Bolivian lake becomes an arid, trash-covered wasteland 2 minutes read
By Gabriel Romano
Oruro, Bolivia, Apr 1 (efe-epa).- Gazing at Lake Uru Uru in the southwestern Bolivian province of Oruro, the thought occurs that no amount of effort would be sufficient to reverse the environmental degradation which has left 90 percent of the lake bed a dried-up waste piled high with plastic and other detritus.
Uru Uru and nearby Lake Poopo are home to more than 70 different species of birds, including some 120,000 flamingos of three different varieties, along with abundant fish and lush vegetation.
Environmental activist Limberth Sanchez describes Uru Uru as a virtual miracle of nature, as it arose in 1955 from an overflowing of the Desaguadero River on its southeastward course out of Lake Titicaca.