Amigos de la Madre Tierra

Animamos a los solicitantes elegibles a solicitar nuestra formación de formadores para la respuesta a emergencias comunitarias. La fecha límite para presentar solicitudes es el 6 de febrero de 2026. amigosdelatierramadre.org/convocatoria...

Friends of Mother Earth launches Bolivia’s first national Community Emergency Response Team Train-the-Trainer program in February 2026, equipping local leaders with life-saving disaster-response skills to build a nationwide, community-led emergency network. See friendsofmother.earth/friends-of-m...

Friends of Mother Earth is building Community Emergency Response Teams across Bolivia to prepare for and respond to floods and wildfires, starting with a train-the-trainer kickoff in February 2026. Please donate!
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The Logging Lobby in the Evergreen State How a quasi-academic group convinced Washington State to classify industrial logging as a climate change solution.

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Happy holidays! Friends of Mother Earth is building community leadership in Bolivia for human and ecosystem health. Consider donating to our first emergency response trainings. secure.givelively.org/donate/frien...

Indigenous women fill Bolivia's frontlines fighting wildfires | Context by TRF Bolivia's women volunteer firefighters confront the upcoming wildfire season with drier conditions driven by climate change

These brave women are amazing. On the front lines they protect their communities as best they can, oftentimes with inadequate tools. www.context.news/climate-risk...

The National Emergency Briefing The National Emergency Briefing was held on in Westminster Central Hall on the 27th November. Eight leading experts, chaired by Professor Mike Berners-Lee, gave a concise, high-level and unfiltered br...

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Health Workers Navigate Climate Change in the Bolivian Amazon | Think Global Health Bolivia is the country most vulnerable to climate change in South America and the tenth most vulnerable in the world

Climate change impacts undermine the work of promotores, rural community health workers. Disaster preparedness includes ensuring communities are accessible during and after emergencies. We incorporate this into our Community Emergency Response Team training.
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Source: Amazon Mining Watch

Amazon Mining Watch uses machine learning to map the scars of gold mining activities in the Amazonian countries. By analyzing historical satellite images, this tool tracks the fast-paced growth of open-pit mining in the largest rainforest in the world. amazonminingwatch.org/en?areaType=...

Bolivia is experiencing climate emergencies such as floods and wildfires. Friends of Mother Earth, in partnership with CERT Latin Global, is launching Bolivia’s first Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Train-the-Trainer Program in early 2026. Learn more at friendsofmother.earth/friends-of-m...

Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out

Why are fossil fuel lobbyists even allowed into the COP?
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Amazon rainforest is approaching 'tipping points' that could transform it into a drier savanna Researchers caution that the Amazon rainforest could disappear in the next hundred years, due to the combined effects of climate change and deforestation, and a new model predicts how that could trans...

The Amazon Rainforest is under threat, including in Bolivia, and must be protected. www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

Deforestation rates on Afro-descendant lands in 4 Amazon countries are as much as 55% lower than the norm: Study Afro-descendant peoples in four Amazon countries show remarkable achievements in environmental stewardship, according to new research from Conservation International, published in Nature Communication...

We can learn from Afro-descendants about their relationship with Mother Earth. Human habitat does not always have to be destructive.
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Extractivismo y neoextractivismo en la Bolivia de las elecciones 2025 En plena carrera electoral, los discursos de los candidatos a la Presidencia de Bolivia prometen sostenibilidad, pero refuerzan viejas y nuevas formas de extractivismo. ¿Qué futuro espera a Bolivia si...

Communities must prioritize self-care. Friends of Mother Earth supports Buen Vivir, emphasizing health and safety. Don't wait for governments; inspired individuals lead, and leaders follow. Our lives depend on it.
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Bolivia’s economic crisis and mining put Indigenous people at risk Indigenous leaders and researchers are concerned about the advance of mining, as Bolivia’s government looks to extraction to boost finances and fuel supply

A recent story about the same old story, i.e., extractivism.
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13 Major Companies Responsible for Deforestation | Earth.Org Between 1990 and 2016, the world lost 1.3m sq km of forest. There are many, but here are 12 companies that are responsible for deforestation.

Note that #1 in this article is Cargill operating in Bolivia. earth.org/major-compan...

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Denuncian que lagunas abandonadas por los mineros son la principal causa de la inundación de Tipuani desde hace 36 días - Actualmente hay más de 150 viviendas que están inundadas y, aunque se logre drenar toda el agua, esas casas ya serán inutilizables, lamentó una comunaria damnificada.

This tragic story illustrates the impact of unregulated mining in Bolivia. Mercury poisoning harms people and ecosystems, while destroyed riverbeds cause flooding, contamination, and illness in communities. This news report highlights these ongoing dangers. sumandovoces.com.bo/denuncian-qu...

The fires get out of control and can quickly spread into communities. These communities have no effective early warning system nor means of firefighting available to them. This is what Amigos de la Tierra Madre is working to change.

Christian Stalberg, Coordinator of FME, urged Bolivia’s Agroenvironmental Court to address deforestation and mercury pollution by utilizing carbon markets to fund frontline communities, introducing mercury-free mining technology, and funding sustainable economic diversification via lithium exports.