El Diario: The representative for Creemos, María René Álvarez, announced that she had sent eight notes to different United Nations rapporteurs to advocate for the rights of indigenous peoples and to denounce the forest fires that this year totaled 3.3 million hectares burned in national territory. During an interview with the international network CNN, Álvarez…
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Loss of biodiversity will cause food crisis | Pérdida de la biodiversidad originará crisis alimentaria
El Diario: Given the delayed reaction to stop fires in the country The loss of thousands of hectares of forest due to devastating fires and uncontrolled logging, in addition to thousands of dead animals and pollution will bring a “complicated food crisis” to the country, which will be reflected in the low production of some…
The arsonists 👎🏽 Los incendiarios
Renzo Abruzzese, Los Tiempos: Until last week, the fires of the last two months have devastated more than 3.5 million hectares. The Government reports daily how many heat sources exist, but maintains a suspicious silence regarding the magnitude of the devastated hectares and their location. Something like this had not been seen before in our…
Bolivia registers the highest environmental pollution | Bolivia registra la mayor contaminación ambiental
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…
Record levels in deforestation | Niveles récord de deforestación
Jonathan Reynolds, Mongabay: Why has deforestation reached record levels in Bolivia? (commentary) In both national and multilateral fora, Bolivia is increasingly showing its reluctance to curb deforestation. President Luis Arce, soon to be entering the penultimate year of his term, has built up a poor environmental record, supporting the unbridled growth of a largely extractive economy,…
Madidi park ranger faces an unjustified judicial process for defending nature | Guardaparque del Madidi enfrenta un injustificado proceso judicial por defender la naturaleza
ANF: The Judge of Caranavi, as a legal substitute for the Judge of Apolo, scheduled the oral trial hearing for November 15 of this year. La Paz, October 28, 2023 (ANF).- The Madidi park ranger Raúl Santa Cruz (42) who tried at the end of March to prevent the entry of heavy machinery intended for…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 