Fernando Scheffer

Brazil’s Deforestation Crackdown Is Shifting Pressure to Bolivia

Bloomberg Investigates reports that Brazil’s tougher anti-deforestation enforcement has coincided with accelerating forest loss across the border in Bolivia, particularly around Santa Cruz and San Ignacio de Velasco. The investigation examines how Brazilian agricultural capital, cheaper land and proposed transport links are reshaping that frontier, including a reported deal involving a 30,019-hectare managed-forest property. Bolivian officials argue that investment can raise productivity without extensive clearing; environmentalists and Indigenous leaders warn that the same expansion model could shift Amazon destruction rather than contain it.