Recently cleared forest land at the edges of a newly built road connecting San José de Chiquitos and San Ignacio de Velasco. The Chiquitano dry forest has been significantly impacted by expansion at the agrarian frontier in recent years. Deforestation in Bolivia is driven mainly by the need for new land for livestock production as well as for mechanised and small-scale or subsistence agriculture. From 2001 to 2021, Bolivia lost 6.67 million hectares of tree cover, equivalent to a 10% decrease since 2000 (Global Forest Watch).
