ANF, Pagina Siete: “No ha llegado la vacunación dentro del territorio (Tipnis), lo que ha llegado es la violencia, lo que ha sucedido el día de ayer. Pido que dejemos de estar violentándonos entre bolivianos. De lo que se tienen que preocupar es de la salud. Los que son responsables, las instituciones para que lleguen…
Tag: National Parks
Illegal forest clearing and mining concessions – Desmontes y concesiones mineras ilegales
ANF, Los Tiempos: Protected areas face clearing and mining concessions, park rangers denounce Protected Areas face serious problems of clearing plans and “invasion” of mining concessions, with scarce economic resources, without sufficient personnel and with a general director of the National Service of Protected Areas (Sernap) who has no commitment to these areas, but with…
Site work kicked off for Laguna Colorada project, Bolivia
Alexander Richter, Think Geoenergy: Site preparation for the construction of a 5 MW geothermal pilot plant has kicked off for the Laguna Colorada geothermal project in the Andes of Bolivia. In a note on LinkedIn, a Project Director for Spanish Sacyr announces that preparation work has started on the pilot plant for the Laguna Colorada…
San Matias: en peligro – in peril
Editorial, El Deber: Mining operation in protected area Since the arrival of President Luis Arce Catacora, the Bolivian system of protected areas and forests has been suffering severe blows, due to the deinstitutionalization of the positions of the entities that have under their control this important natural wealth of the country. To this is added…
Depredadores – MAS – Predators
Manfredo Kempff, El Diario: Assault in the national parks A sign of civilization and culture in a country is to create and support its protected areas, and within that is, of course, the maintenance and care of national parks, which are specific areas, where vegetation, waters and the fauna cannot be trampled by man. In…
Dino fossils – Toro Toro
Los Tiempos: Toro Toro Park reopens today for tourists El Parque de Toro Toro se reabre desde hoy para los turistas The Toro Toro National Park, located in the department of Potosí, is reopening to visitors today (10/31/2020), after more than nine months of being closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The authorization was granted…
