Between mid-August and early October, fires devastated 13.2 million acres of Bolivia’s wildlands, including the Amazon rainforest, Chiquitania and Gran Chaco lowlands, all of which are home to wildlife found nowhere else in the world. In July, the national government legalized slash-and-burn fires to turn forests into pastures for agriculture—almost all for cattle ranching to meet the beef demand primarily from China.
Global Wildlife Conservation Museo de Historia Natural "Alcide d'Orbigny" Nativa Tarija Panthera IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
