Surfer Today reports: Finnish skateboarder Jaakko Ojanen created a skatepark out of bricks of pure salt in the high Andes mountain range. The project had never been attempted before in the history of skateboarding, but the internationally renowned rider wanted to make it a reality. The “White Desert” project allowed Ojanen, Angelo Caro, Luciano Cristobal,…
Category: Environment
Alliance for employment and production – Alianza por el empleo y la producción
Jimmy Ortiz writes in El Deber: Alliance for employment and production The economic and social consequences that the Coronavirus crisis has left us, will have to be faced among all. The fall in GDP in Bolivia, by 5.9%, will be the worst in national history. The world expects a 5.2% drop, which will mean “the…
Reflections from Bolivia
Ryandall Lim writes for Straits Times: Up in the cloudless sky, a million stars twinkled. I had traipsed across South America and capped my 40-day adventure in Bolivia. 2020 was off to a great start and I could not wait for the rest of it. But towards the end of my trip in February, posts…
Scientists are producing data without sharing it with people who actually need it
All scientists want their research to have impact. But how often is that impact realized? A recent case study in Madidi National Park, Bolivia sought to put numbers to actual rates of knowledge dissemination and implementation. This study, published by Anne Toomey, assistant professor at Pace University, María Eugenia Copa Alvaro from the Colección Boliviana de Fauna in Bolivia,…
Bolivia NGO warns of increase in forest fires
AFP reports for CNA: LA PAZ: Environmentalists in Bolivia warned on Thursday (Apr 30) of a marked increase in forest fires this year that threaten a repeat of the environmental disaster that ravaged much of the Amazon in 2019. Bolivia registered 15,354 forest fires in the first four months of the year – a 35…
Abel Bellido Córdoba: deserves respect! – merece respeto!
Abel reflects our daily conundrum and deserves our full respect. It is despicable that worthy people like him have to face threats of all sorts as this article describes (see a portion of his work at the bottom): Pagina Siete reports: Harassment and death threats against the illustrator of Página Siete The threats and insults…
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