Lourdes Molina, El Deber: The fire enters the Noel Kempff Mercado Park The fire is located on a plateau that is difficult to access. Brigades mobilized to design fire fighting strategies The forest fires do not let up and now they have begun to affect the forest reserves. Yesterday a fire was reported in the…
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“Red alert” for forest fires | “Alerta roja por incendios forestales
Viviana Angélica Trujillo, AlDiaNews: The Governor’s Office of Santa Cruz reported a total of 77 new fire outbreaks in addition to the 1,531 identified in the month of August, while forest fires accumulated more than 15,700 during the season. “Red alert” for forest fires in Bolivia’s largest region Located in the department of Santa Cruz,…
Bolivia: Anteater rescued from wildfires ravaging protected areas | Oso hormiguero rescatado de incendios forestales que asolan áreas protegidas
ABC, Reuters: Anteater rescued from wildfires ravaging protected areas in Bolivia Key points: Wildfires left around 14 hectares of terrain burnt across three different protected areas this week Annual forest fires in Bolivia have intensified in recent years Bolivia’s forests are home to jaguars, pumas, anteaters, night monkeys and countless other species Bolivian firefighters have rescued an anteater…
‘Only the rains will stop it’: Bolivia forest fires hit protected areas
by Yvette Sierra Praeli on 7 January 2022 | Translated by Sydney Sims, Mongabay: In the first 10 months of 2021, forest fires in Bolivia razed nearly 2.5 million hectares (6.2 million acres) in the department of Santa Cruz alone, exceeding the figure for the whole of 2020. In Santa Cruz, Bolivia’s biggest department, 58% of the burned…
Hectáreas quemadas – 2021 – Burned hectares
ANF, Los Tiempos: FAN quantifies the area burned by fires in 8 months at 1.5 million hectares The Friends of Nature Foundation (FAN) quantified in more than 1.5 million hectares the areas burned by the fires in the nine regions of the country, from January to August of this year. To perform the quantification, Sentinel-2…
Enjuiciamiento de los infractores de incendios forestales – Prosecuting forest fire offenders
Pagina Siete: ABT initiates 14 processes and issues 80 citations for fires in Santa Cruz The Code of Criminal Procedure establishes between two to six years in prison for those who are guilty of generating a forest fire. The Forest and Land Authority (ABT) issued at least 80 summons (subpoenas) and 14 criminal proceedings for…
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