El Diario reports: Fire spreads in Parque Otuquis The Otuquis National Park and Natural Area for Integrated Management, in Santa Cruz, in four days of fire in the south registered 685 heat sources. This past Saturday, July 25 alone, 152 outbreaks persisted, while in the early hours of yesterday the outbreaks were 11. According to…
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Bolivia NGO warns of increase in forest fires
AFP reports for CNA: LA PAZ: Environmentalists in Bolivia warned on Thursday (Apr 30) of a marked increase in forest fires this year that threaten a repeat of the environmental disaster that ravaged much of the Amazon in 2019. Bolivia registered 15,354 forest fires in the first four months of the year – a 35…
Conservationists cautiously optimistic after Bolivian government changes hands
Ivette Sierra for Mongabay: Forest fires burned across more than 5 million hectares of Bolivia’s forests and savannas last year. Sources say policy changes that encouraged more burning and clearing for agriculture contributed to the 2019 surge in fire activity. Following a contentious election, Evo Morales resigned the presidency in November. Conservationists say the new…
Pee Dee Electric Coop. linemen head to Bolivia for wildfire recovery
Antonio Stinson reports for WBTW: DARLINGTON, SC (WBTW) – Two linemen with Pee Dee Electric Cooperative are flying to Bolivia Sunday to help with repairs following the Amazon wildfires. PDEC’s crew leader, Eugene Bryant and first class lineman, Chris Blackmon are flying out from Charlotte, NC and heading for La Chiquitania, Bolivia. This will be…
Image: Deforestation in Bolivia
By European Space Agency via Phys Org: This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features an area in the Santa Cruz Department of Bolivia, where part of the tropical dry forest has been cleared for agricultural use. Since the 1980s, the area has been rapidly deforested owing to a large agricultural development effort where people from the Andean high…
El verdadero poder detrás del cocalero …
Jean Carlos Blanco produjo este vídeo que explica quién es el verdadero poder detrás del cocalero morales …
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