Forest Fire (6490 ha) in Bolivia 10 Oct 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 1002751
Countries: Bolivia
Start Date - Last detection*: 10 Oct 2021 - 23 Oct 2021
Duration (days): 13
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 6490 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 6 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Fires leave trail of dead wildlife, scorched land in Bolivia’s protect ... 2021-10-11T11:54+0200.

Forest fires in Bolivia are showing no sign of abating, with blazes sweeping through ecosystems like the Amazon rainforest, Chaco scrubland, Chiquitanía savanna, and Pantanal wetland. With almost 1 million hectares (2.5 million acres) burne
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La marcia degli indios boliviani (di C. Madricardo)2021-10-01T13:11+0200.

Le occupazioni delle terre da parte dei coloni sono in buona parte all’origine degli enormi incendi forestali verificatisi in questi anni in Bolivia. Risale al 2019, complici siccità e un decreto di Evo Morales che ampliava gli incendi auto
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La marcia degli indios boliviani2021-10-01T13:00+0200.

(Di venerdì 1 ottobre 2021) Le occupazioni delle terre da parte dei coloni sono in buona parte all’origine degli enormi incendi forestali verificatisi in questi anni in Bolivia. Risale al 2019, complici siccità e un decreto di Evo Morales c
...(more)
La marcia degli indios boliviani2021-10-01T12:56+0200.

Le occupazioni delle terre da parte dei coloni sono in buona parte all’origine degli enormi incendi forestali verificatisi in questi anni in Bolivia. Risale al 2019, complici siccità e un decreto di Evo Morales che ampliava gli incendi auto
...(more)

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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),