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…
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Illegal Mining Poisons La Paz’s Mountains | La minería ilegal envenena las montañas paceñas
By Germaine Barriga, Vision 360: Six mountains in the department of La Paz are contaminated by illegal mining, according to an environmental consultant Environmental engineering consultant Gonzalo Lora recalled that Bolivia billed approximately $3 billion from gold exports. Of that total, 95% went to the mining cooperatives that exploit gold, a situation that shows that…
Madre de Dios: River Under Siege | Río bajo asedio
By Vision 360: Interactive map: this is what the devastation caused by alluvial mining on the Madre de Dios River looks like Alluvial mining in Madre de Dios not only affects the environment, but also violates fundamental rights of the Indigenous nations that inhabit this part of the country, rich in biodiversity. Cover of the…
Assault on Tuichi: Illegal Mining Invades Madidi | Asalto al Tuichi: minería ilegal invade Madidi
By El Diario: They intend to bring machinery in for illegal mining activity in the Tuichi River Despite the existence of environmental precautionary measures in favor of the Tuichi River in the Madidi National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area, issued by the Plenary Chamber of the Agro-Environmental Tribunal, it was reported today, according to…
Bolivia facing the collapse of the myth of the coca leaf | Bolivia ante el derrumbe del mito de la hoja de coca
By Javier Viscarra, El Dia: Bolivia is witnessing an uncomfortable, almost inevitable moment in which the old myth of the coca leaf is beginning to crack. A few decades ago the idea was nurtured that merely repeating “coca is not cocaine” would earn international indulgence and domestic permissiveness. However, reality has become louder than any…
Tuichi River Gains Rights in Bolivia | Río Tuichi obtiene derechos en Bolivia
By Jorge Soruco, Vision 360: Tribunal Agroambiental recognizes the Tuichi River as a subject of rights and bans mining in its waters The resolution orders environmental precautionary measures to prevent risks to the river’s biodiversity and protect public health from pollution. Mining activity in the Tuichi River. PHOTO: Sernap The Plenary Chamber of the Agro-Environmental…
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