Brújula Digital, Los Tiempos: Bolivia breaks the deforestation record with 583 thousand hectares and 173 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions More than half a million deforested hectares and 173 million tons of greenhouse gases from deforestation in 2021 mark a record never seen before, according to the latest report from the Bolivian government presented…
Tag: uncontrolled fires
Parque Noel Kempff: In peril! – ¡En peligro!
El Deber: ‘Unexplained’ fish kill in Noel Kempff Mercado Park It happened at the end of last year in the Paraguá river and no State institution analyzed the water or gave public explanations A fish death was recorded in the Paraguá river, in the Noel Kempff Mercado park, located in the eastern part of the…
Claim to respect the environment but are highly ineffective | Dicen respetar el medio ambiente pero son muy ineficaces
El Diario: Las primeras víctimas de los incendios producidos por chaqueos indiscriminados son los animales. | The first victims of fires caused by indiscriminate slash and burn are animals. | Foto: RRSS They denounce the ineffectiveness of the Ministry of the Environment in the face of natural disasters The problems of drought and high temperatures…
Porcupine with serious burns | Puercoespín con graves quemaduras
Juan Manuel Ijurko, El Deber: They rescue a porcupine with serious burns in El Torno It takes about 30 days for the wounds to heal. A biologist keeps the female porcupine under surveillance to feed her and monitor her recovery The fire that started in El Torno alarmed many families who saw the flames approaching…
National Parks: fire/fuego
Tanya Imaña, El Deber: They control 70% of the fire in Noel Kempff Park, but in Otuquis the fire continues The Government reported 13 active forest fires and 10 affected municipalities; 43% of the department is at extreme risk of fire occurrence. Firefighters and personnel from different organizations work to suffocate the flames The Government…
Rescuing wildlife | Rescatando fauna silvestre
Lourdes Molina, El Deber: Luna and Roque, the pair of harpy eagles whose beaks and claws were filed off by their captors but who are now ready to fly through the Santa Cruz sky Harpy eagles were found in Guarayos. Their recovery process has lasted four years, but it has been very favorable Wildlife is…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 