Monica Evans reports for Forests News, CIFOR: A firefighter’s account of the country’s burning dry forests Between 22 and 27 August 2019, estimates say forest fires caused largely by land-clearing for agriculture in Bolivia doubled. Photo: Romaneth Hidalgo Bolivia – When firefighter Daniela Azero and her team first saw the extent of the uncontrolled forest fires…
Month: September 2019
Indigenous: Government only takes care of its image
El Diario reports: It does not declare a national disaster On Wednesday 4 of this month they will evaluate the trial of responsibilities against President Evo Morales for “ecocide”, “ethnocide” and “biocide” The forest fire recorded in the Chiquitania region, which exceeds 1,100,000 hectares of forest, caused irreparable losses to nature. The Government did not…
‘Murderer of nature’: Evo Morales blamed as Bolivia battles devastating fires
Dan Collyns reports for The Guardian: Furious locals say president is culpable over unprecedented destruction of wildlife Firefighters try to control a fire near Charagua, close to the border with Paraguay. Photograph: Aizar Raldes/AFP/Getty Images Runy Callaú can’t remember how many nights he has been fighting the blaze which has engulfed huge swathes of forest….
Animal shelter in Bolivia takes in animals fleeing from the wildfires
ABC Fox Montana reports: The tiny victims of Bolivia’s raging wildfires have taken some respite in an animal shelter in Aguas Calientes. These animals are the lucky ones; the fires across Bolivia have impacted approximately 3,800 square miles. It leaves behind an uncountable death toll of plants and animals. The shelter rehabilitates these animal survivors…
1,200 species threatened by fire in Chiquitania
EFE reports via El Diario: 40 million trees lost The fire has consumed thousands of hectares of forests and grasslands in Santa Cruz, leaving wildlife at the mercy of hunters Bosque Chiquitano is home to 50 types of amphibians, 78 different reptiles, 700 birds, 124 mammals and 300 kinds of fish, as well as several…
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