By Erbol: Researcher on Mercury Pollution: “We Have the Tools to Hold the State Accountable” During the presentation of the book Mercury and Health in the Bolivian Amazon, its author, researcher Roger Carvajal, emphasized that the publication provides scientific tools to hold the State accountable for mercury contamination affecting the health of Indigenous communities and caused…
Tag: illegal mining take overs
Gold and Water | El oro y el agua
Editorial, El Pais: Behind these illegal mining activities there is planning, financing, and a chain of interests that can hardly be described as spontaneous. The discovery of new illegal mining camps in the highlands of Tarija is not an isolated incident. It confirms that a clandestine activity is beginning to take root, taking advantage of…
Environmental Crisis of Lake Poopó Affects Andean Biodiversity | Crisis ambiental del lago Poopó afecta biodiversidad andina
By La Patria: Recovering Lake Poopó is an urgent challenge, as it is one of Bolivia’s most devastated and fragile ecosystems • Diario Uno The future of Lake Poopó depends on an effective strategy for its conservation and comprehensive restoration. Environmental Crisis of Lake Poopó Currently, Lake Poopó, located more than 3,600 meters above sea…
Gold Still Flows in Madidi | El oro sigue fluyendo en Madidi
By Jimena Mercado, AGENCIA DE NOTICIAS AMBIENTALES, Erbol: Ruth Alípaz: Illegal Mining Continues in Amazon Rivers Despite Agro-Environmental Court Rulings Despite Environmental Order No. SP-TAA 012/2025, issued by the Full Chamber of the Agro-Environmental Court on September 30, 2025, which established urgent environmental precautionary measures to halt illegal mining and protect the Tuichi River, located…
The Invisible Geography of the Roadblocks | La geografía invisible de los bloqueos
By Javier Gómez, Rimay Pampa: After three weeks of social and political conflict, and an analysis of the areas where each roadblock was established, it becomes clear that behind the social demands lies an overlap of legal, informal, and illegal economies competing for control of Bolivian territory. The road accessibility map released by the ABC…
Protected Areas Endangered by Irregular Mining Rights | Áreas protegidas peligran por derechos mineros irregulares
By El Diario: Bolivia’s 15 protected areas face high risk due to mining rights granted irregularly decades ago, which, if efforts are made to consolidate them, could lead to the extinction of natural heritage and biodiversity wealth as a result of uncontrollable illegal mining activity. Biologist Alfredo Fuentes, a researcher affiliated with the National Herbarium…
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