NGO Profile: Eco-Bolivia/Madidi Travel

Eco Bolivia is one of the oldest and best-known conservation organizations in Bolivia. Their work focuses on the conservation in the Madidi National Park region of the Amazon Rainforest and the sustainable development of communities in the region.

Cases of Dengue Fever Double after Flooding

Today the Ministry of Health announced that cases of dengue fever had doubled to 43 confirmed cases of the disease.

Bolivia Announces Climate Summit April 20-22

Bolivian Chanciller David Choquehauanca announced Monday, Febraury 8th, that Bolivia is inviting all the people and governments of the entire world to a climate change conference from April 20-22 in Cochabamba in response to the failed Copenhagen summit in 2009.  

Flooding Worsens: 11 Dead, over 100,000 Fleeing

Bolivia's Civil Defense reported February 6th, that some 28, 000 families (thus over 100,000 individuals) have been displaced by flooding and natural disasters during this particularly harsh rainy season and 11 deaths have been reported so far. 

Supermodel MAS Governor Candidate Helps Flood Victims

Evo Morales' Movement to Socialism (MAS) party candidate for governor of the state of Beni, British-Bolivian Supermodel Jessica Jordan (24), personally delivered aid to flood victims near the city of Trinidad on January 29th.

Peru-Bolivia Border Conflict over Gold Smolders

There is an ongoing standoff on the Bolivia-Perú border in the Amazonian part of the La Paz state along

Evo Asks Citizens to Each Plant a Tree

Wednesday, February 3rd, President Evo Morales asked Bolivians to defend the Pachamama or "mother

Hail Destroys 60% of Village's Crops

On february 2nd a powerful hail storm devastated 60% of the potato and fava bean crops of the small

72 Homes Destroyed in La Paz Landslide

At 4:30AM on January 28th 72 houses were slowly swept away in a landslide in the Huanu Huanuni area

New Higher Lithium Reserves Estimate

On January 27th Bolivia's Director of Natural Evaporative Resources Saúl Villegas announced that he believes that Bolivia's actual lithium reserves are two times larger than

9 Drowned in Floods, 22,614 Homeless

As numerous rivers overflow their banks nine people have drowned and over 22 thousand are homeless

2 Earthquakes Cause Panic, No Casualties

Two earthquakes of 5.3 and 5.2 on the Richter scale shook the Amazonian region of the Santa Cruz State

UN Human Rights Commissioner Speaks on Bolivia

The UN High Commission for Human Rights representative Denis Racicot told the Indigenous News Agency in La Paz that Bolivia needs to implement the new protections for indigenous peoples enshrined in the

New Agency Fights Illegal Logging

The new Investigative Authority for Social Control of Forests and Land or ABT for short has confiscated 1,034,895 board feet of illegally harvested timber in its 8 months of operations. This timber comes mostly from

Emergency Relief Ready

The head of Civil Defense for Bolivia announced in a press conference that his agency stands ready to respond to floods with 98 trucks loaded with food and fresh water supplies for the victims. Bolivia has numerous flood

UN: 25-30% of Chapare Coca for Drugs

A study recently published jointly by the United Nations and the Bolivian Government shows that between 25 and 30 percent of the coca production in the Chaparé cloudforest region of the state of Cochabamba goes

Flooding Kills 3 and 2200+ Homeless

Torrential rainfall over the past few weeks has left three people dead, 2 missing and at least 2225 families affected said Ministry of Defense director for Emergencies and Rescue Rafael Uría. The three deaths occurred in