Reuters reports for The Economic Times: A 70 year old grandmother conquers Bolivia’s ‘Death Road’ 1/5 The ‘death road’ of Bolivia Bolivia´s “Death Road” might seem an odd place for a septuagenarian grandmother on two wheels. The world´s most dangerous road spirals skyward nearly 11,000 feet, from the country ´s lowland jungles to the snow-capped…
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Bolivia: Forest Fires – Emergency Plan of Action DREF N° MDRBO013
Red Cross plan reports via Relief Web: A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster In early August, a forest fire started in the department of Santa Cruz in Bolivia, which has increased the sources of accelerated burning. According to the most recent OCHA report (2 September 2019)1 on the fires, a total of 1,917 families…
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…
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…
500 species at risk due to fire in the Chiquitano Forest
AFP reports via El Deber: The flames have consumed more than 471,000 hectares in the department of Santa Cruz. Environmentalists warn of the serious risk to the variety of ecosystems that coexist in this natural reserve. Almost 500,000 hectares of the Chiquitano Forest were lost in the forest fire that still affects the reserve. Photo:…
They emit orange alert in 4 departments due to lower temperatures and strong winds
El Deber reports: SENAMHI The Senamhi issued an orange alert in Santa Cruz, Beni, Tarija and Chuquisaca. The entrance of a cold front is expected this Wednesday. The winds will reach speeds of up to 90 kilometers per hour They issue orange alert in 4 departments due to lower temperatures and strong winds | Photo:…
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