Deforestation in Bolivia has jumped by 32% in a year. What is going on?

Everything points to more, not less, tree clearance, as country's fastest-growing region embraces intensive agricultureOne hot night in Roboré, a town in Bolivia's eastern lowlands, the community leader Rubén Darío Arias was hunched over a laptop, smoking intensely as he pointed to the red spots where forest fires were breaking out all over the map.This was in September 2022 - but it could have been any other recent year. Large forest fires are now an annual phenomenon in Bolivia - cause and effect of the deforestation linked to its booming agribusiness. Continue reading...