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Bolivia's Santa Cruz department's deforestation continues to get a lower profile than it deserves. Video: Deforestation between 2001–2019 in Ascensión de Guarayos, Bolivia. (Source: World Resources Institute via @nytimes)On twitter.com
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"our analysis shows a pattern of intensifying deforestation activity during the 2008-2014 period, so that the Santa Cruz region now represents the largest hotspot of deforestation in Amazonia." (Kalamandeen et al. 2018) nature.com/articles/s41598-018-19358-2Permalink On twitter.com
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… and again in 2019 per this NASA compilation of fire intensity.Permalink On twitter.com
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Yet a variety of technical details about which of these areas are tropical, in the Amazon study region, or dense enough to count as forests lower the reported scale of habitat destruction in Bolivia. woborders.blog/2020/07/04/bolivia-forest-loss-2019/Permalink On twitter.com
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Natural ecosystems in Santa Cruz include humid Amazon rainforest, Chiquitano dry forest, and tree-studded but technically nonforested Chaco ecosystems.Permalink On twitter.com
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Global Forest Watch's published estimate of primary forest loss in Bolivia in 2019 was 290,000 hectares. But they found 852,000 hectares of lost forest cover. FAN-Bolivia estimates that 1.9 million hectares of forest burned, though not all was destroyed.Permalink On twitter.com
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Unfortunately, people tracking the bigger picture of Amazon Basin deforestation, will need to continue to keep their eyes on Bolivia. [opening graphic from this story: nytimes.com/2020/06/02/climate/deforestation-climate-change.html]Permalink On twitter.com