Forest Fire (7850 ha) in Bolivia 14 Sep 2021

Event summary

This forest fire can have a low humanitarian impact based on the and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID WF 1002471
Countries: Bolivia
Start Date - Last detection*: 14 Sep 2021 - 19 Sep 2021
Duration (days): 5
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 7850 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

*(Last detection of the thermal anomaly of the fire)

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Articles: 17 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "E' necessario sanare le gravi ferite inferte alla n ... 2021-09-27T11:29+0200.

Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - "È necessario cambiare la nostra mentalità e adottare una spiritualità ecologica, fermare lo sfruttamento irrazionale delle risorse naturali non rinnovabili, la deforestazione selvaggia, gli incendi boschivi, pe
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INTERNACIONAL - Población:2021-09-25T01:17+0200.

18:01, 2021-09-24. El conflicto en Siria, que comenzó en medio de los alzamientos populares de la Primavera Árabe en el 2011 y se convirtió en una insurgencia y una guerra civil, ha resultado en una de las mayores catástrofes humanitarias e
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La Doctrina del Shock. El auge del capitalismo del desastre2021-09-20T14:37+0200.

La Habana, Cuba. – El libro “La doctrina del shock. El auge del capitalismo del desastre” de la investigadora canadiense Naomi Klein, se publicó por la editorial cubana Ciencias Sociales en el año 2009 y es el que comentaré en esta entrega.
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Bolivia says forest fires in the country are under control2021-09-03T17:43+0200.

. Vice Minister of Civil Defense, Juan Carlos Calvimontes, said that in the municipalities of the Santa Cruz region, 82% of the fires occurred in areas of grasslands and small bushes, while the remaining 18 impacted wooded areas. RIO DE JA
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (27), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), JRC (1),