Ben Walker reports for Inside Climate News: Climate Change Is Making This Bolivian Village a Ghost Town Two years of drought and rising temperatures dried up the river and quinoa fields, pushing a wave of migration to cities as people searched for work. SANTIAGO K, Bolivia — Someone’s nearly always lived in Santiago K. Cupped…
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Climate change: The tajibos of the streets of Santa Cruz are stressed
Juan Pablo Pimentel reports for El Deber: The tajibos of the streets of Santa Cruz are stressed Pink and yellow flowers bloomed at the same time, a beautiful show, but that is irregular. The pink tajibo [Tabebuia chrysantha (araguaney or yellow ipê)] was late in blooming. It was the driest July [2017] of the last…
Resilience in Bolivia: Impact evaluation of supporting communities to adapt to changing weather patterns and improve their livelihoods
Oxfam report by Rob Fuller and Jonathan Lain for Reliefweb: Resilience in Bolivia: Impact evaluation of supporting communities to adapt to changing weather patterns and improve their livelihoods This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2015/16, selected for review under the resilience thematic area. This report documents the findings of a…
Brown and barren land: Bolivia’s historic drought – in pictures
The Guardian reports: Brown and barren land: Bolivia’s historic drought – in pictures During Bolivia’s worst drought in 25 years, photographer Marcelo Perez visited the reservoirs that supply drinking water to its biggest cities, to find a stark and arid landscape La sequía histórica de Bolivia – en imágenes All photographs by Marcelo Perez del Carpio…
Drought-hit Bolivia has seen almost HALF of its glaciers disappear in two decades due to climate change
Paul Cockerton reports for Mirror: Drought-hit Bolivia has seen almost HALF of its glaciers disappear in two decades due to climate change The country’s worst drought for 25 years has led to water rationing and slashed harvests. A state of emergency has been in force for 100 days in drought-hit Bolivia where climate change has…
Bolivia’s Disappearing Lake Poopo
Earth Island Journal reports: Bolivia’s Disappearing Lake BY LINDA FARTHING – FEBRUARY 1, 2017 As Lake Poopó vanishes, depleted by water diversions and warming temperatures, it leaves behind an uncertain future for Indigenous Urus Battered by the blinding sun that reigns supreme in Bolivia’s arid high plain, Urus-Muratos villagers from three Lake Poopó communities waited…
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