Forest Fire (12515 ha) in Bolivia 10 Aug 2022

Event summary

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

GDACS ID WF 1008219
Countries: Bolivia
Start Date - Last detection*: 10 Aug 2022 - 23 Aug 2022
Duration (days): 13
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 12515 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Articles: 3 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Anteater rescued from wildfires ravaging protected areas in Bolivia2022-08-19T04:19+0200.

Key points: Wildfires left around 14 hectares of terrain burnt across three different protected areas this week; Annual forest fires in Bolivia have intensified in recent years; Bolivia's forests are home to jaguars, pumas, anteaters, night
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Stopping wildfires before they start2022-07-26T19:02+0200.

Wildfire season is back in the world’s largest rainforest, the Amazon. Last month, the Brazilian part of the forest saw the highest number of fires in 15 years. The good news is, scientists can predict where these blazes are likely to erupt
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Rangers from Nicaragua and Mexico among global award winners2022-07-21T17:10+0200.

Kigali, Rwanda, 20 July 2022 (IUCN) Winners of the second International Ranger Awards, presented by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), were announced today in a ceremony
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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),