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    Bolivian couple rescue bees in danger from coca farming, fires

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    Bolivian couple rescue bees in danger from coca farming, fires

    Local farmers have cleared forests and other food crops in order to grow lucrative coca

    Published:  January 23, 2021 19:03 Reuters  and  Compiled by Nathaniel Lacsina, Senior Web Editor
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    Honey bees in Bolivia's mountains threatened by deforestation are moving to a sanctuary created by a couple to rescue the insects from a staggering decline in their colonies as coca farming has encroached on their habitat. Image Credit: Reuters
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    For 10 years, zootechnical engineering vet Eric Paredes and his wife Cinthya Callisaya Yujra have scoured the humid, subtropical Yungas region for beehives to take to their "Las Orqu".O-deas" (The Orchids) sanctuary. Image Credit: Reuters
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    There, the insects thrive in wooden hives safely away from farmers who find them a nuisance. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Honey bees help to pollinate plants that produce about 70% of the food consumed by humans around the world, Paredes said. Image Credit: Reuters
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    But many local farmers have cleared forests and other food crops in order to grow lucrative coca. Pesticides used for the coca are also harmful to the bees. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Coca is a traditional plant used for chewing, tea and medicine, but is also the key ingredient for cocaine. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Although some is grown legally for the local population, most of the coca in the rainy Yungas region in western Bolivia is converted illegally to cocaine, according to United Nations estimates. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Bolivia is the third-biggest cocaine producer after Colombia and Peru. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Some 60% of the nearly 20,000 hectares of Yungas forest has become vulnerable and the bee population has fallen by half, Paredes said. "We feel obliged to continue working in favor of the bees to rescue this species." Image Credit: Reuters
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    Paredes and Callisaya Yujra are educating local farmers about bees and have helped to save 10 native species through their sanctuary. "The objective is to convert it into a bee research institution to transmit this knowledge to different regions so that this species is valued more," said Paredes. Image Credit: Reuters

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