Tag: #Bolivia
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Bolivia, with huge untapped reserves, gears up for soaring lithium demand
Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, Sept 15 (AFP/APP):Over 3,600 meters above sea level on the blinding white plain of the world’s largest salt flat, landlocked Bolivia is dramatically ramping up production of lithium to cope with soaring global demand for the prized electric-battery metal. Bolivia, among the poorest countries in South America, sits on one of…
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Bolivia wildfires torch two million hectares since August: official
La Paz, Sept 10 (AFP/APP):Wildfires in Bolivia have torched two million hectares (4.9 million acres) of forest and grassland since August, including some environmentally protected areas, officials said Monday. One cabinet minister decried the “macabre game” of fires being put out, then reset behind the backs of firefighters by “saboteurs.” Cinthia Asin, environmental minister for…
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Bolivia has lost 1.7 million hectares to fire: government
La Paz, Sept 5 (AFP/APP):Wildfires raging in Bolivia’s forests and grasslands since May have destroyed 1.7 million hectares (4.2 million acres), officials said Wednesday, amid an $11 million effort by the government to contain them. Environmentalists blame laws enacted under leftist President Evo Morales, who has encouraged the burning of forest and pasture land…