Current Bolivian central government does exactly the opposite to its “political discourse”, the so-called environment protector is aiming at the destruction of our forest. A good Editorial from El Diario: Is Bolivia returning to colonial depredation? About ten years ago, several patriotic citizens denounced the Mutún iron ore deposit was being exploited by the Brazilian…
Tag: environmental damage
Beni disaster: Dams in Brazil caused overflowing rivers!!
From El Diario: Dams in Brazil caused overflowing rivers in the country As reported before by El Diario, the League of Environmental Defense says there were alteration of hydrology in the Bolivian Amazon from the Madeira River, for the negative impact on the northern region. The League of Environmental Defense (Lidema) confirmed the denunciation made…
Bolivian icon in peril!!! Cerro Rico continues to be under jeopardy!
From Pagina Siete: THE AUTHORITIES FEAR A POSSIBLE COLLAPSE Government demands to halt activities at Cerro Rico After an inspection, the Ministry of mining and metallurgy demanded the cessation of mining activities that are developed in the Cerro Rico de Potosi to avoid a collapse. In 1987, the Cerro [Hill] was declared, along with the…
Double standards are recurrent under this coca growing government…
This is an excellent editorial from El Diario: Double ethical standards about coca The current Government of the country apparently has double ethics in relation to the production and cultivation of the coca leaf. Indeed, on the one hand announces that it is dedicated to eradicate large areas of the bush, while, on the other…
Bolivia is losing its forest damn fast due to irresponsible governmental inaction…
Bolivia who used to be the first country in the world with sustainable management of natural forests [USAID funded BOLFOR project which was a great example to the world] is now in the verge of losing our environment. On top of this, current gov is also targeting to National Parks which belong to our future…
A good or bad public policy for the Bolivian environment?
Pagina Siete reports on the new change in the environmental license requisite. Chances are that in order to “expedite” the willingness of current Bolivian government to offer more projects, the damage could be greater onto Bolivian indigenous communities and our National Park System, if current provision, later on, gets expanded. TIPNIS is not a small…
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