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2014

Bolivia Gives Legal Rights To The Earth, Ocotber 10 ^[1]

2011

Bolivia Celebrates First Annual "Day of the Pedestrian", ^[2] September 5

Bolivia’s Law for Mother Earth could spark a new world of ecological justice, Polly Higgins, ^[3] June 12

2010

Bolivia submits Cochabamba Conference outcome to UNFCCC, ^[4] April 30. The Bolivian submission incorporates the main content of a “Peoples Agreement” and a draft proposal for a “Universal Declaration of Mother Earth’s Rights” that were adopted at the Cochabamba Conference.

The concept of “Living Well” - a Bolivian viewpoint, Bolivia delegation at the UN, ^[5] April 20

2009

Bolivia: deforestation rate is 20 times the global average. ^[6] December 19

Bolivia: water shortages due to melting glaciers. The disappearance of glaciers in the Bolivian Andes Mountains is causing a concern because the future water shortages will affect the availability of suitable drinking water for a vulnerable migrant population. ^[7] November 2

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