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22.04.26 - 14:00
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How Bolivia′s cacao farmers took on the gold mining industry – and won (The Guardian)
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As rising gold prices fuel environmental destruction, communities in the country's biodiverse heartland are passing laws against mining Mahogany trees tower above Herminio Mamani as he tends his cacao farm in Bolivia's biodiverse north-west. A former president of El Ceibo, the country's largest organic cacao co-operative, he says the agroforestry model used by its 1,300 members is vital not only to maintain the quality of the cacao they produce, but also for keeping gold mining at bay.“We cacao producers would never kill an animal here,” he says, parrots squawking nearby. “The parcels [of land] can never be monocultures – all the crops grow together.” Continue reading......
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03.09.25 - 16:06
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′The Dubai of South America′: how the promise of riches from lithium mining turned to dust in Bolivia (The Guardian)
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Politicians have long promised the critical metal will rescue the economy but Indigenous locals say the push to exploit vast reserves threatens the ecosystem and their livelihoods• Photographs by Sara Aliaga TiconaGrowing up near Bolivia's Uyuni salt flats, Franz Alí Ramos remembers playing in the high-altitude wetlands near his home during the rainy season. “It was a beautiful recreation area for us and for animals,” he says.Now, the wetlands have given way to cracked, sunbaked earth – a change that Alí Ramos blames on nearby operations by Bolivia's state lithium corporation, Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos (YLB). The government has recently signed lithium mining contracts with two foreign companies – one Russian and the other Chinese – and residents fear more serious damage is yet to come. Continue reading......
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04.08.25 - 12:43
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Bolivien: Machtkampf um das weiße Gold (DW)
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Die südamerikanische Andennation gilt als das lithiumreichste Land der Welt. Und kommt bei der Erschließung des Potentials trotzdem nicht voran. Die Gründe dafür sind vielschichtig....
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28.06.25 - 16:24
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Das Drama um den größten Lithium-Schatz der Welt (Die Welt)
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Auf der Suche nach Lithium für E-Autobatterien wandte sich Deutschland einst an Bolivien – und scheiterte. China und Russland sahen ihre Chance, aber ihnen droht dasselbe Schicksal. Denn indigene Organisationen leisten erbitterten Widerstand....
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20.04.25 - 13:18
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′Cañahua chose me′: can an ancient relative of quinoa revive rural Bolivia′s economy? (The Guardian)
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The effects of the climate crisis and a lack of jobs are driving young people away from the Andean highlands but a long-shunned crop could stem the tideFew young people remain in Bolivia's highland plateau, the Altiplano. The rising frequency and severity of extreme weather events, such as drought and frost, have reduced their economic prospects and migration has accelerated as the environment becomes more unpredictable.“The climate isn't like it used to be,” says Nico Mamani Lima, a farmer and agronomist from Ayo Ayo. Continue reading......
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