La Senda Verde Explained

La Senda Verde
Type:Non-governmental organization
Founder:Vicky Ossio
Marcelo Levy
Location:Coroico, Bolivia[1]
Area Served:Bolivia
Services:Wildlife refuge
Method:Volunteering

La Senda Verde is a non-government organization dedicated to environmental education and the care of sick, mistreated and abandoned wildlife. It is a privately run animal refuge in the Yungas area of Bolivia along the Yungas Road. The organization was co-founded by Vicky Ossio and Marcelo Levy in 2003.[2]

In 2010, Corporación Minera de Bolivia began works on a gold mine in a riverbed of Coroico River. In January 2010, the movement of the river channel caused by backhoes machines flooded some parts of La Senda Verde. In the aftermath, Ossio said that the damage to the animal shelter had been tremendous.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bolivian wildlife under threat . Bolivian Express . 1 July 2012 . 14 April 2014 . Shepherd, Harry.
  2. Web site: Volunteering at La Senda Verde Wild Animal Refuge . The Counterintuitive . 23 March 2014.
  3. Web site: La fiebre del oro amenaza a Coroico . Los Tiempos . 30 May 2010 . 14 April 2014 . Oblitas, Monica . Sagárnaga, Rafael . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221318/http://www.lostiempos.com/oh/actualidad/actualidad/20100530/la-fiebre-del-oro-amenaza-a-coroico_72707_134844.html . 3 March 2016 . dead .