Rains and river overflows | Lluvias y desbordes de ríos

Brújula Digital: Stock of food for affected families in Cotagaita (Photo: Ministry of Defense archive) Stock de alimentos para familias damnificadas de Cotagaita (Foto: archivo Ministerio de Defensa) Intense rains and river overflows already affect 3,077 families in the country In the first months of the rainy period of this administration, the Vice Ministry of…

Floods and frosts affect 24,500 hectares of crops in four departments | Inundaciones y heladas afectan 24.500 hectáreas de cultivos en cuatro departamentos

ABI, El Deber: The national government promises support for the economic reactivation of the victims The floods in Santa Cruz and the frosts in Chuquisaca, Cochabamba and Tarija have so far affected 24,500 hectares of different agricultural crops. The Government promised to support the reactivation of the economy of producers hit by weather events. The…

Let’s stop being reactive – Dejemos de ser reactivos

Editorial, Los Tiempos: Learning from the rains Few natural phenomena are as recurrent in our country as the floods that occur every year in the rainy season, and the way we deal with their consequences makes it necessary to stop seeing the problem as if it were a fatality imposed by designs beyond human control….

Ancient Amazonian Farmers Fortified Valuable Fertile Land

Heritage Daily: Ancient Amazonian communities fortified valuable land they had spent years making fertile to protect it from conflict, excavations show. Farmers in Bolivia constructed wooden defences around previously nutrient-poor tropical soils they had enriched over generations to keep them safe during times of social unrest. These long-term soil management strategies allowed Amazonians to grow…

Alerta hidrológica – Hydrological alert

ABI, Los Tiempos: Senamhi issues hydrological alert notice with possible overflows of five basins The National Meteorology and Hydrology Service (Senamhi) issued this Thursday the hydrological alert notice of orange priority until January 2 next with possible overflows of the Mamoré, Beni, Madre de Dios, Acre and Tahuamanu basins, in the Amazon region of the…