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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Chiquitania fire, war crime
Editorial from El Diario, photos from the internet: The enormous fires of forests and grasslands in the country, mainly in Chiquitania, where immense fields of about 50 thousand square kilometers burned for two months, have left devastated lands, covered with ashes. The tragedy has caused public outrage and, at the same time, the reaction of…
Bolivia wildfires in east extinguished by rain
BBC reports: Heavy rains have extinguished wildfires which destroyed more than four million hectares of land in eastern Bolivia in recent months, officials say. “It has rained all across Chiquitanía and our satellite no longer shows any active forest fires,” a Santa Cruz province official said. The fires triggered mass protests against the environmental policies…
Morales and his lies at the UN
Angelica Siles writes in El Diario: Article 387.l of the Political Constitution of the State states that “The State must guarantee the conservation of forestry forests in areas of forest vocation, their sustainable use, the conservation and recovery of flora, fauna and degraded areas.” Unfortunately, public servant Morales DOES NOT FULFILL the constitutional mandate. Between…
The equivalent of TWO Belgiums has already been burned in Bolivia
Pagina Siete reports: The equivalent of all Cochabamba has already been burned Two million hectares lost are forests. Photo: Soyelgas / Pagina Siete According to the most recent report of the Friends of Nature Foundation (FAN), the equivalent of the entire extension of Cochabamba or double of Belgium has already been consumed by fire. The…
‘Everything is burned’: Bolivian caravan marches across fire-ravaged region to pressure Morales
Santiago Limachi, David Mercado report for Reuters: CHIQUITANO FOREST, Bolivia (Reuters) – In Bolivia’s fire-ravaged lowlands, a caravan of indigenous protesters is marching hundreds of miles to demand President Evo Morales declare a surge in wildfires a national disaster, a move they hope will unleash international aid. People march during the 10th Indigenous March to defend…
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