LOCATION Bolivia
URGENT PROJECT
2,054,193 Acres
COST $ 2,327,744
SECURING THE DEFORESTATION FRONTIER & FIGHTING FIRES IN THE BOLIVIAN AMAZON
BOLIVIA
STORED CO2 EQUIVALENT OF
76,533,780 PASSENGER VEHICLE EMISSIONS FOR 1 YEAR
TOP : FUNDACIÓN NATURA BOLIVIA ; BOTTOM LEFT : NATURE BOLIVIA ; BOTTOM MIDDLE : NATURE BOLIVIA ; BOTTOM RIGHT : NATURE BOLIVIA
The Bajo Paragua forest of Eastern Bolivia is ground zero in the fight to save the Amazon Rainforest from logging , fire , and conversion to agriculture . During the terrible fire season of 2020 , nearly 10 % of the forest burned . If these trends continue , the entire forest , an area one-and-a-half times the size of Delaware , will be lost within a few years . With it will go the livelihoods and culture , the very being of the indigenous Guarasug ’ we people , as well as 354,251,601 metric tons of carbon – up in smoke .
To hold the line , Rainforest Trust and our partner , Fundación Natura Bolivia , propose to work with the Guarasug ’ we and local governments to create the San Ignacio and Concepcion Municipal Protected Areas , safeguarding over 2 million acres of rich , old-growth , lowland rainforest .
We will train , equip and deploy patrols and fire brigades to protect the forest and its indigenous residents . Some additional forest loss is inevitable over the next two years , but we think we can slow it down and secure the remaining forest within a few years . The burnt patches will regenerate ; the Amazon will survive .
This project will be one of the first to be supported by Rainforest Trust ’ s new Rainforest Climate Action Fund – see back cover .
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