The map is a map of Bolivia, which includes the cities of Bolivia. I want to show you this picture because I want you to become familiar with Bolivia’s cities and where they are located. The other picture shows a type of insect living in the Bolivian Amazon Rainforest, which will help you with question one and three. The last picture shows the Amazon River Basin and the plant life around it.
Here is some information that will help you with the questions.
According to http://rainforests.mongabay.com/20bolivia.htm, “Bolivia has substantial rainforest cover in its lowland areas: the
Bolivian Amazon covers 229,985 square miles (59.6 million hectares) of which roughly two-thirds is forested. About half of Bolivia's forest cover consists of primary forest.”
“From 1986-1990, the country had a low deforestation rate—about 0.2 percent annually.”
“Greater threats to Bolivia's forests come from oil and gas development, commercial agricultural expansion, subsistence agriculture and fuel wood collection, and land-clearing for cattle pasture. In 2005, fires set for land clearing burned out of control during the record Amazon drought. All told, some 500,000 hectares of forest and pastureland went up in smoke. Agricultural fires are likely to worsen in the future as population pressures mount and the Amazon region experiences drier conditions due to climate change.”
Finish your questions and let’s move onto the next country! Brazil here we come!
