According to Pagina Siete, “For 10 days the fire has not ceased in the Pilón Lajas Community Land and Biosphere Reserve, in the department of Beni. Although there are brigades that work in the place, the regional authorities and the residents request air support because the water sources of several communities are at risk…
Pilón de Lajas is a Peasant Native Indigenous Territory that is located between the departments of La Paz and Beni, where the Andes Mountains end and the Amazon plains begin.
In addition, it has an area of 396,264 hectares, equivalent to less than 1% of the national surface, and is considered one of the regions with the greatest biological diversity in Bolivia and the world.”