El Diario: Fire devastates national parks Large areas of protected areas were devastated by forest fires that affected fauna and flora in a catastrophic way. The uncontrollable fire that different regions endure places Bolivia as one of the countries with the greatest environmental pollution globally, due to the dense smoke caused by uncontrolled fires and…
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In the face of arson, the government’s response is ridiculous and almost non-existent! | Ante los incendios provocados, ¡la respuesta del gobierno es ridícula y casi nula!
Editorial, Los Tiempos: “We are burning” The fire is devastating the territories of five national parks and other unprotected areas, there are so many that the smoke from the fires reaches the cities, obscuring the sky, while the Government’s response to this catastrophe that it does not want to recognize is minuscule compared to the…
Park rangers request an audience with Arce to report attacks, processes and extortion | Guardaparques piden audiencia con Arce para denunciar agresiones, procesos y extorsiones
Erbol, Correo del Sur: In the letter sent to the President they cite the case of two park rangers prosecuted for a criminal action brought about by a cooperative miner who was prevented from entering a protected area to exploit gold In a letter addressed to President Luis Arce, the park rangers of protected areas…
Record levels in deforestation | Niveles récord de deforestación
Jonathan Reynolds, Mongabay: Why has deforestation reached record levels in Bolivia? (commentary) In both national and multilateral fora, Bolivia is increasingly showing its reluctance to curb deforestation. President Luis Arce, soon to be entering the penultimate year of his term, has built up a poor environmental record, supporting the unbridled growth of a largely extractive economy,…
Hundreds of protesters take to the streets of the country against forest fires and environmental pollution | Cientos de manifestantes toman las calles del país contra los incendios forestales y la contaminación ambiental
Lourdes Molina, El Deber: This Monday there were several marches in different regions of the country “Without forests there is no water, there is no life, there is nothing,” read one of the signs of the protesters who participated in the national march for forests and water, which they called a few days ago and…
The environmental disaster that plagues the country | El desastre medioambiental que azota al país
Editorial, Los Tiempos: Bolivia faces a set of severe problems whose impact and significance exceed those of the political, economic and energy crises. These are environmental disasters that are causing a debacle in several regions of the country, threatening food security, and are aggravated by the absence of serious and effective initiatives to control their…
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