On the razor’s edge

Editorial from El Diario, picture from the internet: The fate of the country is, at the present time, in a delicate situation in which its destiny will be inclined to progress or backwardness. The objective conditions of that reality have been laid bare in the electoral stage that is under development, amid contradictory conditions. The…

It will take two centuries to reverse the destruction to Bolivia’s landscape

Vaishnavi Behl reports for Condé Nast Traveler: As Amazon burns, another disaster is unfolding in Bolivia With the world’s attention turned towards Brazil’s blazing Amazon, forests in neighbouring Bolivia are silently burning. One million hectares of forest land have been destroyed, largely due to uncontrolled slash-and-burn farming. Per experts, more than two years’ worth of damage…

Bolivia is burning and we need your help! PLS donate, TKS!

There are two alternatives: https://www.gofundme.com/f/chiquitaniabolivia?sharetype=teams&member=2760886&utm_medium=social&utm_source=whatsapp&utm_campaign=p_na How to help Bolivia: #Repost @waterthruskin (@get_repost) ・・・ Our world is currently in flames and nobody is doing anything about it. Therefore, we have chosen to take over social media. Disrupt it. Use it for a force of good. Influencers, celebrities, journalists, actors, models, motivational speakers, HUMANS. We have united…

Bolivian’s Amazon rainforest ablaze, fires are threatening people and wildlife

Claire F.R. Wordley reports for The Conversation: Up to 800,000 hectares of the unique Chiquitano forest were burned to the ground in Bolivia between August 18 and August 23. That’s more forest than is usually destroyed across the country in two years. Experts say that it will take at least two centuries to repair the ecological damage done by…