Bolivia – Michael J Dockry

Sustainable forestry in Bolivia began with Indigenous communities

I have published a new paper with Nancy Langston in Environmental History on the Indigenous roots of sustainable forestry in Bolivia. In the mid-2000s, Bolivia emerged as a leader in sustainable tropical forestry, in large part because of Ley 1700, the 1996 forestry law. Indigenous lowland communities were instrumental in Read more…

By Mike Dockry, 6 years ago

Bolivia

Deforestation in Bolivia and Andean Amzaon

There have recently been several news reports about the increase in Amazonian deforestation. This deforestation is most acute in Bolivia. My research shows that many indigenous communities are using sustainable forestry to improve their land tenure status i.e. the legal control of their territories. Lowland indigenous communities marched from the Read more…

By Mike Dockry, 12 yearsSeptember 7, 2012 ago