ANF reports for Los Tiempos: The governor of Tarija Adrián Oliva warned today that Tarija will not allow oil exploitation in the Tariquía National Flora and Fauna Reserve, a governmental intention that is questioned by the local community. “The population of the department does not accept the oil exploitation in Tariquía, it will not be…
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Tribunal warns about the negative effects of Polygon 7 for the TIPNIS
Los Tiempos reports: The former president of the Constituent Assembly of Ecuador and current member of the Court of Defense of the Rights of Nature, Alberto Acosta, warned from Quito that the Polygon 7, inhabited by colonizing peasants, constitutes a worrisome threat for the indigenous people and for the conservation of the Indigenous Territory and…
From Chiquitania to salar, travel for a different end of the year
Pagina Siete reports: Depending on the destination and the activity, packages of about four days cost between 220 and 3,000 bolivianos per person. From the Chiquitania by train to the beauty of the Salar de Uyuni; from the adventure in the Amazon to the joy in the vineyards of Tarija. There are several options to…
Torotoro National Park seeks to become a new “Jurassic park”
AFP reports via El Deber: The 3,500 footprints belong, according to the researchers, to eight species of prehistoric animals and would place this Bolivian region of a pleasant temperate climate A dinosaur in the Plaza de Torotoro. Photo BoliviaMia.net A row of steps of sauropods, theropods and ankylosaurs of the Cretaceous period are observed in…
Conservationists rush to save Bolivian turtles threatened by egg trafficking
Regardless of who is at the Bolivian government, my respect and admiration for the Bolivian Park Rangers, for the local and international NGOs that over decades, have helped our biodiversity, thank you! The above opinion is from Bolivian Thoughts. Mongabay reports: Conservationists rush to save Bolivian turtles threatened by egg trafficking BY EDUARDO FRANCO BERTON ON 15…
Escape To The Last Jedi Battleground In Bolivia And Stay In A Hotel Made Entirely Out Of Salt
Jim Dobson reports for Forbes: Escape To The Last Jedi Battleground In Bolivia And Stay In A Hotel Made Entirely Out Of Salt Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni is a spectacular and dramatic landscape from another world. Used as the battlefield location for the hit motion picture Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the expansive area is highlighted…
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