest current demand in the national and international market, and its industrialization generates significant revenues worldwide of around 80 billion dollars annually. Bolivia is one of the few countries in the world that has…
Bolivia: Climate change, inequality and resilience
[To read full text on both documents, click on every photo] Introduction In 2009, a team of Oxfam researchers travelled around Bolivia, collecting information about the country’s vulnerability to climate change and interviewing experts, government officials and NGOs, and most importantly, poor women and men, mostly from Indigenous communities, about their experiences of climate change…
Ola de calor – Heat wave
El Diario: According to Senamhi Heat wave in the eastern part of the country surpasses historical levels The localities most affected by high temperatures are located in the eastern Amazon and Chiquitania, Santa Cruz and Beni. In Cobija 37.8 degrees, surpassing the historical record of 36.6 reported in 2008 The heat wave that has overwhelmed…
The Mysterious Sajama Lines
Heritage Daily: The Sajama Lines is an ancient network of pre-Hispanic linear paths, located in the altiplano, or highlands of western Bolivia near the Nevado Sajama volcano. The web of lines covers an area of 22,525 square kilometres (almost fifteen times larger than the Nazca lines situated over a thousand kilometres away), and ran a combined length…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 