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Miwaguno, Ecuador, Dec 23 (EFE).- Residents of some indigenous communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon are choosing to rely on the natural remedies used by their ancestors as they battle the Covid-19 pandemic.
Miwaguno, Ecuador, Dec 23 (EFE).- Residents of some indigenous communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon are choosing to rely on the natural remedies used by their ancestors as they battle the Covid-19 pandemic.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street for Parliament to take part in his weekly session of Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons as he faces the consequences of a damning report into lockdown-breaking parties at Downing Street, published in full on Wednesday. IMAGES
La Paz, Oct 14 (EFE).- Municipal budgets for investments in gender equality and equity in Bolivia were reduced in 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, with a decrease of 22.5 percent compared to the previous year, according to a study presented Thursday in the Bolivian capital.The data is reflected in the Investment Ranking for Gender Equality and Equity (IIEG) collected by the Gregoria Apaza Women's Promotion Center, the Colectivo Rebeldía, the Women's Coordinator, the Integral Women's Training Institute and Oxfam with funding of the Government of Canada. (Camera: GINA BALDIVIESO).B-ROLL OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE INVESTMENT RANKING FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND EQUITY (IIEG) DATA IN LA PAZ, BOLIVIA.
La Paz, Oct 1 (EFE).- More than 30 hectares of territory in the city of La Paz that 17 years ago functioned as a sanitary landfill, is now in the process of becoming a tree sanctuary, the first of its kind in Bolivia.The sanitary landfill concerned is located in Mallasa in La Paz. It functioned from 1991 to 2004, and that after 17 years of hard work and care has become a green space.On the occasion of National Arbor Day on Friday, volunteers and officials from the Paceña mayor went to the landfill to some 300 seedlings as a part of this project. (Camera: YOLANDA SALAZAR). SHOT LIST: PARTICIPANTS PLANT TREES DURING AN EVENT MARKING THE BEGINNING OF THE AFFORESTATION OF FORMER MALLASA SANITARY LANDFILL, WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE 'TREE DAY', IN LA PAZ, BOLIVIA. SOUND BITES: MUNICIPAL SECRETARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, JOSÉ CARLOS CAMPERO (IN SPANISH). TRANSLATION: WE HOPE THAT IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS, ALTHOUGH THIS LANDFILL CANNOT BE OPENED TO PUBLIC THAT AT least it would become a natural sanctuary for all kinds of animals, insects, trees, bushes which we will gradually add to this former landfill.