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Deforestation (measured as loss of primary forest) in Bolivia accelerated to record levels in 2021, reports Global Forest Watch. Bolivia lost 291,379 hectares of primary forest, they estimate. news.mongabay.com/2022/04/2021-tropical-forest-loss-figures-put-zero-deforestation-goal-by-2030-out-of-reach/Permalink On twitter.com
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This places Bolivia as the #3 country in the world for tropical deforestation in 2021, surging ahead of Indonesia, and more than doubling Peru and Colombia.Permalink On twitter.com
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Only Brazil and DR Congo had more deforestation than Bolivia in 2021, but this is due to their size alone. Brazil has 8x Bolivia's land area, and 19x Bolivia's population, but just 5x its 2021 deforestation.Permalink On twitter.com
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The Democratic Republic of Congo has 2.1x Bolivia's land area, and 8x Bolivia's population, but only 1.7x its 2021 deforestation.On twitter.com
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GFW/WRI estimates ~37% of Bolivian deforestation occurred through fire. Bolivia's largely intentional fires continued to be large in 2021, burning 3.4M hectares of land, including 690k heactares of forest. Much of this is either not tropical, or not primary forest per GFW.Permalink On twitter.com
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These fire figures are from FAN Bolivia, and extend only through 15 October 2021. incendios.fan-bo.org/Satrifo/areas-quemadas-oct-2021/Permalink On twitter.com
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Fires in Bolivia are down sharply from devastating 2019 season, which saw 2.0M hectares of forest / 6.4M of land burn.Permalink On twitter.com
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The combination of smaller fire and record setting primary deforestation, plus the 63% non-fire clearance estimated by GFW shows that deforestation in Bolivia is driven by deliberate land use change, not by out-of-control fires.Permalink On twitter.com
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Bolivia appears prominently on the Andes Amazon project's 2021 Amazon deforestation hotspots maps. maaproject.org/2022/amazon-hotspots2021/Permalink On twitter.com
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Here are overall views from GFW/WRI. Left map shows forest loss 2019–2021; right 2006–2021. Note that protected natural areas (shaded in these maps) are not being protected from deforestation.Permalink On twitter.com
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Figures are still being calculated for 2021, but in 2020 Bolivian deforestation accounted for 89% of the country's carbon emissions. This figure will be higher in 2021. @CarwilBJ/1455589946832691201Permalink On twitter.com
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Combining deforestation, energy, and cement, Bolivia (11m people) contributes as much greenhouse gases to the atmosphere as the United Arab Emirates (9m). On a per capita basis, Bolivia ranks between Saudi Arabia and the UAE. @CarwilBJ/1455589950536179720Permalink On twitter.com
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Record deforestation in 2019, 2021 place Bolivia off track for its own climate goals. @CarwilBJ/1455589944072753161 Planning seems oriented around accelerating this trend, not stopping it. fundacionsolon.org/2022/03/23/bosques-sin-metas-claras-para-reducir-la-deforestacion/Permalink On twitter.com
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Deforestation on Indigenous land was a matter of concern when I visited the 2010 National Indigenous March. It remained so in 2021. culturalsurvival.org/news/indigenous-peoples-bolivia-walk-over-300-miles-demand-respect-their-lands-and-cultures news.mongabay.com/2021/11/indigenous-groups-call-for-govt-intervention-as-land-grabbers-invade-bolivian-protected-area/Permalink On twitter.com
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On the capitalist model driving deforestation in Bolivia and the left–right political consensus behind it: @CarwilBJ/1363479895838494720Permalink On twitter.com
