Pagina Siete reports: Was celebrated on Wednesday Lidema celebrates 30 years and seeks to care for Mother Earth The League of Environmental Defense (Lidema) turned 30 years of work and its challenges are to develop planning processes to prevent and avoid timely and effectively the damage to Mother Earth. “It also seeks to contribute technically…
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YPFB monitors affected area by the oil spill in Chapare
El Deber reports: YPFB monitors affected area by the oil spill Some 65 professionals are working in mitigation tasks. Daily, test the water and the land of Ivirgarzama. The Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) contingency teams, are monitoring water at the Magariños river and land in Ivirgarzama (Cochabamba), where last Friday [08/07/2015] there was an…
Bolivian ruling ochlocracy opens up national parks to oil and gas firms… WTH!?
David Hill reports for The Guardian: Bolivia opens up national parks to oil and gas firms New law permitting hydrocarbons operations in “protected areas” sparks major concerns for people and the environment. The Madidi National Park in north-west Bolivia is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. One particularly astonishing fact: the park…
As of May 2015, Bolivia electronic waste will be exported to four countries
Gabriel Diez reports for Pagina Siete: THE GOAL IS THE RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT OF THIS TYPE OF WASTE As of May, Bolivia electronic waste will be exported to four countries The destinations are the United States, China, Denmark and Belgium. At first, it is planned to be sent 30 tons of such waste to those States. Since…
Flooding in Beni, may have caused thousands of fish to die in the Machupo River from lack of oxygen
El Deber reports: BENI Thousands of fish die in the Machupo River from lack of oxygen Experts suspect that the cause of death of the shoal is due to pollution from the remains of dead animals after the floods earlier this year. Dead fish cover an area of 5 kilometers. A committee of the Governorate…
Unfortunate and despicable pollution on Pilcomayo river
El Dia reports: Government Report Potosi 30 thousand cubic meters of waste in the Pilcomayo Pollution. Within 10 years, people will begin to feel the effects on their nervous and respiratory system. The governor of the department of Potosi, Felix Gonzales revealed that 30 thousand cubic meters of mine waste were dumped in the waters…
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