By Wara Arteaga, Visión 360: Unlike other National Parks, Cotapata covers a small area and concentrates a diversity of ecosystems: cloud forests, inter-Andean ecosystems, Yungas jungles, and rich biological heritage. Birdwatching in Cotapata National Park. / Photo: Marcelo Arze – BIOTA. Because of its climate, its views, and its proximity to the city of La…
Tag: environmental awareness
Rise Without Protection | Crecida sin defensa
By El Deber: River Yapacaní: environmentalist denounces lack of preventive action despite “extraordinary rise” Drone images the day after the surge | Photo: Román Vitrón The recent swelling of the Yapacaní River exposed the fragility of the riverbanks and put gas pipelines, high-voltage lines, the Santa Fe treatment plant, and homes in the cabin area…
A Fish Returns from Extinction | Un Pez que Vuelve de la Extinción
By Erbol: SURVIVES ECOLOGICAL DISASTER Rediscovery of Moema claudiae, Bolivian fish on the Red List of extinction; urgent protection requested Rivulids, including Moema claudiae, are vulnerable species. Photo/Nature Conservation. A recent study published in the journal Nature Conservation, carried out by researchers Heinz Arno Drawert and Thomas Otto Litz, confirmed the discovery of a new population of Moema…
Governorship enacts law for the protection and conservation of the bufeo | Gobernación promulga ley de protección y conservación del bufeo
By Opinion: Governor Humberto Sánchez, during his visit to the municipality of Puerto Villarroel, enacted and delivered this Saturday two departmental laws, 1225 and 1221. The highest authority of the department arrived in the municipality of Puerto Villarroel, accompanied by departmental assembly member Dámaris Orihuela and technicians, to officially deliver to the Civic Committee the…
Order the land to produce | Ordenar la tierra para producir
By El Diario: Lucio Tito’s proposal Land management must be based on potential and productive capacity Despite investment and programs allocated to the rural area to improve food production, the results have not met expectations; therefore, Lucio Tito — researcher and postgraduate professor at the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA) — proposes organizing the…
The Return of the Palkachupa | El regreso de la palkachupa
By Fernando Chávez, Vision 360: Leco Indigenous People Recover the Population of a Bolivian Endemic Bird Believed Extinct for Nearly a Century Two of these birds appeared before the eyes of Remmy Huanca as he rested under the shade of a tree in the Bolivian Amazon. A specimen of the small bird known as the…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 