Publication presents research conducted in Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru about illegal mining, gold trading and the destiny of this metal whose extraction is causing serious damage to the forests of the Amazon.
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Bolivia: Activists warn of environmental and social consequences of dam in El Bala
The social impact would be relevant because Tacana, esse ejas and tsimanes indigenous communities would be affected by the project as they would be expelled from their land and forced to migrate because of the flood that will be generated.
Indigenous communities in protected areas in Bolivia refuse dam
Communities asserts that the dam will threaten to disappear and require prior consultation before the project starts.
Rurrenabaque, the Bolivia’s government and the nightmare of the river Beni bridge
One of the most important tourist attractions in Bolivia is at risk. The reason? Stubbornness and avarice of the Bolivian Highway Administration.
Do you know the only bear in South America? Know it in this video
A prolonged sighting with film footage in the montane grasslands of Apolo of one of Madidi´s flagship species, the Andean or spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus).
Bolivia: Concern for decree opening protected areas to oil drilling
The Guardian lamented that the Bolivian government approved a supreme decree allowing oil exploration in protected areas of the country. Activists of nature alert that the law “sentence” the environment in Bolivia
A miracle of Bolivia in reducing emissions of greenhouse gases?
If the data of reduction of deforestation in the country are true, Bolivia would be the country that most emissions of greenhouse gases reduced in the world since 2010.
Interactive map: Know illegal gold routes in South America
Ojo Público and the Peruvian Society for Environmental Law (SPDA) toured the main centers of illegal gold production in Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Brazil and Ecuador. See the map
It’s coming Conference on Sustainable Territorial Management in the PanAmazon
“Towards Sustainable Territorial Management: Concepts, experiences and visions of the Panamazon” is the common axis for the international meeting which will gather approximately 100 participants on 17 and 18 June in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
New authorities in Bolivia will promote road within park road and indigenous territory
New governors of Cochabamba and Beni departments, agreed to reopen discussions with the people of Isiboro Secure Indigenous Territory and National Park (TIPNIS) to build road.