Gustavo Jimenez, Morgan Erickson-Davis, Mongabay: An oasis within dry Chiquitano forest in eastern Bolivia, Concepción Lake and its surrounding wetland provide valuable habitat for 253 bird, 48 mammal and 54 fish species. However, despite being officially listed as a protected area, cultivation of commodity crops like soy and sorghum is expanding and supplanting habitat. Agricultural…
Category: Santa Cruz
Falla gubernamental – Government failure
Josue Hinojosa, Los Tiempos: Production of 6 crops in Santa Cruz increases by 15% Despite the difficulties related to the coronavirus pandemic, the production of soy, corn, wheat, sunflower, sorghum and chia in year 2020 reached a volume of 5,024,000 tons, 15 percent above the volume registered in 2019, reported the vice president of the…
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…
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…
Incendios forestales – Forest fires
El Día: Active forest fires in Bolivia decrease to nine Disminuyen a nueve los incendios forestales activos en Bolivia The Ministry of Defense, based on information from the National Incident Command, announced that active forest fires in Bolivia were reduced to nine. According to the details of the official report updated until the night of…
Agricultura familiar – Family farming
From the producers Family farming the reactivation proposal Meeting. The unity of the entire sector that is in the production chain, from production, transformation and marketing, was raised. De parte de los productores Agricultura familiar la propuesta de reactivación Reunión. Se planteó la unidad de todo el sector que está en la cadena productiva, desde…
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