Heat sources increase by up to 30% in seven protected areas

“Between February 1 and July 28, 2020, 3,155 heat sources were reported in seven parks and protected areas in the country, 32 percent more than in the same period of 2019, when 2,383 heat sources were reported, according to” Forest Information and Monitoring System data from Bolivia’s Ministry of Environment and Water.

“According to the report, in the period from February to July 2020, 47,179 heat sources were reported throughout the country, 44,024 of these were outside protected areas and 3,155 within protected areas.”

Minor increases were seen in Madidi National Park and Pilon Lajas.

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