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 ...

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 ...

Victor Galaz conducted the visit to Bolivia in his additional capacities as member of the governing board of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). When asked to situate the ...

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 ...