Miguel Angel Roca, El Deber: (WATCH THE VIDEO) The anteater was found by the brigades that work in the liquidation of the fire, with serious signs of dehydration and stress On the morning of this Thursday, an anteater was returned to its natural habitat that was rescued when it tried to escape the forest fire…
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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…
Incendios forestales – 2021 – Forest fires
Iglesia Católica pide parar “degradación ambiental” El monseñor Sergio Gualberti alentó a practicar una cultura del cuidado y advirtió que “el mundo se acerca a un punto de no retorno y no hay tiempo que perder” Según un informe de la Fundación Solón, Bolivia ingresó a la temporada de quemas con más focos de calor…
Industrial agriculture threatens a wetland oasis in Bolivia
Gustavo Jimenez, Morgan Erickson-Davis, Mongabay: An oasis within dry Chiquitano forest in eastern Bolivia, Concepción Lake and its surrounding wetland provide valuable habitat for 253 bird, 48 mammal and 54 fish species. However, despite being officially listed as a protected area, cultivation of commodity crops like soy and sorghum is expanding and supplanting habitat. Agricultural…
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