El Diario reports: Climatological phenomena wreak havoc in the country • SENAMHI orange alert determined by the temperature drop in six departments. In three emergency departments it is maintained. Recorded winds speeds between 30 and 70 kph. In areas of the east and south, the temperature will be below zero degrees. The nine departments recorded…
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Rains help control fires in Santa Cruz but still burning pockets persist
hoybolivia.com reports: Rains help control fires in Santa Cruz but still burning pockets persist The departmental director of Environment, Cinthia Asin, reported Tuesday [08/09/2016] that the rains help control fires affecting Santa Cruz, although there are still persisting some burning points in the Chaco and part of the valleys. “We have been aided by rains although…
Fires sweep across Bolivia, August 2016
Reuters reports: Fires sweep across Bolivia Bolivian authorities struggle to contain the worst outbreak of forest fires in a decade, as high winds and drought lead to fires that threaten several national parks. Ashraf Fahim reports. Fires sweep across Bolivia, driven by drought and high winds. They’re the worst in ten years and local volunteers…
Beni continues to lose its biodiversity! and central gov is useless!
Hoybolivia.com reports: ABT: heat sources in Beni quadrupled this year compared to 2015 The Authority of Supervision and Social Control of Forests and Land (ABT) reported Tuesday [07/26/2016] that sources of heat in the Beni quadrupled this year to 9,333, from January to yesterday, compared to 2,226 recorded in the same period of 2015. “If we…
Santa Cruz recorded 1,756 fire hotspots
Hoybolivia.com reports: Santa Cruz recorded 1,756 fire hotspots The Secretary Office for the Environment of the Government of Santa Cruz reported on Friday [08/28/2015] that 1,756 fire hotspots were recorded in the department, on more than a dozen municipalities. “It’s fire caused by farmers who began to prepare the ground for soil preparation and recommend to maintain…
Transportation and illegal logging increases the carbon footprint in Bolivia
Miguel Roca reports for El Deber: Transport and illegal logging increases the carbon footprint in Bolivia The vehicle fleet and the expansion of the agricultural frontier, among others, increase the emission of greenhouse gases that create the footprint carbono.Valeria Revilla, technical manager of Environmental Services Bolivia, reported that the per capita carbon footprint generated Bolivia…
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