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From 2001 to 2025, Bolivia lost 10544kha of tree cover, equivalent to a 5.1% net decrease in tree cover since 2001.

In Bolivia from 2001 to 2025, 10544kha of tree cover loss occurred in areas where the dominant drivers of loss resulted in deforestation.

In Bolivia, the top 5 regions were responsible for 97.3% of all tree cover loss between 2001 and 2025. Santa Cruz had the most tree cover loss at 7355.1kha compared to an average of 1171.5 kha.

Santa Cruz7355.1kha
El Beni1799.2kha
La Paz466.0kha
Cochabamba321.4kha
Pando318.1kha

From 2000 to 2020, Bolivia experienced a net change of -3324.4 kha (-5.61%) in tree cover.

  • The loss total is different from annual tree cover loss, as this data was created using a different method and forest definition. For gross or annual loss information, please see the tree cover loss widget.

  • Disturbance represents areas that experienced both loss and gain between 2000 and 2020

From 2000 to 2020, Bolivia gained 617.2 kha of tree cover equal to 0.47% of the global total.

Russia37.2Mha
Canada17.0Mha
United States14.0Mha
Brazil8.1Mha
China6.7Mha

In Bolivia there have been 23,010 VIIRS fire alerts reported so far in 2012 considering high confidence alerts only. This total is high compared to the total for previous years going back to 2012. The most fires recorded in a year was 2019, with 48,622.

In Bolivia the peak fire season typically occurs in September. There were 23010 VIIRS fire alerts reported between 22 Jan 2012 and 30 Dec 2012 considering high confidence alerts only.

Between 22 Jan 2012 and 30 Dec 2012 Bolivia experienced a total of 280,828 VIIRS fire alerts (high confidence).

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