El Deber: Deforestation: Data dismantles the regime’s discourse on Mother Earth By María René Álvarez, national deputy An investigation by the Friends of Nature Foundation (FAN) concludes that between 2011 and 2022, in Bolivia a loss of forest cover of 37% was reached. Deforestation, land clearing, encroachment, indiscriminate burning, felling of trees and wood trafficking…
Tag: environmental damage
How long is environmental damage tolerated? | ¿Hasta cuándo se tolera el daño al medioambiente?
Editorial, El Deber: It is not just one threatened area, nor two nor three. The environment is under threat across the country and in multiple ways. And involved, there are insensitive authorities, who have not been able to prevent damage to the ecosystem, who grant licenses of all kinds and who are responsible for water…
Indigenous genocide | Genocidio de indígenas
Humberto Vacaflor Ganam, El Diario: Every day about a hundred Chinese arrive in Bolivia, according to evidence at the Santa Cruz airport, sent for unknown political or economic purposes, but they are here to stay. Perhaps they are escaping from the economic crisis that the Chinese dragon is experiencing or perhaps they are sent to…
They ask to apply safeguards to preserve aquifers | Piden aplicar salvaguardas para preservar los acuíferos
ANF, El Diario: EL MAPA MUESTRA LA ZONA DE LOS ACUÍFEROS POR DONDE LA ABC PRETENDE QUE SE CONSTRUYA EL TRAMO 2 DE LA CARRETERA. The country’s highways have become extortion routes due to the constant blockades carried out by different social sectors, say the businessmen of Santa Cruz. Through a letter, the Committee for…
La exploración de petróleo y gas amenaza el suministro de agua del Chaco boliviano | Oil and gas exploration threatens Bolivian Chaco water supply
Mongabay y El Deber: por Iván Paredes Tamayo, Nelfi Fernández Reyes el 24 de Agosto 2023 | Traducido por Sydney Sims El Parque Nacional Aguaragüe, ubicado al sur de Bolivia, sufre la explotación de hidrocarburos, que se realiza en esta región desde hace más de 100 años. Los suelos y las fuentes de agua del parque se están contaminando…
Arson – Incendios provocados
Editorial, Los Tiempos: Winter ends and hot spots, forest fires and grass fires multiply. This year, exceptionally, Santa Cruz is not the department most affected by the devastating fires that are now more numerous in Beni, Cochabamba and La Paz. The last official report yesterday on satellite monitoring of hot spots in the country, registered…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 