El Diario: Fire devastates national parks Large areas of protected areas were devastated by forest fires that affected fauna and flora in a catastrophic way. The uncontrollable fire that different regions endure places Bolivia as one of the countries with the greatest environmental pollution globally, due to the dense smoke caused by uncontrolled fires and…
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The environmental disaster that plagues the country | El desastre medioambiental que azota al país
Editorial, Los Tiempos: Bolivia faces a set of severe problems whose impact and significance exceed those of the political, economic and energy crises. These are environmental disasters that are causing a debacle in several regions of the country, threatening food security, and are aggravated by the absence of serious and effective initiatives to control their…
Collapsed ecosystem in Bolivia | Ecosistema colapsado en Bolivia
El Diario: El deterioro ambiental preocupa en el país, ya que el aire y el agua están contaminados, como consecuencia de los incendios provocados y la minería ilegal. Due to fires and mining The climatological impacts that the country faces can hardly be ignored when living with the dense smoke due to the fires that…
Who defends Bolivia? | ¿Quién defiende a Bolivia?
Editorial, El Deber: Several million inhabitants are literally suffocated by the smoke that invades the country. The fire spreads in five departments and Bolivia occupies second place with the highest number of heat sources, just as it is on the podium for poor quality air to breathe. It is the worst moment in history in…
Blazes and drought | Incendios y sequía
Editorial, Los Tiempos: In the last four years, forest fires devastated more than 18.6 million hectares. The good news is that so far in 2023 the fire has destroyed a smaller area than those devastated in the last four years (one million hectares versus 5.7 million in 2019). The bad news is that forest fires…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 