Planned Bolivia-Brazil highway threatens Chiquitania dry forest

Mongabay
Sep 3, 2026, 11:08 am85 pts
On July 31, politicians and agribusiness leaders from Bolivia and Brazil gathered in the eastern Bolivian city of San Ignacio de Velasco. There, Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz signed an agreement to begin technical studies for a highway connecting San Ignacio de Velasco to Marfil, a point on the border with…

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