Editorial from El Deber, photos from the internet: Depredation is devouring the tropical forests of Bolivia and the other countries that share the Amazon. According to a latest study presented by the Friends of Nature Foundation, the equivalent to the territory of Ecuador has already been lost; that is, 283,560 square kilometers, aggravating the environmental…
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Santa Cruz, Bolivia experiences uncontrolled deforestation!
Santa Cruz de la Sierra was considered the fastest growing city in South America (70s – 80s) and as such now carries the more entrepreneurial society in Bolivia. Santa Cruz Department is credited with the production of close to 70% of the food in Bolivia … nevertheless, it is also striking to see how weather…
Cattle farmers worried about pending cases for slash-and-burning of previous years
Hoybolivia.com reports: Cattle farmers worried about pending cases for slash-and-burning of previous years Trinidad, (ABI) .- The manager of the Beni and Pando Cattle Raising Federation, Carmelo Arteaga, said on Monday that the sector is concerned about the pending processes that exist for slash-and-burning on their farms in past years. “There are concerns about some administrative…
China’s Sinohydro again highly questioned in Bolivia!
ANF reports via El Deber: Deputy will sue Sinohydro again Monasterio indicated that it collected new information to file another lawsuit against the Chinese company. Congressman Tomás Monasterio (Democrat) will activate another criminal action against the Chinese Sinohydro, despite the death threats he received by a group of people during the inspection he did to…
Bolivia Environment 101: Where do we go with the protected areas
Arturo Moscoso writes in El Deber: Where do we go with the protected areas For a number of years, a number of protected areas and conservation units have been created by countries, following the mandates of the UN Biodiversity Convention and to fulfill the functions of maintaining ecosystem representativeness, protecting landscapes, protecting water sources And…
Bolivia’s Forest Loss is larger the size of Israel, El Salvador, Slovenia, Jamaica, and Lebanon combined!
A very important and alarming Sub-Editorial from Pagina Siete: Forest Loss Bolivia ranks seventh among the 10 countries with the greatest loss of forest areas between 1990 and 2015, according to a report from the digital version of Data La Nación, from Argentina, which in turn uses data from the Statistics Unit of the Organization…
