Bolivia reports 2,382 fires during quarantine

According to this Spanish-language article in Los Tiempos, 2,382 fires were registered in Bolivia between April 1 and April 21—1,799 are located in the department of Santa Cruz, 497 in Beni, 86 in La Paz and 60 in Cochabamba. The report by the Autonomous Territorial Planning Center (CPTA) of the Center for Legal Studies and Social Research (Cejis) indicates that, of the total registered sources of burning, 315 are concentrated in 21 protected areas and in 15 indigenous territories in the departments of Santa Cruz, Beni and La Paz.

177 outbreaks of burning were concentrated in 21 national and sub-national protected areas, the most affected being: San Matías Integrated Management Natural Area, Ñembiguasu Conservation and Ecological Importance Area, Otuquis National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area, Natural Management Area Pampas del Río Yacuma integrated the Madidi National Park, the Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area and the Biosphere Reserve, among others.

The indigenous territories most affected by the sources of burning are: the Isoso Indigenous Territory (Santa Cruz), with 75 sources; the Cabineño and Cayubaba (Beni) territories with 15 foci each, and the Mosetén (La Paz) territory with three foci.