In commemoration of International Soil Conservation Day, Alex Villca participated in an international panel broadcast on Youtube and Facebook on July 7. The session focused on “exchanging views, reflections and worldviews from different parts of Latin America on the processes of struggle, defense and protection of the environment.”
“Alex Villca (Bolivia), spokesperson for the National Coordinator for the Defense of Indigenous and Peasant Territories and Green Areas…affirmed “it is up to civil society and indigenous peoples in particular, to prepare much more, to learn more about the normative and legal issue. In the case of Bolivia, we have an exquisite Constitution, which in almost 100 articles talks about the rights of indigenous peoples and nature, but how much is fulfilled from all that normative framework, how much is fulfilled with international agreements. Practically nothing".
You can view the original news report, and the video of the session here.