El Diario reports: Environmental alarm The country is among the 10 most deforested in the world In 2010 the loss of the forest was 20 times more than the planetary average according to the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation of Germany Data from scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA of…
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Bolivia flunks big time! Fires: 3,366 hot spots were detected
Valeria Endara reports for El Dia: Only in this month Report. Only between Saturday and Sunday were detected 676 red dots. The municipality of San José is the most affected. Due to the fires that are registered in the department, a slight smoke reached the capital of Santa Cruz. According to the Report of the…
Fire again in the Sama Reserve!
Illegal settlers promote these fires, country-wide, they have NO respect to our biodiversity, they laugh at our laws and enforcement agencies. This government has done nothing to prevent these illegal activity from happening. It is an outrage and our biodiversity suffers and certainly our people in the future! The above is the opinion of Bolivian…
Cattle farmers worried about pending cases for slash-and-burning of previous years
Hoybolivia.com reports: Cattle farmers worried about pending cases for slash-and-burning of previous years Trinidad, (ABI) .- The manager of the Beni and Pando Cattle Raising Federation, Carmelo Arteaga, said on Monday that the sector is concerned about the pending processes that exist for slash-and-burning on their farms in past years. “There are concerns about some administrative…
Cartoons and calendars help Bolivian farmers dampen fire risk
Sophie Hares reports for Reuters: Cartoons and calendars help Bolivian farmers dampen fire risk TEPIC, Mexico (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A mix of high-tech satellite data and brightly colored cartoons is helping subsistence farmers around Riberalta in Bolivia’s northern Amazon pick the best time to burn off their land and reduce the risk of uncontrolled…
Livestock sector calls for law to regulate burning
El Deber reports: Livestock sector calls for law to regulate burning The livestock sector of Santa Cruz, within the framework of the sectoral congress held at Fegasacruz facilities, among other points, resolved to take steps before the Government to accede to the approval of a law that permits regularization of the fires and thus exempt…
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