El Diario: The UN rapporteur, Marco Orellana, expressed concern about the little effort to prevent the use of the chemical in mining that affects the country’s indigenous peoples. Likewise, he said that the trafficking of mercury from Bolivia to the countries of the region frustrates international efforts to eliminate its use in the extraction of…
Tag: environmental damage
Tailings dam wall collapses | Dique de colas colapsa
El Potosi, Correo del Sur: Técnicos de la Gobernación potosina realizan el monitoreo de las aguas en el río Tarapaya, antes de que llegue a territorio chuquisaqueño. | Technicians from the Potosi Government carry out water monitoring in the Tarapaya River, before it reaches Chuquisaca territory. | GENTILEZA Tailings dam wall collapses in Potosí and…
Madidi: Ecological pause | Pausa ecológica
El Diario: Popular Action was admitted They await an ecological pause to save Madidi Park The reserve of the department of La Paz is invaded and severely affected by illegal mining, indiscriminate logging and even activities such as drug trafficking, emphasized Senator Cecilia Requena. The hearing was set by the Constitutional Chamber for July 29…
Environmental deaths that should have been avoided | Muertes ambientales que debieron evitarse
Editorial, Página Siete: The Concepción lagoon, an idyllic place in the Chiquitania of Santa Cruz, has ceased to exist. Had no funeral or death certificate. The Bolivian State let her die with indifference. Ñembi Guasu is a “new” conservation area in the Chaco” (it is three years old) and it is the second in importance,…
Hay controversia sobre el impacto ambiental en la Reserva de Tariquía por intervención petrolera | There is controversy about the environmental impact in the Tariquía Reserve due to oil intervention
El Deber: The environmentalist of the platform “United for Tariquia, José Humacata says that more than 55% of the protected area will be destroyed at the confluence of important rivers. YPFB Chaco says that the intervention will only be 0.004% YPFB Chaco, a subsidiary of YPFB Corporación, reaffirmed that the intervention in the Astillero oil…
Dismissed for denouncing illegal gold exploitation | Destituida por denunciar explotación ilegal de oro
ANF, Página Siete: Santos Quispe dismisses the deputy governor who denounced illegal gold exploitation The former authority considered that her dismissal was due to her strong defense of natural reserves, in the face of mining depredation in the north of La Paz. “For denouncing illegal mining, they fired me,” said Genoveva Espinoza, who yesterday was…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 