In a Bolivian protected area torn up for gold, focus is on limiting damage

Mongabay
May 2, 2023, 11:35 pm215 pts
LA PAZ — At dawn in Apolobamba, in the Bolivian highlands, groups of vicuña and alpaca — some sheared, some shaggy — amble around looking for scrub to graze on, though the frozen ground offers little. The scene is silent, but for the clanks and rumbles of machinery at the nearby gold mines. Apolobamba is…

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