Fires rage in Bolivia’s Chiquitania region

Ivan Paredes, Mongabay: Authorities are battling an outbreak of wildfires in eastern Bolivia’s Chiquitania region. Satellite data show fires have intensified over the past two weeks and are invading protected areas. The fires are destroying habitat spared by Bolivia’s extreme fire season of 2019. Wildfires in Bolivia are often associated with burning for agriculture, and…

Wildfires devastate Bolivian nature reserves

Phys.org: Wildfires, mostly started intentionally, have scorched almost 600,000 hectares of land in eastern Bolivia already this year, authorities said. On Monday night there were 20 active fires in Santa Cruz state affecting seven protected areas. The government said 200,000 hectares (495,000 acres) had burned in just two days. Most of the fires are in…

Forest fires ravage thousands of hectares of land in Bolivia

Syndicated Content, WHBL: By Danny Ramos and Reuters TV LA PAZ (Reuters) – Fires have laid waste to around 150,000 hectares (579 square miles)of forests and grasslands so far this year in the Bolivian lowlands, the country’s authorities have said, with firefighters battling scattered blazes since last week in eastern Santa Cruz. The fires spread…

La Rueda de Negocios regresa tras un año de pausa en formato virtual y presencial – The Business Roundtable returns after a year of pause in virtual and face-to-face format

El Dia: Se realizará del 21 al 23 de septiembre La pandemia del coronavirus impidió la realización de la Rueda de Negocios de la Cainco en el 2020, pero tras la flexibilización de las restricciones, el evento alista su retorno este 2021 en formato híbrido, es decir de manera virtual y presencial. En  esta ocasión,…