According to newspaper Valor Economico, binational plant should cost $ 5 billion and enter service in 2022. BNDES is seen as the main funder.
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El Bala hydroelectric project in Bolivia, would generate 4,000 MW
Bala dam in the Bolivian Amazon threatens the Madidi National Park and Biosphere Reserve and Indigenous Territory Pilon Lajas. Hydropower is a priority for Evo Morales’ government.
Stories about routes of illegal gold in the Andean Amazon
OjoPúblico and the Peruvian Society for Environmental Law (SPDA, in Spanish) started distributing “Roads of Gold” (#Rutasdeloro): stories about illegal mining in the Amazon in five countries in the region: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru .
Nature: Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink
Atmospheric carbon dioxide records indicate that the land surface has acted as a strong global carbon sink over recent decades, with a substantial fraction of this sink probably located in the tropics, particularly in the Amazon.
El Deber: More water comes to Cobija, en Bolivia, and there are 3,200 affected
It is expected that in the next 72 hours down the flow of the river Acre, that on Monday reached 14 meters, beating the flood recorded in 2012.
Continues the rain in Cobija and major flooding is feared
The governor of Pando said municipalities Bolpebra, Porvenir and Cobija are on red alert by the overflowing of the Acre River. There are 5 neighborhoods flooded in Cobija city.
Sol de Pando: Seismic prospecting in Amazonia to ensure oil exploration
Bolivian state oil company started the bidding process for the acquisition, processing and interpretation of more than 2,000 kilometers of 2D seismic lines in Beni River and Nueva Esperanza areas, of Madre de Dios basin.
Página Siete: There will be new floods in the Amazon
The first quarter of 2014 many Amazonian rivers in Bolivia showed extreme water levels and floods caused a national disaster. Now almost a year of this “natural” disaster, water levels are rising again.
La Región: Wetlands: donating water to receive rain
Wetlands are ecosystems stabilizing climate, they facilitate appropriate measure rainfall and are support of life, in short, are valuable partners of human activities since its existence causes us stability and comfort.
Biosphere Reserve Pilon Lajas: (Indigenous) People of the Forest
The story of the inhabitants of the Pilón Lajas Biosphere Reserve and Communal Lands, in the Bolivian Amazon