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…
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Bolivia needs to enforce the law against loggers! Our environment is in great peril!
Marcelo Rivero writes in El Deber: The law with all its rigor against loggers Logging at Amboró Park continues, albeit surreptitiously legal prohibitions, which are circumvented and comes into play because the unfortunate corruption to operate the ‘pirates’ timber, which find ways to escape the vigilance of the few and poorly equipped rangers, consummating their…
Illegal settlers invaded private productive land in Santa Cruz
El Dia reports over 50,000 hectares being taken over illegally: Oil producers are in emergency because more than 400 people have taken 50,000 productive hectares on the outskirts of the community of Chihuahua, the municipality of Cuatro Cañadas, and fear that if the Government does not intervene any time [soon], there will be a confrontation…
Bolivian lowlands environment in peril
This cartoon appeared in El Dia, December 19, 2011. It says: “Happiness: Is the forest to destroy and plant single crops” and you see in the right side, an illegal coca grower planting the source for cocaine, crime and drug addiction. On the left side you have a private agriculturalists planting a single crop, could…
What happened with TIPNIS?
This cartoon is from La Prensa, December 13, 2011. It portrays what happened with TiPNIS as of today: road was stopped and indigenous group was stripped out of their economic activities. Coca growers and other groups interested in the use of TIPNIS’ resources became more visible: illegal settlers (coca growers) and illegal activities (narcotraffick) were…
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