Oil and gas exploration threatens Bolivian Chaco water supply

https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/oil-and-gas-exploration-threatens-bolivian-chaco-water-supply/

Aguaragüe National Park, located in southern Bolivia, is suffering from hydrocarbon exploitation, which has been carried out in this region for more than 100 years. The park’s soils and water sources are being contaminated and some tributaries have already disappeared. The Los Monos stream, for example, is now just a rustic path. Another stream, the Caigua, previously provided water to the area but now has a much weaker flow.

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“Across the country, people are working to transform and replenish the #landscape—creating opportunities to connect with #Nature and improving safety around #tributaries. In some ways, we are attempting to turn back the hand of time. We want to give nature a chance to be itself again. When we remove a dam, or take out other barriers along a #waterway, we give nature a chance to revert to its true form, to become vibrant and rejuvenated.”

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