The following Executive Summary is from an excellent document produced by the Center for International Forestry Research, CIFOR, for the whole document, please use the link below: The context of deforestation and forest degradation in Bolivia Drivers, agents and institutions Robert Müller – Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Pablo Pacheco – Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Juan Carlos Montero – Universidad de…
Tag: illegal land take overs
Illegal land take overs are the best example of this gov’s inability to govern!
El Diario reports: 120 raids of illegal groups 50 farms still enslaved Properties affected, producers expressed their expectation for the return of legal certainty in agribusiness of Santa Cruz. The “grabbers” gave way to the commission of crimes as cattle theft, attempted murder and rape, besides economic damage as a result of criminal actions [estelionato…
Encroachment is threatening one million hectares
Ernesto Estremadoiro reports for El Dia: Deforest protected area of the Rio Grande Encroachment is threatening 1 million hectares Report. The CAO accused the Deputy Mayor of Hardenman, of leading the wreckage. There is alert in the productive sector. The Eastern Agricultural Chamber (CAO) yesterday denounced the deforestation of a protected area in the town of…
No fair solution to the assaults on land tenure in Santa Cruz
En Editorial from El Diario: No fair solution to the assaults on land tenure in Santa Cruz In over thirty cattle farms in Santa Cruz, they are vainly expecting the authorities to compel on the assailants, to return those properties that vandalism grabbed, without respecting other people’s property or the rights of others; people who,…
Bolivia needs to stop anarchical encroachments!
Marcelo Campos reports for El Dia: The affected marched to the prosecutor’s office They ask to enforce the law against encroachments Manifestation. Judge released two alleged ringleaders of the ‘encroachers’. CADEPIA calls to evict encroachers of 10 hectares. The Association of Productive Agricultural Premises (ASPA) and the Departmental Chamber of Small Industry and Handicrafts (CADEPIA),…
We need to protect Bolivian agriculture, ergo, food security for ALL!!
Pagina Siete reports: THEY INDICATE THAT GREATER INSECURITY CAUSES Anapo notes the new law against land takeovers The producers claim that the norm also affect owners of foreign origin. The Producers Association of Oleaginous and Wheat (Anapo) questioned some of the articles of the law against the subjugation and land traffic and considered that it…
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