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Bolivia - Wildfires (media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 November 2023)

  • On 17 November, Bolivian Civil Defense informed that wildfires are raging in three of Bolivia's nine departments, mostly sparked by field burning to prepare farmland for planting.

  • The fires have damaged thousands of hectares of forests, crops and pastures. The most affected departments are Beni, La Paz and Santa Cruz.

  • Apart from different indigenous communities, the fires are affecting five protected natural parks: Madidi – considered the most bio-diverse park in the world -, Noel Kempff Mercado, Isidoro Secure, Amboro and Origen Pilon Laja.