Condoriri Natural Park: Community prepares to create tourism agency

El Diario reports: Community prepares to create tourism agency Community members from the upper part of the Condoriri Natural Park, are engaged into arranging the creation of their own tourism agency, in the perspective of improving their economic income by implementing strategies linked to community tourism. This undertaking will allow the possibility of providing employment…

Rescuing anaconda of more than three meters in Trinidad

El Deber reports: Rescuing anaconda of more than three meters in Trinidad The snake was found in a neighborhood of that city. People wanted to kill it and officials managed to rescue her. The official responsible for the project to support wildlife conservation of the Beni Governorate, Marco Antonio Greminger, reported on Thursday that the…

Pablo Solón targeted: The Bolivian Government Must Stop Persecuting Those Defending Nature and Rights and Address the Real Problems

Focus on the Global South reports via CADTM: Pablo Solón targeted: The Bolivian Government Must Stop Persecuting Those Defending Nature and Rights and Address the Real Problems Pablo Solón, the Director of Fundación Solón, former Executive Director of Focus on the Global South, and former Bolivian Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), is being targeted…

Bolivian salt flats provide infinite backdrop for ethereal light tube photos

Angela Nelson reports for Mother Nature Network: Bolivian salt flats provide infinite backdrop for ethereal light tube photos Photographer Eric Paré and dancer Kim Henry visit Salar de Uyuni for their latest light-painting project. Photographer Eric Paré and contemporary dancer Kim Henry have traveled the world looking for the perfect backdrops for their trademark light…

Can We Really Eat Invasive Species into Submission?

Michael Snyder writes for Scientific American: Can We Really Eat Invasive Species into Submission? The tale of a giant Amazon fish reveals the promise and peril of “invasivorism” The paiche, which can weigh up to 400 pounds, is eating its way through freshwater fish populations in Bolivia. Now people are eating the paiche in an…

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…