Bolivia road project in dispute

There is strong resistance mounting in Bolivia against the construction of a road link through the country’s TIPNIS national park, a conservation area. The new road is intended to improve transport connections between Villa Tunari and San Ignacio de Moxos.
October 25, 2017 Read time: 1 min

There is strong resistance mounting in Bolivia against the construction of a road link through the country’s TIPNIS national park, a conservation area. The new road is intended to improve transport connections between Villa Tunari and San Ignacio de Moxos. However the project has been the focus for protests and environmental concerns for some time as indigenous groups in the area have objected to the plans. The objectors intend to travel to Bonn in Germany, where they will present a lawsuit at the International Rights of Nature Tribunal against the Bolivian Government. Leaders of the Bolivian indigenous groups will attend the 23rd Conference of the Parties (COP23) to the 3262 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This will be held in Bonn between 6th and 17th November 2017.

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