Monica Machicao, Reuters: Pink river dolphins: Bolivian scientists, fishermen team up to unravel mysteries LA PAZ, Sept 23 (Reuters) – Fishermen who once angled for rare pink river dolphins are working with researchers in Bolivia’s Amazon jungle in a high-tech bid to assure the species’ survival and better understand their needs. Scientists with global environmental…
Tag: biodiversity
Liberan a osa hormiguera que fue rescatada de los incendios en Roboré – They release an anteater that was rescued from the fires in Roboré
Miguel Angel Roca, El Deber: (WATCH THE VIDEO) The anteater was found by the brigades that work in the liquidation of the fire, with serious signs of dehydration and stress On the morning of this Thursday, an anteater was returned to its natural habitat that was rescued when it tried to escape the forest fire…
Indigenous people question misuse of prior consultation for Chepete and El Bala projects – Indígenas cuestionan mal uso de consulta previa para proyectos Chepete y El Bala
Silvana Vincenti, El Deber: The Commonwealth of Indigenous Communities of the Beni, Tuichi and Quiquibey Rivers issued a statement on these hydroelectric plants, which have already been rejected, and which they believe will cut off their rivers The Commonwealth of Indigenous Communities of the Beni, Tuichi and Quiquibey Rivers, an organization that was created in…
Forest fires ravage thousands of hectares of land in Bolivia
Syndicated Content, WHBL: By Danny Ramos and Reuters TV LA PAZ (Reuters) – Fires have laid waste to around 150,000 hectares (579 square miles)of forests and grasslands so far this year in the Bolivian lowlands, the country’s authorities have said, with firefighters battling scattered blazes since last week in eastern Santa Cruz. The fires spread…
Damn you Chinese triads and those consumers!
Chinese triads target Bolivia’s jaguars in search of ‘American tiger’ parts by Vanessa Romo on 2 March 2021 | Translated by Romina Castagnino, Mongabay: An intelligence-gathering investigation by Earth League International and the Dutch national committee to the IUCN has revealed that Chinese-controlled trafficking syndicates are responsible for smuggling jaguar body parts out of Bolivia. These groups hide…
2 condors released into Bolivian wild as probe held into mass poisoning
La Prensa Latina: Choquekota, Bolivia, Feb 23 (efe-epa).- Two female condors rescued in a rural Bolivian community were returned to their natural habitat on Tuesday after undergoing a rehabilitation process in the municipal biopark of La Paz and as an investigation is underway in the south of the country into the death of around 30…
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