By Jimena Mercado, AGENCIA DE NOTICIAS AMBIENTALES, Erbol: Ruth Alípaz: Illegal Mining Continues in Amazon Rivers Despite Agro-Environmental Court Rulings Despite Environmental Order No. SP-TAA 012/2025, issued by the Full Chamber of the Agro-Environmental Court on September 30, 2025, which established urgent environmental precautionary measures to halt illegal mining and protect the Tuichi River, located…
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Land Invaders Behind San Julián Blockades? | ¿Avasalladores Detrás de los Bloqueos?
By Eju.tv: Owner of Santa Rita Claims More Than 70% of Blockade Participants in San Julián Are Part of the Land Invaders The people maintaining blockades in that municipality support the demands of the Bolivian Workers’ Central (COB) and the groups that have been mobilized throughout the country since May 4. Melisa Barba, owner of…
Back to the Wild | De vuelta a la selva
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…
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…
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