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…
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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…
Rangers Push Back on Social Media Gag | Guardaparques rechazan mordaza en redes
By El Día: Park rangers reject Sernap directive limiting them to providing information on social media about protected areas Sernap also ordered that all communication be carried out only through official accounts, in order to safeguard the institution’s image. Bolivian park rangers. Photo: Sernap The Bolivian Association of Park Rangers and Conservation Agents (Abolac) expressed…
Illegal Mining Threatens Bolivia | La minería ilegal amenaza a Bolivia
By Sumando Voces: Study Warns of the Expansion of Illegal Mining in Bolivia and Raises Alarm Over Environmental and Economic Impacts Mining dredges. Photo: CPILAP A recent investigation warns that illegal mining has ceased to be a marginal phenomenon and has become a structural threat that compromises the economy, the ecosystem, and national security. The…
Illegal Mining Poisons La Paz’s Mountains | La minería ilegal envenena las montañas paceñas
By Germaine Barriga, Vision 360: Six mountains in the department of La Paz are contaminated by illegal mining, according to an environmental consultant Environmental engineering consultant Gonzalo Lora recalled that Bolivia billed approximately $3 billion from gold exports. Of that total, 95% went to the mining cooperatives that exploit gold, a situation that shows that…
Madre de Dios: River Under Siege | Río bajo asedio
By Vision 360: Interactive map: this is what the devastation caused by alluvial mining on the Madre de Dios River looks like Alluvial mining in Madre de Dios not only affects the environment, but also violates fundamental rights of the Indigenous nations that inhabit this part of the country, rich in biodiversity. Cover of the…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 