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…
Tag: environmental damage
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,…
Killing our biodiversity – Matando nuestra biodiversidad
Editorial, El Diario: For the gold they invade Madidi The chant of “mother earth” has become a Chinese tale, one of the regular slogans of the 14-year-old regime and favorite legacy of the Luis Arce government. Neither the rulers nor their bases respect or care for mother earth. This is proven by the subjugation of…
Now the reason for the existence of evo and the MAS is understood – Ahora se entiende el porqué de la existencia de evo y el MAS
Editorial, El Deber: Country increasingly narco Do we still believe that Bolivia is a simple transit country in the millionaire and illegal drug business? In recent years, the official discourse of the long government of Evo Morales, also permanent president of the coca growers, tried to position the concept that the country did not produce…
Illegal hunting leaves two orphaned bears – Caza ilegal deja dos ositos huérfanos
Julio Rojas, Los Tiempos: The story of Thaki and Chojñita, two orphaned bears who live in Senda Verde Chojñita, the rescued jukumari bear who now lives in Senda Verde. | Green Path Thaki, the bear cub who was orphaned at three weeks of birth. | Green Path Two dead jukumari bears and two orphaned cubs…
MADIDI: Park rangers prepare actions against illegal mining incursion – Guardaparques preparan acciones contra incursión minera ilegal
Walter Vasquez, El Deber: The procedure for awarding the 75-square-square area is carried out before the Mining Administrative Jurisdictional Authority by the Azariama Colorado R. L. Gold Mining Cooperative. Sernap park rangers prepare sanctioning processes for those responsible for the entry into the Resina sector of the Madidi National Park with machinery destined for illegal…
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