Manfredo Kempff, El Diario: Assault in the national parks A sign of civilization and culture in a country is to create and support its protected areas, and within that is, of course, the maintenance and care of national parks, which are specific areas, where vegetation, waters and the fauna cannot be trampled by man. In…
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Couple rescues bees threatened by deforestation in Bolivia
Reuters, Daily Sabah: A couple in Bolivia is moving honey bees to a sanctuary they created to address a staggering decline in the insects’ colonies due to deforestation and coca farming, which has encroached on their habitat. For 10 years, zootechnical engineering vet Eric Paredes and his wife Cinthya Callisaya Yujra have scoured the humid,…
Industrial agriculture threatens a wetland oasis in Bolivia
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…
Image: Deforestation in Bolivia
By European Space Agency via Phys Org: This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features an area in the Santa Cruz Department of Bolivia, where part of the tropical dry forest has been cleared for agricultural use. Since the 1980s, the area has been rapidly deforested owing to a large agricultural development effort where people from the Andean high…
Why Bolivia’s Wildfires Are Raising the Heat on Evo Morales
Frida Ghitis reports for World Politics Review: TO read the whole article, please use this link: https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/28256/why-bolivia-s-wildfires-are-raising-the-heat-on-evo-morales
Heavy Rains Extinguish Monthslong Fires in Bolivia
Reuters for The New York Times: Firefighters of Bolivia’s Army patrolling an area where wildfires have destroyed forest at Rancho Grande village in Robore, Bolivia, last month.CreditCreditEdgard Garrido/Reuters Recent heavy rains in the Bolivian Amazon have helped put out forest fires that have raged for two months across the landlocked South American nation, charring more…
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