By Rosio Flores, La Razon: In this situation, technicians from the Government of La Paz recommend not handling or feeding the animals and alerting specialized institutions. A boat-billed heron rescued by technical personnel from the Government of La Paz. PHOTO: GADLP Residents of several municipalities in northern La Paz, and even in El Alto, have…
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Illegal Gold: Rapid Destruction in Bolivia’s Amazon | Oro ilegal: destrucción acelerada en la Amazonía boliviana
By Brujula Digital: Report: Illegal gold mining in Bolivia is growing and causing severe impacts Bolivia’s Amazon is undergoing rapid degradation linked to alluvial mining, especially in the departments of La Paz, Beni, and Pando. Dredges and barges operate in rivers such as the Kaka, Beni, Madre de Dios, and Orthon. Illegal gold mining is…
Agroecological municipalities free of mining activity | Municipios agroecológicos libres de actividad minera
By Agencia de Noticias Ambientales, Erbol: Municipalities and Indigenous Peoples ask Paz and Lara for definitive rejection of mining requests in those territories Through a letter addressed to the president- and vice president-elect, Rodrigo Paz and Edman Lara respectively, sent by Indigenous peoples, mayors’ offices and civil society organizations, they requested the definitive rejection of…
The Return of the Palkachupa | El regreso de la palkachupa
By Fernando Chávez, Vision 360: Leco Indigenous People Recover the Population of a Bolivian Endemic Bird Believed Extinct for Nearly a Century Two of these birds appeared before the eyes of Remmy Huanca as he rested under the shade of a tree in the Bolivian Amazon. A specimen of the small bird known as the…
Indigenous women with high mercury concentrations | Mujeres indígenas con altas concentraciones de mercurio
By Erbol, El Diario: Nine out of ten, according to a Cedib study A pilot study on mercury exposure and the health status of women from indigenous communities living along the Beni and Madre de Dios river basins in the Amazon revealed that nine out of ten indigenous women of childbearing age show concentrations above…
From the Bolivian Amazon to the White House | De la Amazonía Boliviana a la Casa Blanca
By EFE, Vision 360: Açaí produced by Tacana Indigenous people in the Bolivian Amazon is sold across from the White House in Washington They affirm that the “trilogy of producers–private company–FAO” has already allowed Bolivian products to be sold in the form of ice cream and smoothies across from the White House. FAO’s deputy representative…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 