AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoProtected Areas: A new 715,000-acre wildlife reserve in Baures, Beni, helped Rainforest Trust pass 70 million acres protected worldwide. Agua Dulce safeguards forests, wetlands and habitat for jaguars, river dolphins and hundreds of other species. Energy Transition: President Rodrigo Paz has submitted a draft electricity law promoting solar, wind, biomass, geothermal and hydropower to reduce reliance on gas-fired generation. Endemic Wildlife: Bolivia’s reddish and gray lucachi monkeys, found only in Beni, face extinction as their forest habitat fragments. Mining and Communities: Plans to expand lithium extraction around Uyuni raise concerns about water, fragile ecosystems and the lack of community input. Forest Research: A first-of-its-kind study is exploring little-known mammals living in the treetops of the Chiquitano Dry Forest. Pollution: Gold mining along the Kaka River has turned parts of a key Amazon ecosystem into contaminated “dead beaches,” according to a recent report.
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