Julio Rojas, Los Tiempos: The story of Thaki and Chojñita, two orphaned bears who live in Senda Verde Chojñita, the rescued jukumari bear who now lives in Senda Verde. | Green Path Thaki, the bear cub who was orphaned at three weeks of birth. | Green Path Two dead jukumari bears and two orphaned cubs…
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MADIDI: Park rangers prepare actions against illegal mining incursion – Guardaparques preparan acciones contra incursión minera ilegal
Walter Vasquez, El Deber: The procedure for awarding the 75-square-square area is carried out before the Mining Administrative Jurisdictional Authority by the Azariama Colorado R. L. Gold Mining Cooperative. Sernap park rangers prepare sanctioning processes for those responsible for the entry into the Resina sector of the Madidi National Park with machinery destined for illegal…
Jukumari – Spectacled bear
Los osos andinos en el bosque seco de Tarija. | Cortesía Los osos andinos en el bosque seco de Tarija. | Cortesía Geraldine Corrales Arandia, Los Tiempos: Wines and honey to support the conservation of the Andean bear Jukumari bear conservation is a job that requires a lot of support across the country. The program…
NO a la represa/No to the dam: Chepete-El Bala
ANF, El Diario: Defense Committee rejects the Chepete-El Bala project Through a public statement, the Committee for the Defense of Amazonian life in the Madera River Basin rejected the implementation of the Chepete-El Bala hydroelectric project as an ecocidal threat, that is, of destruction of nature. Denounced that the government of Luis Arce Catacora intends…
Indigenous groups call for gov’t intervention as land grabbers invade Bolivian protected area
Iván Paredes Tamayo on 12 November 2021 | Translated by Sarah Engel, Mongabay: Bajo Paraguá – San Ignacio de Velasco Municipal Protected Area was created on February 12, 2021, to protect 983,000 hectares (about 2,429,045 acres) of primary forest in the Chiquitania region of Bolivia. But despite its new protected status, residents are reporting invasions and human…
Sapo Arlequín – Atelopus Tricolor
EFE, Los Tiempos: Experts preserve the Atelopus Tricolor, found in Bolivia after 17 years Several organizations joined in a project to protect the Tricolor Harlequin toad or Atelopus tricolor that was thought to be extinct in Bolivia, but after 17 years they found two individuals of this species. This small toad, which is characteristic for…
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