Bolivia Is Burning. Who Will Stop Its Fires?
Bolivia’s fires are the bitter fruit of policies designed to benefit agribusiness. Mr. Morales has promoted the expansion of cattle ranching and biofuels in Santa Cruz since 2010. In April this year, Mr. Morales signed an agreement to increase beef exports to China, which have — like Brazil’s — been growing in value and volume. Then in July, a decree legalized slash-and-burn fires to turn forests into pasture. Bolivians called Mr. Morales a “murderer of nature.”NY Times, 24 September 2019
Bolivia, Beef, forest fire EVO MORALES’ ECOCIDE IS A GENOCIDE
The bolivian lowlands have been burning for over a month. Over 4 million hectares of biodiverse forests has already burned to ash–an area larger than Switzerland. Uncontrolled, the fires continue to spread across protected areas and Indigenous territories, provoking an incommensurable loss of life.Intercontinental Cry, 24 September 2019
Bolivia, Beef, forest fire Fires consume more than 4.2 million acres of Bolivia’s forests
Massive fires in the eastern region of Bolivia continue to expand, threatening to destroy thousands of hectares of crops and pollute the air breathed by villagers with smoke and ash.World Socialist Web Site, 10 September 2019
Bolivia, Beef, forest fire As Bolivian forests burn, Evo’s bet on Big Farming comes under fire
In the tropical Bolivian city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, a wealthy farming hub on the edge on the Amazon rainforest, President Evo Morales gathered with ranchers late last month to celebrate a maiden shipment of beef to China.Daily Times, 09 September 2019
Bolivia, Beef, forest fire, agriculture intensification Will exporting beef to China cause deforestation in Bolivia?
The recent Belt and Road Forum in Beijing brought news that Bolivian meat will soon start to be sold in China. The new market will bring opportunity to livestock farmers, but unless they migrate to more sustainable production, serious deforestation may also result. In the last two decades, livestock caused 60% of deforestation in the country – similar to Brazil and Colombia.Dialogo Chino, 05 July 2019
Bolivia, Beef, beef trade, deforestation , Amazon Deforestation in Amazon has Reached the Worst Condition
World’s largest tropical forest on Amazon’s basin is undergoing record-breaking deforestation, according to a new report. Many countries are responsible for the deforestation in Amazon rainforest. The span of Amazon river basin is 2.6 million square miles, which passes through many countries, including Peru, Guiana, Suriname, Brazil, and Bolivia. The countries like Peru, Columbia, and Bolivia are significant causes of deforestation and Brazil is also in the race.One World Herald , 28 May 2019
Bolivia, Beef, Bolivia Investors warn soy giants of backlash over deforestation in South America
Investors have called on the world’s biggest soy companies to make firm commitments to end deforestation in wildlife-rich areas of South America such as the Cerrado and Gran Chaco.Mongabay, 18 March 2019
Paraguay, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Soy, deforestation Agribusiness harm to Gran Chaco genetic diversity: centuries to heal
Bolivia have done little to conserve the region, even as agribusiness continues to aggressively convert native vegetation to soy.Mongabay, 23 January 2019
Bolivia, Soy, genetic diversity