Fox News reports: Bolivia park is a butterfly paradise Scientists on an expedition in Bolivia have identified more than 1,000 varieties of butterflies living in Madidi National Park, a New Jersey-sized protected area considered to be the most biodiverse in the world. . . . . . http://www.foxnews.com/science/slideshow/2016/03/17/bolivia-park-is-butterfly-paradise.html#/slide/-nbsp- I considered myself fortunate to have had…
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Flood the Madidi to stay in power
Raul Penaranda writes in Pagina Siete: Flood the Madidi to stay in power There is only limited economic vision that drives the Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera, a drive almost exclusively on extractive tasks to achieve economic growth. His close look, in which (almost) only enter options as drilling gas fields and mining, as well…
Visiting the Amazon Rainforest in Bolivia
Visiting the Amazon Rainforest in Bolivia By Nomadic Matt | Published December 22nd, 2011 This is a guest post by Erin of Never Ending Voyage. A visit to the world’s largest tropical rainforest is at the top of many travelers “to do” lists while in South America and when most people think of the Amazon…
Ecology 101 – Bolivia’s incredible biodiversity
I had the privilege of visiting the Madidi, the Chalalan lodge and walk at 4am in those trails and be enchanted by the wildlife! Hard to reach, remember four hours in a boat after a road trip of over 14 hours, sorting blockades, leaving a powerful 4×4 at the side of the road and on…
Two Israeli tourists lost in Bolivia…
Have you read “Back from Tuichi” by Yossi Ghinsberg? It is a book considered the driving force for hundreds of Israelis coming to Bolivia on pilgrimage. The author wandered in that region of Bolivia and got lost, his book explains his adventures, ordeals and also how he was rescued. Well, Israelis who finish their military duty,…
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