Amnesty Intenational reports: In an open letter published today, Amnesty International called on the government of President Evo Morales to suspend the July decree that authorized “controlled burns” to extend the agricultural frontier, until it is certain that the decree has not contributed to the forest fires that are causing an environmental and human rights…
Month: September 2019
Fire uncovered land division in Chiquitania
El Diario reports: Assigned for intercultural settlements National Unit regretted that the Government has not identified those responsible for the transfer of coca growers and intercultural for the slash-and-burn that led to the biggest ecological disaster in Santa Cruz Communities received resolutions approving settlements from INRA until March, although the institution denied that permits have…
Fires destroy more than 4.2 million wild acres in Bolivia
Jessie Yeung reports for CNN: ‘All you can see is death.’ Aerial tour of Amazon fires reveals endless devastation 00:59 (CNN)It’s not just the Brazilian Amazon burning — fires in Bolivia have ravaged more than 1.7 million hectares (4.2 million acres) of land, according to Bolivian officials. That’s more than double the damage from just just two…
Disaster strikes in Bolivia as fires lay waste to unique forests
This story is a journalistic collaboration between Mongabay’s Latin America (Latam) team and the Bolivian newspaper Página Siete by Carolina Méndez, Isabel Mercado on 6 September 2019 | Translated by Romina Castagnino Fires are raging in Bolivia, hitting particularly hard the Chiquitano dry forests of the country’s southern Santa Cruz region. Officials say the fires are largely the result of intentional burning…
Bolivia – Forest Fires – DG ECHO Daily Map | 06/09/2019
ReliefWeb reports: MAP fromEuropean Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations For better resolution, detail, please download as pdf, use this link https://reliefweb.int/map/bolivia-plurinational-state/bolivia-forest-fires-dg-echo-daily-map-06092019 #SOSAMAZONASBOLIVIA
UNICEF broadcasts messages on the protection of children and adolescents in Chiquitanía
UN Children’s Fund reports: Because the rights of Mother Earth are the rights of children, through an alliance with 32 local broadcasting stations in 17 municipalities in the area affected by the fires UNICEF can broadcast messages about care and protection of the children and adolescents suffering from this emergency. This activity reaches an estimated…
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