A burning issue in South America: how to ensure an economic future for people affected by extreme weather events

In 2024, Bolivia burned with a thousand fires. These wildfires, which are an annual occurrence, were the worst on record, with 12.6 million hectares, four times the size of a country like Belgium, going up in smoke. Many Indigenous communities saw all or part of their territory consumed by the flames. Twenty-five out of the 60 Indigenous communities belonging to the Paikoneka Indigenous Centre of San Javier (CIP-SJ), in eastern Bolivia, were affected. “We lost all our cassava, bananas, (…) - News / Latin America-Global, Collective bargaining, Environment, Climate crisis, SDGs, Disasters