AFP reports via El Deber: The flames have consumed more than 471,000 hectares in the department of Santa Cruz. Environmentalists warn of the serious risk to the variety of ecosystems that coexist in this natural reserve. Almost 500,000 hectares of the Chiquitano Forest were lost in the forest fire that still affects the reserve. Photo:…
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Bolivia Forestry Officials Profit from Harvest of Illegal Wood
Yuri Neves reports for InSight Crime: Officials within the agency entrusted with protecting Bolivia’s forests falsified data and provided documents legitimizing the illegal harvesting of timber, a scheme that occurs throughout South America. René Noel Sivila Céspedes is accused of signing more than 2,096 documents that allowed for the clearing of protected areas while he was the…
The Dirty Business Behind Bolivia’s Clean Energy Plants
Thomas Graham writes for World Politics Review: Use the links provided to read in full this excellent but striking depiction of evo’s delusions! https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/28048/the-dirty-business-behind-bolivia-s-clean-energy-plans
Bolivia lost 18.7 million hectares of its Amazon forest in 13 years
Berthy Vaca reports for El Deber: The damage is revealed by a report called Amazonia at the crossroads, which looks at six activities that pressure and threaten the Amazon in nine countries. Agricultural expansion is one of the main causes of deforestation in the country. On June 5 of this year, an international report was…
Fracking in the Bolivian jungle
Stefan Cramer writes in the Ecologist: Bolivian farmers have been resisting gas exploration in the invaluable Tariquía National Reserve – but they need international support. Bolivian president Evo Morales was inaugurated in 2006 as the first indigenous person to be sworn in as a president of a sovereign nation. Since then, he has shown extraordinary…
Bolivia must practice what it preaches
Shannon Biggs and Nick Buxton report for The Ecologist: Bolivia’s first indigenous president set out a bold and inspiring vision to save the planet from climate and environmental breakdown just over ten years ago. In an open letter, Evo Morales said “Mother Earth is ill.” He urged the industrialised countries to drastically reduce emissions, increase technology…
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