Eduardo Franco reports through Mongabay: EXCLUSIVE: RAINFOREST RAPIDLY CLEARED FOR SUGARCANE IN BOLIVIA Around 1,300 hectares were deforested for sugarcane between 2011 and 2014 in northern Bolivia, with 600 more hectares cleared between July and September 2016. Mongabay Latam reporters flew over the area to investigate the extent of the issue. This story originally appeared…
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Fires sweep across Bolivia, August 2016
Reuters reports: Fires sweep across Bolivia Bolivian authorities struggle to contain the worst outbreak of forest fires in a decade, as high winds and drought lead to fires that threaten several national parks. Ashraf Fahim reports. Fires sweep across Bolivia, driven by drought and high winds. They’re the worst in ten years and local volunteers…
STOP: In Bolivia, deforestation reached 350,000 hectares per year
CEDIB study, reported in El Diario: Report of Cedib In Bolivia, deforestation reached 350,000 hectares per year • According to the document released by Cedib, Bolivia has the highest level of clearance in relation to global figures. The Center for Documentation and Information Bolivia (Cedib) estimated that Bolivia lost 350,000 hectares of forests annually by…
The destruction of Santa Cruz forest sector
Jimmy Ortiz writes in El Diario: The destruction of Santa Cruz forest sector The exaggerated political and racial ideology of the government has achieved its goal: the destruction of our forest sector. For the Bolivian populism, they are toads from another lagoon, represent the exact opposite of its multinational ideal, they are entrepreneurs and cruceños…
Santa Cruz concentrates 83% of legalizing land clearing
Fernando Rojas reports for El Deber: Santa Cruz concentrates 83% of legalizing land clearing Under the state plan, 512,291 hectares and the production of grain and livestock, priority shall be recorded. At least 2,022 (83%) of agricultural land, livestock, dairy, pig farmers and poultry farmers, of 2,426 that legalized clearing, were executed between 1996 and…
Forestry 101: The context of deforestation and forest degradation in Bolivia
The following Executive Summary is from an excellent document produced by the Center for International Forestry Research, CIFOR, for the whole document, please use the link below: The context of deforestation and forest degradation in Bolivia Drivers, agents and institutions Robert Müller – Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Pablo Pacheco – Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Juan Carlos Montero – Universidad de…
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