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At the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, the agricultural frontier in Bolivia was expanding rapidly, especially in the departments of Santa Cruz and Beni, causing deforestation and sabanization of territories for their habilitation as spaces for raising livestock and export crops. , being affected tropical forests, grasslands and reed beds. One of the most widespread practices for the removal of vegetation is the so-called chaqueo, a practice consisting of burning the vegetation cover similar to slash and burn.

A report by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation (FES) in 2010 placed Bolivia among the countries with the highest rates of deforestation, almost tripling the rate in Brazil. Under this rate of forest loss, the disappearance of forests in Bolivia was expected by 2100 .

On April 26, 2019, Foreign Minister Diego Pary and the Minister of the Chinese Customs Administration, Ni Yuefeng signed a protocol to export 20 thousand tons of meat to China, which means 75 million dollars of profit for the country, to That needs to be expanded from the 13 million hectares of livestock use to 20 million as stated in the Livestock Development Plan 2020-2030, which was presented by the ranchers to the President of Bolivia. Miguel Ángel Crespo, an expert in agroecology, anticipates that this type of agroextractivism exacerbates droughts, floods, climatic changes, the appearance of pests, soil erosion. According to Natalia Calderón, director of the Friends of Nature Foundation (FAN), 60% of deforestation is due to livestock, and it was detected that the expansion in deforestation is significant in Charagua and Chiquitania in Santa Cruz, this is met on July 5.

Juan Carlos Ojopi, a member of the Amazon Defender Committee of the Madera river basin in the department of Beni, expressed his outright rejection as he endorses the deforestation of the lands that they themselves were reforesting and fear that all their work will be cleared and burned. A report by the Amazon Network of Georeferenced Socio-environmental Information (RAISG) says that Bolivia between 2005 and 2018 lost 18.7 million hectares of forest due to deforestation and fires.

Related legislation

On February 26, 2001, the then President of Bolivia, Hugo Banzer Suárez, authorized by means of Supreme Decree 26075 "permanent forest exploitation" in the departments of Santa Cruz and Beni.

On September 30, 2015, during the government of Evo Morales, Law 741 was enacted, which approved the expansion of clearing from 5 to 20 hectares per community. With the approval of Law 1098 on Ethanol and Additives of vegetable origin, 22 the use of transgenic seeds that resist droughts is authorized.

On July 9, 2019, in Beni, Supreme Decree 3973 was approved, which in part says:

"ARTICLE 5.- In the departments of Santa Cruz and Beni, clearing is authorized for agricultural activities on private and community lands, within the framework of the Integral and Sustainable Management of Forests and Land, in accordance with the specific management instruments approved by the Forest and Land Control and Social Control Authority - ABT, and its current Land Use Plans. In both departments, controlled burning is allowed according to current regulations, in the areas classified by the PLUS that allow it. "

The Minister of State in the Office of Environment and Water remains responsible for its execution and compliance.

Land occupation

On March 30, 2019, in San Miguel de Velasco, around 1,000 people gathered who felt threatened by the arrival of people from outside the place who arrived with the authorization of INRA so that 69 communities settle on 130,000 hectares of Chiquitania. The impotence of the inhabitants was denounced when they saw that these people killed their cattle and burned their lands. Óscar Hugo Dorado Flores, mayor of San Miguel said he did not authorize any of that. Aida Gil, leader of the Chiquitana Indigenous Organization (OICH) is accused of promoting what for the locals is a subjugation.

Increase in fires in 2019

In the first week of August 2019, 2351 fires were registered in Santa Cruz, while in management in 2018, around 2,858 had been registered in the entire month.

Chronology

July

On July 13, the largest number of fires was recorded in the department of Santa Cruz, 1065 in Buena Vista.

On July 26, ReliefWeb, the UN website for emergency monitoring, indicates that 28% of the territory of Santa Cruz is at a very high risk of forest fire and that 5% is at extreme risk.

On July 31, ReliefWeb reports that 46% of the department of Santa Cruz is at extreme risk of a forest fire.

August

On August 3, 30,000 hectares have been burned in Roboré, and 300 in San José de Chiquitos.

On August 4 the consequences began to be felt in Santa Cruz, the city was covered in smoke.

On August 5, the government of Santa Cruz asked for a helicopter to put out the fire in San José de Chiquitos, the alarms were activated for San Javier and San Ignacio de Velasco. Cliver Rocha, national holder of the ABT, recognized that the situation could get out of control due to weather factors.

On August 6, the soldiers who were in the Pailón area were removed by higher orders. Guillermo Capobianco, director of Citizen Security, says that the fire was in areas that were not very accessible and that the Ministry of Defense was urged to collaborate with aerial actions since the fire was uncontrolled and making its extinction difficult.

On August 7, a red alert was fired for fires in Santa Cruz, for which a Baby Bucket helicopter with a capacity of 400 liters was enlisted. That day the ABT put for consideration an administrative pause; There were 15 municipalities that the fire reached, 63% of them in Santa Cruz.

On August 8, Óscar Cabrera, vice minister of civil defense at a press conference, said that reconnaissance work had begun to locate water sources and see the magnitude of the disaster. Germaín Caballero, mayor of San José, asked that an emergency be declared in order to manage national and international aid.

On August 13 Roboré declared a disaster. Carlos Ragone explained that there were already more than 25,000 hectares burned.

On August 15, Cinthia Asin, the environment secretary of the Santa Cruz Governorate declared that the ABT measure to stop the burning authorizations had no results.

On August 16 it was impossible to travel on the bi-oceanic corridor road; the smoke was blown away by the strong winds. The helicopters, despite having certain difficulties, were able to discharge water over several scattered fires.

On August 17, fire entered the protected area of ​​Tucabaca, after 20 years since this area did not burn. The only way to quell the fire was by air. San Lorenzo, the entire Aguas Calientes area, Naranjo and the Chochis area are at risk. José Justiniano, secretary of the community of El Portón explained that the firefighters could no longer do anything. They just asked people to get out of their houses so they don't take risks.

On August 18, Defense Minister Javier Zavaleta López and Santa Cruz Governor Rubén Costas met in the area to assess the situation.

On August 21, Evo Morales creates a cabinet for environmental emergency and the economy minister Luis Arce Catacora orders the hiring of the plane called Evergreen 747 Supertanker. The Defense Minister, Javier Zavaleta, explains that it is the first time that this necessary type of airplane has been used in Bolivia because the fire places were inaccessible.

On August 27, the Friends of Nature Foundation (FAN) announced that 1.8 million hectares had been burned so far this year in Bolivia; that same day the President announces an ecological pause that prohibits the sale of land. In turn, the Forest and Land Authority (ABT) extended the deadline for clearing and burning plans in Santa Cruz.

On August 29, several specialists ruled out that the fire came from the Amazon, pointing to the communities that settled in the area as responsible.

On August 30, Gonzalo Colque, president of the Tierra Foundation, affirms that 70% of the burned territory is fiscal land and property of agricultural companies that correspond to the expansion of the agricultural and livestock frontier for commercial purposes, to export soybeans and bovine meat. . Roly Aguilera, Secretary General of the Santa Cruz Governorate, determined that these properties were endowed by the National Institute of Agrarian Reform (INRA) to peasant, indigenous and intercultural communities whose use should be forestry and not agricultural, which was determined as an endowment illegal. In August, 84,000 outbreaks of fire were determined in Santa Cruz.

September

On September 4, Diego Pary, foreign minister said that the sum of 11 million USD had been reached for the emergency.

On September 5, Rafael Álviz, mayor of San Rafael, confirmed that the fire exceeded the capacity to control the fire in his municipality, therefore he was declared a disaster.

On September 6 the Government of Santa Cruz announced the purchase of 200 liters of fire retardants at the request of firefighters and volunteers who were already tired considering that on Monday there were 5 heat sources and that Friday they rose to 51.55 The President of AMDECRUZ, Rodolfo Vallejos assured that 1,700,000 hectares burned in Chiquitania alone reached. Rafael Álviz expressed his concern by saying that they were never prepared to face an incident like this.

On September 7, 50 hectares were burned in Guarayos on illegal land, the authorities mobilized to find the whereabouts of the property owner. Pablo Suárez, a volunteer firefighter from La Paz died during the day; it was part of the Ajayu Civiles de La Paz group that worked with the SAR-Bolivia; the volunteer entered the Concepción area, specifically in Palestine. The cause of his death was a heart attack after having had a working day in extreme conditions; A departmental duel was declared in Santa Cruz in his honor.61 On that day, 10 fires were registered in San Ignacio de Velasco, 9 in San Matías and 9 in Concepción, in the Villa Nueva community, in Concepción, plantain and cassava plantations are at risk . Outbreaks are also identified in San José de Chiquitos, San Antonio de Lomerío, San Rafael, Roboré, Charagua, San Miguel, Puerto Suárez, San Javier and Carmen Rivero Torres.

On September 8 there was fear among the residents of San Matías because the fire was very close to the area of ​​the San Matías Integrated Management Natural Area, territory of the Paraba Azul that is in danger of extinction. In Roboré, the government is given an ultimatum to declare a national disaster. It is claimed that there are already 2.1 million hectares burned.

On September 9, there are two million hectares affected by the fires, 900,000 hectares in protected areas. According to the Government, there is a Boeing Supertanker, 50 tanks, 15 helicopters, light aircraft, more than 200 vehicles and around 7000 fire brigade and volunteer firefighters.

On September 10, Enrique Bruno, director of the Center for Emergency Operations (COED) disclosed that international experts claim that what happens in Chiquitania is anomalous and has never been seen before, that special machinery is needed to put out the fire. The governor of Santa Cruz, Rubén Costas, called the Minister of Defense, Javier Zavaleta, a meeting to coordinate with international experts. In Ñembi Guasu 350 thousand hectares of the total of 1 207 850.2 hectares have already been burned. Almost half of the affected areas are determined to belong to protected territories. Favio López, mayor of San Matías declared that there were 10 threatened communities, also stated that the fire is uncontrollable and that there is no experience in this type of disaster. People from the community of Yororobá, Quitunuquiña and Gavetita are also at risk, an evacuation is requested. José Ávila, director of Planning of the Indigenous Peasant Government of Charagua, declared that it is useless to have firefighters when the fire is uncontrollable, the flames reach 30 meters high, which can be dangerous for people who work in the area, they demand help aerial.

On September 10 Oswaldo Maillard, from the Foundation for the Conservation of the Chiquitano Forest (FCBC), said that "the columns of smoke are over 4,000 meters high, called Cumulonimbus flammagenitus or pyrocumulus clouds that can remain there for months or years, only they occur in volcanic activity, detonation of nuclear weapons or large fires, this was evidenced after the analysis of experts and reports from NASA. This type of fire is known as a sixth generation fire that can burn 400,000 hectares in two days. 58 active fires were registered in 12 municipalities of Santa Cruz. San Ignacio, San Matías and Concepción as the most affected. The Supertanker did not operate, the Chinook helicopter unloaded in San Ignacio de Velasco. The Ilyushin made two downloads in the Fin del Mundo locality, in Puerto Suárez.

On September 11 it is known that according to reports from Assemblyman Alcides Villagómez, in San Matías the fire devastated eight houses in the Minador Altavista community, in Candelaria three houses on livestock properties burned down, in total: 11 burned houses. The fire reached the power lines and left nine communities without power. A group of 16 international experts met with national and Santa Cruz Governorate authorities, pointing out that the fire in Chiquitanía is one of the worst they have seen and a change in strategy is needed. The largest fires occur in Charagua, Concepción, San Antonio de Lomerío, San Ignacio de Velasco, San José de Chiquitos, San Matías and San Rafael. Mario Araníbar, a SAR firefighter, complained that the Government sends soldiers who do not have training for actions against fire. Reynaldo Flores, head of the Chiquitano Dry Forest Conservation Foundation, assured that it is the most serious that occurred in South America and without a declaration of disaster, it cannot be adequately addressed.

On September 12 the fire was located one kilometer from the urban area, the evacuation of families was carried out in Urucú, Limoncito, San Pedro and Yororoba.

On September 15, Cinthia Asin, Ministry of the Environment of the Santa Cruz Governorate declares that 2,440,000 hectares have already been burned in the department of Santa Cruz; of that total 1,150,000 correspond to protected areas, the most affected places are San Ignacio de Velasco, Concepción and San Matías.75 Nationally, 2.9 million hectares are burned according to the Friends of Nature Foundation (FAN) in the fire reached 20 of the 22 protected areas.

On September 16, the X March of Indigenous Nations begins, which requires the repeal of Law 741 and Supreme Decree 3973.77. From the Government of Santa Cruz, the declaration of national disaster is requested in the death of three firefighters and lack of technical capacity and logistics to deal with fires. The fire is located 25 km from the Noel Kempff Mercado Park, the fire that started in San Ignacio advanced to the area and with the change of wind approached that territory. 2.7 million hectares are burned in Santa Cruz, 46% of the burned area is protected areas, 100 hectares are burned daily.

On September 17, it was learned that the fire was 18 km from the Noel Kempff Park protected reserve and is threatened by a 45-kilometer-long curtain of fire. The Charleston cattle ranch near San Miguelito was consumed by the entire fire, with its animals.80 The families affected by the fires are 4472 and the victims, 161.81 The municipalities with the largest burned area in Santa Cruz are: San Matías (449 287 ha )

Charagua (348,573 ha)

San Ignacio de Velasco (289 013 ha)

Puerto Suárez (208 709 ha)

San José de Chiquitos (183,741 ha)

San Rafael (180 106 ha)

Roboré (122 335 ha)

Carmen Rivero Torrez (110 517 ha)

Concepción (84,569 ha).

The most affected protected areas are: San Matías (337 785 ha)

Otuquis (265 513 ha)

Ñembi Guasu (270 837 ha)

Tucabaca (34,268 ha)

Ivory Lagoon (26,861 ha)

Burned forests correspond to 42% of the total.

On September 18 the Friends of Nature Foundation (FAN) declares that to date there are already 4.1 million hectares burned throughout the country, based on satellite images from NASA and the European agency ESA, a territory that It can be compared to Switzerland. In Santa Cruz there are 3 077 332 burned hectares, in Beni 879 495, La Paz, 142 134 and in the rest of Bolivia, 30 429.

On September 19 the fire reached Cuatro Cañadas, burning around 300 hectares.

On September 20 it is known that the capacity of firefighters is reduced by half (1292) from what it had in August (2300) and there is discouragement because after putting out the fire it is rekindled. 3 million hectares were burned in Santa Cruz. Winds with gusts of 50 and 90 km per hour, dry forest and high temperatures make the work of firefighters dangerous. There are 47 fires in 13 municipalities in the Chiquitania area. There are more than three million hectares in the area that have already been affected.

On September 21 it was announced that there was an average of 500 firefighters in Roboré, including Army, forestry, Interior and volunteer personnel. In the 12 affected municipalities there were around 7000 Army soldiers, 2,500 volunteers, there are some who have been found since July 20, when the first alert was issued.

On September 22, the councilor and head of the San Javier Municipal Emergency Operations Center, Lourdes Morales, reports that the fire in the Serranía San Lorenzo threatens the intake of water that provides this liquid to 8,000 people in Chiquitanía. She points out that those responsible for these fires are people who do not belong to the area.88 Yovenka Rosado, coordinator of the Forest Fire Program of the Government of Santa Cruz, indicates that the most affected municipality is that of Concepción. This day 49 fires are registered which remain active in 14 municipalities.

On September 24 rain falls in Ñembi Guasu according to the veterinary Jerjes Justiniano, in Chochis it also rains as reported by the secretary general of the municipality of Roboré, Carlos Ragone.

On September 25, it is known that the damage caused in the primary forests is irreversible, according to Sandra Quiroga, head of the Environmental Engineering degree at the private National Ecological University of Santa Cruz. More than 2 million animals have died to date. The fires are not yet controlled.

On September 26, there are contradictions between the report of the Armed Forces and that of the Departmental Emergency Operations Center (COED), in the first it is ensured that the situation is controlled, while in the second it indicates that there are more fires.93 Later from the rains of the previous day the fire in Roboré was alleviated, according to the protocols to declare the fires extinct you have to wait 24 hours. Concepción and San Antonio del Lomerío become priorities. It is known that the rainy season begins in November although in October there may be some rainfall, according to Cristina Chirinos, a Senamhi meteorologist, the rain that fell was very scarce. The president of the Municipal Council of Santa Cruz, Angélica Sosa, asked the vice president to add international aid through a declaration of national disaster when 3.3 million hectares are already affected in Santa Cruz.

October

On October 3, heavy rain falls in Chiquitania, causing the ceasefire in many areas, 1,217 brigadistas continue to work, the abandonment of the Bolivian Supertanker plane begins to be considered.

State response

Techniques to quell fires

During the development of the disaster, different techniques have been used to quell the fires, including: firewalls, black lines, Supertanker aircraft support, support helicopters, and mainly ground strategies developed by firefighters and volunteers. They have been overtaken by the fire that has been classified as the sixth generation and whose associated phenomena cause concern and characterize it as one of the most complicated phenomena in Latin America; columns of heat and smoke up to 4000 m high were identified.

Insufficiency of actions

On September 10, international experts flew over the disaster area together with Enrique Bruno from the Emergency Operations Center and mentioned the need to change the strategy to control the fires and prevent the occurrence of associated phenomena. Experts from the USA, Costa Rica, Ecuador and other countries declared that they had not seen a fire of such magnitude in the equatorial forests and pointed out 4 factors that led to the emergence of a fire of such magnitude: drought, high temperatures, winds and human incidence. .

Experts claim that the disaster is extreme and suggest the use of heavy machinery to implement short-range fires. As Enrique Bruno reported:

“They have a proposal, the only reliable proposal means all the work with machinery making remote fire lines, many machines are going to be needed, we need more tracks in all places of the fire. This is a priority and the Government must take it as such, because this is no longer sufficient. "

As of September 17 there are three fire fronts according to the monitoring technician and biologist Suri Cabrera Barea:

North, in the Yacuses district: the flames are between 3 and 20 km away, there is the area protection chief, four park rangers and two volunteers.

Southeast, in the San Juan district: a caterpillar tractor that cleans 15 square kilometers, four park rangers and 30 soldiers.

West, in the Charagua district: there is no staff or attention, the speed of the flames is uncontrollable, there is Ñembi Guasu and it is in a critical situation as it is an area of ​​difficult access.

Search for fire sources by land and satellite, when the winds are from the south the fire falls and are imperceptible but when it turns north it becomes uncontrolled, many focuses multiply and those that had been fought are reactivated, the expert points out:

“The staff is insufficient for the number of outbreaks that multiply, mainly on days with higher temperatures and wind. Volunteer firefighters with the greatest possible autonomy are needed, volunteers with drones to collaborate in the identification of hot spots, more caterpillars (the fire needs to be stopped with heavy machinery), more tanks, chainsaws with their tool, uniforms for volunteer firefighters, tools, backpacks ».

Community members, firefighters and volunteers denounce that there is a lack of machinery and equipment, and that makes the fight against fire much longer. Also suffering from burns when trying to put out the fire

Change of strategy

As of Wednesday, September 11, the strategy was changed creating large gaps with heavy machinery in the vicinity of the towns of Limoncito and Roboré.

Political actions

On September 2, President Evo Morales met with international experts in which they worked on a plan for prevention, immediate action on the fires and post Chiquitanía recovery. Of him they participated:

World Bank

Inter-American Development Bank

United Nations Organization

European Union

U.S. Embassy

The Ambassador of Great Britain.

The planning takes into account the equipment to monitor disasters and the training of community members.

Vice President Álvaro García announced that 23 million dollars have already been used to mitigate the fire, and that there is no budget limit.105 Manuel Canelas, Minister of Communication explained that a post-fire plan is being prepared.

Consequences and damages

Death of volunteers

On September 7, Pablo Miguel Suárez Núñez, 34, a volunteer firefighter who had traveled from La Paz to collaborate with the work in Santa Cruz, died. The mother of the deceased stated that she felt abandoned by the Government and pointed out that the work was done precariously and that at least they should have had a doctor near the fire department.

On Saturday, September 14, firefighters Dylan Vega, Renzo Flores, both from Santa Cruz and José Elmar Roca Núñez from San Ignacio de Velasco, died, drowned in the cutoff of the Campeche property, while they were at rest. In Santa Cruz the government decreed departmental mourning and made a posthumous tribute.

Nearby populations

The forest fire has caused different levels of damage in communities close to the areas, reaching a distance of 1 km from populated centers such as Roboré, until September 5, 2019, at least 4,472 affected families and 171 families affected by the disaster.

Forest areas

According to Ever Durán, president of the College of Forest Engineers of Santa Cruz (CIF-SC), it will take 200 years to reforest the Chiquitanía. According to the College of biologists of La Paz, together with 80 institutions, they stated that at least 40,000 trees were affected, including oak, cedar, grove, tara and tinder; until September, it is estimated that 40 million trees were lost; according to the Foundation for the Conservation of the Dry Forest Chiquitano (FCBC) the economic value of loss would be around 1,140 million dollars.

Erwin Villagómez, director of the veterinarians, explained that the affected areas are sensitive and have to be immobilized, the wetlands and water currents in the area represent the only water sources in the area. 59.92% of the affected territory are floodplain savannas.

Indigenous communities

One of the territories in danger is the Ayorea community of Santa Teresita, which is 10 km from the fire zone.

More than 400 Indigenous communities were affected by the fires.

Francisca Matos, president of the indigenous organization of the Sañorama community of San Ignacio de Velasco, Rosa Pachurí Parabá, president of the Organization of Rafaeleñas de Velasco Women (OMIR) and Marina Justiniano, president of the Organization of Indigenous Chiquitan Women of Roboré who They find in the city of Santa Cruz making the problems in their communities visible on September 20, they explain that it has not been raining in their communities for more than five months, the fire is in Limones and their families are at risk and that they had to reach the city in search of help, because what comes is for the firefighters but not for the indigenous communities. They were forced to sell the animals they had at a very low price rather than see them die for lack of food and water. They are all mothers who had to leave the tranquility of their lives in the countryside affected by concern in their communities.

34% of the burned territory in Ñembi Guasu represents the area where indigenous people live in voluntary isolation.

Complaint from Paraguay

On October 2, the Paraguayan Chamber of Deputies requested formal meetings with the Bolivian executive because the fires on the Chaco border were started in Bolivia thanks to the decree authorized by Evo Morales. The person who promoted this resolution was the legislator Carlos Sebastían García, from the Partido Patria Querida (PPQ - Capital), in that country the fire hit a million hectares. Victor Borda (MAS), president of the Chamber of Deputies, accused them of being intrusive and that there will be no compensation.

Protected areas

Protected areas in the Department of Santa Cruz.

The protected areas directly affected are Otuquis (135 392 ha), San Matías (124 749 ha), Tucabaca (25 780 ha), Ñembi Guasu (187 787 ha). Experts in the area have identified a total of 10 protected areas in danger, adding six to those already mentioned, these are:

Santa Cruz la Vieja Historical Park

Ivory Lagoon

Municipal Reserve of San Ignacio

San Rafael

Kaa Iya

Noel Kempff Park

Wildlife

Shelters

On August 21, a temporary shelter was installed in the biothermal hotel in Aguas Calientes, 120 in which animals that were mostly injured with burns or dehydrated and malnourished were rescued. The biologist Raúl Ernesto Rojas along with other volunteers who work in that refuge say that they only find burned bodies or bones of the animals, for the living they leave some food in the territory so that they can feed themselves. He explained that they stopped counting, because they were too many. The biologist with more than 15 years of experience in natural disasters has never seen such a level of disaster. An emblematic case of this refuge is that of the bear Valentina flag that arrived with four burned legs and fell into a coma when entering the refuge, says veterinarian Flora Cecilia Dorado. The hotel closed its attention to the public to dedicate itself exclusively to the help of animals. They fear that after the fires stop, people will forget about rehabilitating the animals.

Work was carried out to rescue animals that are partially burned, dehydrated and malnourished. There is talk of animals that roam the burned forests, which facilitates their illegal hunting by being more easily visible. Toucans and other types of wild animals have also been seen arriving in the city.

Endangered Species

During the development of the forest fire, different data referring to the number of species affected by the event have been raised, during the development of the event and the destruction of new ecosystems the figures have been expanding, until the end of September the fire persisted, so the analyzes and quantifications carried out are partial and subject to subsequent revaluations that may yield higher figures.

Around 500 species of animals are endangered in Chiquitanía alone. In general, more than 1,200 species, including insects such as bees, 43 amphibians, 140 reptiles, 788 birds and 242 mammals, are suffering the consequences of this disaster.

During fire control operations, firefighters have found different evidence of animals that are fatal victims of fires such as charred reptiles and mammals, 127 128 as well as others fleeing to areas that have not been affected by the fires, such as cougar calves.

One of the animals most at risk is the Ameerega boehmei frog, an endemic species that can only be found in the Chiquitano Dry Forest (BSC). It is feared that the fire will reach the territory of the blue paraba.

In an evaluation carried out by Ciencia Bolivia and the College of Biologists of La Paz, it was determined that around 1600 species were lost in the fire:

Arachnids: 19 species

Insects: 340 species

Fish: 166 species

Amphibians: 76 species

Birds: approximately 800 species

Mammals: 144 species

Reptiles: 56 species

For Iván Arnold, executive director of the Fundación Naturaleza, Tierra y Vida (Nativa), the few animals left in the fire zone are destined to die because they have no food sources and no water. You can see charred tripping pigs that despite being fast could not escape and this shows how voracious the fire becomes, for him the only way to recover the area is to declare its intangibility and avoid the hand of man. For Mónica Negrete, a veterinary graduate and activist in the area, she believes that many animals can disappear because they were already in danger of extinction, she believes that the jaguar is the most likely to disappear since, having no herd, it must move to nearby areas to find food and can reach livestock areas where it can be considered a threat.

It is feared that toucans, parabas or macaws that usually migrate to Ñembi Guasu migrate to the city because they no longer have their habitat.

Some species whose specimens have been identified as victims are:

Anteater

Wild pig

Capybaras

Jochis

Corechi

Toucan

Pig hog

Red footed tortoise

Boyé snake

Brichi snake

Talking parrot

Parrots

Eagle

Sucha

Chichilo monkey

Colorful Harpy

Suru bee (Scaptotrigona postica)

Boa constrictor

Anaconda

Stop blue

Odontophorus speciosus

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