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August 23, 2021

Bolivian Wildfires Scorch Nearly 700,000 Acres as Ranchers and Farmers Drive Deforestation
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In Bolivia, wildfires have burned nearly 700,000 acres, threatening the
Ñembi Guasu natural protected area, an Indigenous autonomous territory
near the border with Paraguay that is considered one of the world's
largest dry forests. This is a Bolivian environmental activist.

Carolina Ballivián: "In the last few years, Bolivia has become one of
the biggest deforesters in the world. … The capital gain grows between
$800 to $1,000 per hectare when that land is cleared, because it can be
used as grazing pastures for livestock instead of maintaining it as a
virgin forest."



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