Bolivia has the highest per capita deforestation rate in the region

Speaking at the 2019 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change-COP25, the Bolivian Minister of Environment presented the environmental situation in Chiquitanía, Tipnis, Tariquía and Madidi: "Result of an inadequate environmental policy in 14 years, Bolivia has the highest per capita deforestation; until 2017, each Bolivian carried the load of 200 square meters of destroyed tropical forests, more than double our neighboring countries of the Amazon.” See the Spanish-language article here.