Iván Paredes Tamayo on 12 November 2021 | Translated by Sarah Engel, Mongabay: Bajo Paraguá – San Ignacio de Velasco Municipal Protected Area was created on February 12, 2021, to protect 983,000 hectares (about 2,429,045 acres) of primary forest in the Chiquitania region of Bolivia. But despite its new protected status, residents are reporting invasions and human…
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Contaminación del río Tuichi – Madidi – Contamination of the Tuichi River
Brujula Digital, Los Tiempos: WCS alerts contamination of the Tuichi River due to mining activity within the Madidi Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) through its deputy director of the Great Madidi Landscape Conservation Program and coordinator of the Interinstitutional Group for Responsible Gold (GIT-OR), Óscar Loayza, warns of the mining contamination of the Tuichi River, which…
Incumple obligaciones antinarcóticos – Breaches anti-narcotics obligations
Reuters, Yahoo News: Biden dice que Venezuela y Bolivia no están haciendo lo suficiente para cumplir con las obligaciones antinarcóticos WASHINGTON (Reuters) – El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, dijo el miércoles que Venezuela y Bolivia no habían tomado medidas durante el año pasado para cumplir con sus obligaciones en virtud de los acuerdos…
Hectáreas quemadas – 2021 – Burned hectares
ANF, Los Tiempos: FAN quantifies the area burned by fires in 8 months at 1.5 million hectares The Friends of Nature Foundation (FAN) quantified in more than 1.5 million hectares the areas burned by the fires in the nine regions of the country, from January to August of this year. To perform the quantification, Sentinel-2…
10 años después – TIPNIS – 10 years later
Lupe Cajias, El Deber: Ten years ago the image of Evo Morales and the Government of the Movement for Socialism enjoyed respect inside and outside of Bolivia. The presidency of a descendant of indigenous peoples from Latin America, the discourse on the rights of peoples, concern for the poor, the gaze towards Mother Earth Pachamama,…
Enjuiciamiento de los infractores de incendios forestales – Prosecuting forest fire offenders
Pagina Siete: ABT initiates 14 processes and issues 80 citations for fires in Santa Cruz The Code of Criminal Procedure establishes between two to six years in prison for those who are guilty of generating a forest fire. The Forest and Land Authority (ABT) issued at least 80 summons (subpoenas) and 14 criminal proceedings for…
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