Global Voices: Reframing narratives about climate change in Bolivia’s Gran Chaco region Why local and diverse perspectives on climate change matter Written by Eduardo Avila Droughts, wildfires, flooding, and deforestation are just some of the environmental pressures plaguing Bolivia’s Gran Chaco region. Yet, according to those affected by these realities on the ground, international media…
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CHARQUINI: Receding Glacier ‘Doomed to Disappear’ – Glaciar en retroceso ‘condenado a desaparecer’
Reuters, USNews: In Bolivia, a Battle Over a Receding Glacier ‘Doomed to Disappear’ Mountain guides in the Cholita climbers group pass in front of a no trespassing sign during the inauguration of tourist season at the Charquini glacier, as scientists and climbers battle over the future of the controversial lure for tourists, outside of El…
Chaetophractus Nationi – Quirquincho
Pagina Siete: They declare the quirquincho Natural Heritage The Andean quirquincho was declared a Natural Heritage of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, after National Law 1424 was enacted on April 13. The norm was debated since last year in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly and was finally promulgated by President Luis Arce, according to a publication…
Masista hordes despise and destroy our biodiversity – Hordas masistas desprecian y destruyen nuestra biodiversidad
Editorial, Los Tiempos: Dispute over gold and land The violence that has been unleashed in the town of Chushuara, in Apolo, in La Paz, is not isolated and, on the contrary, reveals a plot of interests of corporate groups that is outside the control of the State. And that sometimes has the State, paradoxically, as…
Bolivian gov fails to have action plan to reduce mercury use – Gobierno boliviano no tiene plan de acción para reducir uso de mercurio
Brújula Digital, Página Siete: At the IACHR: UN urges Bolivia to present an action plan to reduce mercury The UN Special Rapporteur for Toxic Substances stated that the illicit trafficking of mercury from Bolivia to other countries in the region is highly worrying. During the 183rd period of sessions, in a hearing before the Inter-American…
The jucumari bear: the gardener of the forest is in danger in Bolivia – El oso jucumari: el jardinero del bosque está en peligro en Bolivia
Adhemar Manjon, El Deber: It is the only species of South American bear that lives along the Andes and in Bolivia it is found from La Paz to Tarija. Fires, hunting and deforestation are killing it. Within the ecosystem it has a vital role [watch photo on the Spanish side] In September of last year,…
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