In the seasonally flooded plains of Bolivia, a buried story of the Amazon has just come into focus, revealing a landscape shaped by human hands rather than untouched wilderness. What is emerging from ...

Bolivia’s anti-drug task force has increased security operations to combat the growing presence of drug trafficking groups in the Amazon, a neglected but hugely strategic area for organized crime, not ...

In Bolivia, prospectors are digging craters and poisoning rivers in Madidi National Park. This natural treasure stretches from the Andes to the Amazon. Intensive farming, meanwhile, is ravaging the ...

RURRENABAQUE, Bolivia—The day the fire came, Dario Mamio Serato remembers that he could not breathe. The Amazon rainforest, known as the lungs of the Earth, was an inferno. Acrid smoke engulfed Mamio ...

Bolivia’s President Rodrigo Paz announced Tuesday that several large American technology firms plan to reveal investment plans in the country soon. Speaking at a press conference held online, Paz said ...

Once a sink for greenhouse gases, the rainforest, converted to farmland by slash-and-burn agriculture, is fast becoming a source of them. What is driving the deforestation? A turn away from Bolivia’s ...

Mongabay has begun publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish, English and Portuguese. Author Timothy J. Killeen is an ...

The government argues that oil exploration activity will help to “reduce extreme poverty in the communities living in protected areas.” The majority of national parks already witness oil exploration ...