Nature
A Call to Nature
29 Oct, 2019 | Nicole Marquez Aguirre
Photos: Nicole Marquez Aguirre The Bolivian Amazon’s Ambue Ari wildlife sanctuary My arrival at the Ambue Ari wildlife sanctuary, or ‘the park’ as the volunteers call it, began as a jou...
Forest Fires in Chiquitanía and the Aftermath
29 Oct, 2019 | Silvia Saccardi
Wildlife Sanctuary Ambue Ari up in flames. Ph: Raquel Izquierdo Jacoste Images: Courtesy of Inti Wara Yassi A look into the consequences of extreme forest fires caused by chaqueosBolivia has this year...
Bolivia’s Magnificent Amazonian Nature Reserve
29 Oct, 2019 | Lauren Minion
Passiflora Madidiana Especie Nueva - “The Madidi Passionflower is an endemic species (one that can only be found in this region)” Images: Courtesy of Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros from The National Herbar...
Saving Bolivia’s Big Cat
29 Oct, 2019 | Amelia Swaby
Photos: Amelia Swaby Wildlife trafficking threatens the iconic jaguar International illegal wildlife trafficking now threatens the extinction of many species native to Bolivia. Birds are the...
Fighting for Our Future
29 Oct, 2019 | Nina Py Brozovich
“An Environmental Crisis is a Government Policy, Chiquitanía in Flames is a National Desaster” Photos: Lauren Minion and Silvia Saccardi Students take to the streets to demand climate justice Fridays...
Watching the World Breathe
29 Oct, 2019 | George Fearnley and Anneli Aliaga
Photos: Manuel Roca Climate Change from Chacaltaya Dr. Marcos Andrade recalls a satirical television show he once watched whereby viewers were humorously reassured, ‘Don’t worry about t...
RECOMMENDATIONS BX-98
25 Sep, 2019 | BX TEAM
MUELA DEL DIABLO Description: This rock formation in the south of the city is one of the most iconic sights in La Paz. Muela del diablo means ‘devil’s molar’ and its shape is what remains of an e...
Recommendations BX-97
31 Dec, 1969 | BX Team
LA SENDA VERDE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY Description: La Senda Verde is home to more than 800 animals from almost 60 different species. They provide daily educational tours of the refuge to local and fo...
Flight of the Bumblebees
30 Jul, 2019 | Christopher Niklas Peterstam
Photos: Christopher Niklas Peterstam With a worldwide decline in the bee population, Yungas beekeepers protect their hivesOutside Coroico, a small town in the centre of the sparsely populate...
Achachilas - The making of
24 Jun, 2019 | Achachilas
Photos: Achachilas Cordillera Real.View of the Tikimani mountain from the Huayna Potosi high camp. View from Huayna Potosí's main road.The main characters, Sergio and Juvenal Condori. They both work...
Achachilas
24 Jun, 2019 | Renata Lazcano Silva
Photos: Achachilas The cinematographic mountain experience ‘We have these incredible mountains nearby. They are our jewels. People come from all around the world to do mountaineering here an...
City Nature Challenge
23 May, 2019 | Renata Lazcano Silva
Photo: Omar Torrico, WCS Bolivia La Paz comes out top in the global wildlife-spotting competition The citizens of La Paz achieved a great feat between 26 April and 5 May. This year, 159 citi...
The Takesi Trail
27 Feb, 2019 | David O’Keeffe
Photo: David O’KeeffeHiking where the Inca once roamedHaving spent a couple of weeks in La Paz, I felt that I’d adapted to the Andean altitude enough to pack my tent and hike the Takesi Trail, a...
Little Jungle in the Big City
20 Jan, 2019 | Autumn Spredemann
Photo: Autumn SpredemannSanta Cruz gives nature room to breathe in its botanical gardenMention that you’re travelling to Santa Cruz de la Sierra and most Bolivians – mainly people who live in the...
