Bolivia has certified more than two million hectares of its forests, making the South American country the world leader in tropical forest certification. Santa Cruz, Bolivia – Bolivia has certified ...

STORY: At least 16 major fires in the department of Santa Cruz and another four in the department of Beni grew on Wednesday, propelled by more than 90 km (56 mile) per hour winds, leading the ...

LA PAZ, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Wildfires in Bolivia are now running on a track to set an all-time record, latest satellite data show, with fire hot-spots to-date overtaking the rate in the same period ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Massive fires fueled by climate change led global forest loss to smash records in 2024, according to a report issued on Wednesday. Loss of tropical pristine forests alone reached ...

Once a sink for greenhouse gases, the rainforest, converted to farmland by slash-and-burn agriculture, is fast becoming a source of them. What is driving the deforestation? A turn away from Bolivia’s ...

In Bolivia, prospectors are digging craters and poisoning rivers in Madidi National Park. This natural treasure stretches from the Andes to the Amazon. Intensive farming, meanwhile, is ravaging the ...

Wildfires raging in Bolivia's forests and grasslands since May have destroyed 1.7 million hectares (4.2 million acres), officials said Wednesday, amid an $11 million effort by the government to ...

A team led by two women from Bolivia have used their drone skills to help map fires and work with local authorities there. In 2023, more than 42,100 wildfires were recorded in Bolivia, the highest ...

Jaguars in Bolivia are both persecuted by landowners who see them as a danger to livestock, and targeted in a lucrative emerging trade in their parts, including teeth and bones. Duston Larsen, the ...

MONTEVIDEO, June 28 (Reuters) - Forest loss in Bolivia accelerated by about a third last year with clearances in the country trailing only giant neighbor Brazil and the Democratic Republic of Congo, a ...

LA PAZ (Reuters) -Bolivia declared a national emergency due to raging forest fires the country's defense ministry announced on Saturday. In a press conference, defense minister Edmundo Novillo said ...

Massive fires fueled by climate change led global forest loss to smash records in 2024, according to a report issued on Wednesday (May 21). Loss of tropical pristine forests alone reached 6.7 million ...