By EFE, Red Uno: Jaguar Rescued from 2024 Fires to Be Returned to Its Natural Environment The feline was rescued in 2024 after fleeing wildfires in Santa Cruz and spent two years in rehabilitation before her upcoming reintroduction. The jaguar Yaguara in Santa Cruz. File photo: EFE For the first time in Bolivia, a jaguar…
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Rangers Push Back on Social Media Gag | Guardaparques rechazan mordaza en redes
By El Día: Park rangers reject Sernap directive limiting them to providing information on social media about protected areas Sernap also ordered that all communication be carried out only through official accounts, in order to safeguard the institution’s image. Bolivian park rangers. Photo: Sernap The Bolivian Association of Park Rangers and Conservation Agents (Abolac) expressed…
Illegal Mining Threatens Bolivia | La minería ilegal amenaza a Bolivia
By Sumando Voces: Study Warns of the Expansion of Illegal Mining in Bolivia and Raises Alarm Over Environmental and Economic Impacts Mining dredges. Photo: CPILAP A recent investigation warns that illegal mining has ceased to be a marginal phenomenon and has become a structural threat that compromises the economy, the ecosystem, and national security. The…
Masismo turned land into loot to benefit mafias | El masismo transformó la tierra en un botín para beneficiar a mafias
By El Diario: After being sworn in as the new Vice Minister of Lands, Hormando Vaca Diez said that during nearly 20 years of the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) in power, many fallacies were constructed, including the supposed defense of natural resources and Mother Earth, when reality showed that the socialist regime turned land into…
Land Seizures Threaten Rule of Law | Avasallamientos ponen en riesgo el Estado de Derecho
By Ernesto Estremadoiro, El Deber: CAO demands a technical, “non-political” INRA to guarantee legal certainty The president of the CAO entering the meeting with the Government The president of the Eastern Agricultural Chamber warned that land seizures are the result of land trafficking, not social conflicts, and called on the Government to apply the law…
Illegal Gold: Rapid Destruction in Bolivia’s Amazon | Oro ilegal: destrucción acelerada en la Amazonía boliviana
By Brujula Digital: Report: Illegal gold mining in Bolivia is growing and causing severe impacts Bolivia’s Amazon is undergoing rapid degradation linked to alluvial mining, especially in the departments of La Paz, Beni, and Pando. Dredges and barges operate in rivers such as the Kaka, Beni, Madre de Dios, and Orthon. Illegal gold mining is…
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