Fernando Rojas reports for El Deber: Santa Cruz concentrates 83% of legalizing land clearing Under the state plan, 512,291 hectares and the production of grain and livestock, priority shall be recorded. At least 2,022 (83%) of agricultural land, livestock, dairy, pig farmers and poultry farmers, of 2,426 that legalized clearing, were executed between 1996 and…
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Have you ever wondered why our start liquor is called Singani?
El Diario reports on our star product: SINGANI “Singani” was a town RESEARCH JOURNALISM DUG THE HISTORY AND THE ORIGIN OF ONE OF OUR COUNTRY’s TRADITIONAL BEVERAGE. PHOTOGRAPHY COMMEMORATES THE MOMENT WHEN A GROUP OF RESEARCHERS ENTERED SUD CINTI. Singani, during colonial and surely during the process of the War of Independence and in the…
Forestry 101: The context of deforestation and forest degradation in Bolivia
The following Executive Summary is from an excellent document produced by the Center for International Forestry Research, CIFOR, for the whole document, please use the link below: The context of deforestation and forest degradation in Bolivia Drivers, agents and institutions Robert Müller – Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Pablo Pacheco – Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Juan Carlos Montero – Universidad de…
Gas boom in Bolivia brings new wealth — and regrets for a lost opportunity
From The Washington Post: Gas boom in Bolivia brings new wealth — and regrets for a lost opportunity [To watch all 16 photos, please go to the original site, link can be found at the end of this post, thanks] By Nick Miroff, November 14: CARAPARICITO, Bolivia — For most of his life, Oscar Robles…
Protected Areas of Bolivia 101
Jorge Arteaga writes in El Diario: “We should all travel to these earthly paradises” Protected Areas of Bolivia [Pics above belong to http://www.boliviabella.com/parques-nacionales-de-bolivia.html%5D Two-thirds of Bolivia are found in the Amazon that, on average, is about 200 meters above sea level (masl). Then, the Bolivian territory rises westward to reach the high plateau, about…
Gonzalo Lema won the novel prize Kipus with a family history
Anahi Cazas reports for Pagina Siete: THE WINNER TAKES TITLE WORK FAMILY WERE ALWAYS Lema won the novel prize Kipus with a family history The tarijeño narrator receive $20,000, the best known literary award Bolivia. Lema’s work competed with 49 works by authors from 14 countries. “I’m very happy. Really feel the same happiness I…
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