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Bolivia to turn former sanitary landfill to natural sanctuary

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La Paz, Oct 1 (EFE).- More than 30 hectares of territory in the city of La Paz that 17 years ago functioned as a sanitary landfill, is now in the process of becoming a tree sanctuary, the first of its kind in Bolivia.The sanitary landfill concerned is located in Mallasa in La Paz. It functioned from 1991 to 2004, and that after 17 years of hard work and care has become a green space.On the occasion of National Arbor Day on Friday, volunteers and officials from the Paceña mayor went to the landfill to some 300 seedlings as a part of this project. (Camera: YOLANDA SALAZAR). SHOT LIST: PARTICIPANTS PLANT TREES DURING AN EVENT MARKING THE BEGINNING OF THE AFFORESTATION OF FORMER MALLASA SANITARY LANDFILL, WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE 'TREE DAY', IN LA PAZ, BOLIVIA. SOUND BITES: MUNICIPAL SECRETARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, JOSÉ CARLOS CAMPERO (IN SPANISH). TRANSLATION: WE HOPE THAT IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS, ALTHOUGH THIS LANDFILL CANNOT BE OPENED TO PUBLIC THAT AT least it would become a natural sanctuary for all kinds of animals, insects, trees, bushes which we will gradually add to this former landfill.

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