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Lowlands
Bolivia has about
58 million hectares of forest
which is being rapidly reduced due to widespread deforestation.
De
forestation increased from an estimated
168,000 hectares
annually between 1990-2000 to around 330,000 hectares annually between 2001-2005.
The
lowlands account for
65% of Bolivia’s land,
which includes a tropical zone where many fruits like pineapple are grown and ultimately exported.
The rapidly increasing monocultures of soybean are highlighted as the
main factor of land degradation.
In the lowlands, agriculture is dominated by extensive cattle grazing and cultivation of export crops on large land estates
(“latifundios”).
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Environment
Glacial Loss
Flooding
Urban Areas
Malnutrition
Respiratory Disease
Rural Areas
Highlands
Lowlands
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