It will take two centuries to reverse the destruction to Bolivia’s landscape

Vaishnavi Behl reports for Condé Nast Traveler: As Amazon burns, another disaster is unfolding in Bolivia With the world’s attention turned towards Brazil’s blazing Amazon, forests in neighbouring Bolivia are silently burning. One million hectares of forest land have been destroyed, largely due to uncontrolled slash-and-burn farming. Per experts, more than two years’ worth of damage…

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Bolivian’s Amazon rainforest ablaze, fires are threatening people and wildlife

Claire F.R. Wordley reports for The Conversation: Up to 800,000 hectares of the unique Chiquitano forest were burned to the ground in Bolivia between August 18 and August 23. That’s more forest than is usually destroyed across the country in two years. Experts say that it will take at least two centuries to repair the ecological damage done by…

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:…