AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoBolivia Energy & Mining Reform: Reuters reports President Rodrigo Paz is preparing an Investment Law and a broader push to loosen state control in oil and gas and open strategic sectors to more private investment, aiming to revive growth and support an IMF-backed stabilization plan amid a fracturing coalition. Water Pollution in the Gran Chaco: Mongabay highlights worsening conditions on Bolivia’s Pilcomayo River, where Indigenous communities report lower flows, dirtier water, more sediment, and declining fish catches, with concerns about mining waste and other pollution pressures. Forest Fire Climate Pressure: A Global Nature Watch update says forest fires now burn about twice as much forest as two decades ago, with “new normal” fire seasons and calls for serious action plus local forest management like thinning and prescribed burns. Digital Agriculture in the Americas: IICA selected 15 AgTech startups for Costa Rica’s Digital Agriculture Week, including Bolivia’s Agrimet, as part of a push for digital transformation in agrifood systems. Biodiversity & Habitat Tech: Baja California Sur pilots an artificial reef using recycled seashell waste to restore marine habitat and support fisheries—an approach that may interest conservation-minded coastal projects.
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