by Sam Twyman | Sep 24, 2019 | Tabloids
Bolivian volunteer firefighters, exhausted from battling blazes sweeping rapidly across the country’s lowlands, are starting to lose hope and retreat from the front lines of some infernos in the drought-stricken region....
by Sam Twyman | Sep 24, 2019 | Tabloids
The Amazon is on fire, and not only in Brazil. Since July, Bolivia has lost two million hectares of forest, pushing its government to call on the EU to step in....
by Sam Twyman | Sep 20, 2019 | Tabloids
Decenas de miles de personas, muchas de ellas estudiantes, encabezan marchas en todo el mundo para exigir acciones concretas de gobiernos y corporaciones para enfrentar la crisis climática. https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-49768853...
by Sam Twyman | Sep 18, 2019 | Tabloids
Global coverage of the recent Amazon fires has focused on Brazil, but Bolivia has suffered a similar catastrophe. Over the last two months, some 2.4 million hectares of the country have burned, almost half of which is forest. At least six people have died and around...
by Sam Twyman | Sep 18, 2019 | Tabloids
Six volunteer firefighters use machetes to cut a path through the vines and underbrush of the Chiquitano forest in Bolivia’s eastern lowlands. They’re approaching the leading edge of a fire that’s been burning for hours....