RAIBOLIVIA is a news platform about the environment, conservation and environmental sciences, with the mission of giving voice to biodiversity and vulnerable groups in Bolivia. It was founded in 2016, in the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Thanks to a grant from Earth Journalism Network (EJN).
"We believe in the power of independent environmental journalism to strengthen our readers' appreciation of nature and inspire conservation actions," explains one of its founders, Eduardo Franco Berton.
RAIBOLIVIA is part of Amazon Underworld, a journalistic alliance made up of InfoAmazonia (Brazil), Armando Info (Venezuela), La Liga Contra el Silencio (Colombia) and La Barra Espaciadora (Ecuador). Under the motto of ''crime and corruption in the shadow of the largest rainforest in the world'', Amazon Underworld and its journalists explore the little-explored corners of the Amazon to understand its criminal ecosystem. And in this way, reveal through journalistic investigations how the illicit activities of this intricate underworld of the Amazon have a devastating impact on Amazonian communities and the environment.
Continuing with its commitment to giving voice to biodiversity and indigenous peoples, RAIBOLIVIA has led panels at the following Journalism Conferences: Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJC) (Hamburg, 2019), National Conference of Science Writers (Washington DC, 2018), Latin American Conference of Investigative Journalism (Lima, 2019), World Conference of Science Journalism (Medellín, 2023), among others.
As a result of its journalistic investigative work, RAIBOLIVIA has won the following national and international awards: Society of Environmental Awards (SEJ) (2020), Latin American Award for Investigative Journalism (2019 and 2020), Award for Reporting on Biodiversity (2021), International Green Film Festival (2022 and 2024), Recognition by the Chamber of Deputies of the Plurinational State of Bolivia (2024).
The media logo is dedicated to the Beni Lucachi monkey (Plecturocebus olallae), as they explain on their website, it is one of the only two endemic monkeys that Bolivia has and one of the 25 most endangered species of primates in the world.
Source: SembraMedia
Last updated date: November 2025
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