By Rogelio Adonican Osorio Panama City, Mar 19 (EFE).- After years of being seen as an activity favored by lazy troublemakers and young people from affluent backgrounds, skateboarding in Panama is trying to establish itself as a sport alongside baseball and soccer. Belying the idea of skateboarding as a pastime for rich kids, one of …
After Brazil, the South American country that lost the greatest area of primary forest over the past twenty years is Bolivia. The past few years, the land-locked nation has experienced vast forest fires that have affected millions of hectares.
In response to this trend, in 2017 a group of citizens led by Gina Méndez, established an NGO called the El Llamado del Bosque and launched a campaign on behalf of Bolivia’s forests, wildlife, and forest-dependent communities
Méndez, who previously served as major of Bolivia’s largest city, a member of the national congress, and the country’s Minister of Justice and Human Rights, says she was moved to start the movement by the “heartbreaking” loss of forests.