Emergency Wildfire Response And Prevention In Bolivia
Raised so far
$00% funded
Partner
Location
Gran Paisajes del Chaco, Chiquitania y Pantanal, Bolivia
Key Species
Jaguar, Chaco peccary, Lowland tapir
Challenges and Threats
Megafires worsened by drought and climate change, illegal settlements fragmenting habitat, and inadequate equipment and monitoring leave remote areas without rapid wildfire response.
Actions
Equip and train community wildfire brigades, expand satellite-based early detection, and support emergency logistics during active fire seasons.
The Challenges
Bolivia is in the middle of an escalating wildfire crisis. Prolonged drought, rising temperatures, and unsustainable land use have pushed the Chaco, Chiquitania, and Pantanal into increasingly frequent megafires. Each fire season destroys critical habitat, degrades soils and waterways, and puts Indigenous and rural communities at risk.
Many protected landscapes still lack the equipment, early-warning systems, and trained brigades needed to contain fires before they spread.
Urgent Solutions
NATIVA is launching an integrated wildfire prevention and response program. They will strengthen local brigades with specialized training, protective equipment, and logistical support; expand satellite monitoring to detect hotspots in real time; and run awareness campaigns to help communities adopt preventive fire-management practices before the next dry season.
The goal: sharply reduce wildfire impact and safeguard critical habitat for jaguars, Chaco peccaries, lowland tapirs, and the people who share their range.
Why Your Donation Matters
Your support goes straight to protecting some of Bolivia’s most extraordinary ecosystems. Every contribution equips a frontline brigade, keeps a monitoring system online, or fuels an emergency deployment when a fire breaks out.
Investing in prevention now is how we stop irreversible biodiversity loss and defend Indigenous territories—before the next fire season hits.