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The Chiquitano Forest is the largest of the world’s few remaining dry forest ecosystems. Mainly located in Bolivia, it sits between South America’s two most extensive river basins: the Amazon and La Plata. Fires occur every year in the area, but in 2019, they spiraled out of control and burned almost 10% of the Santa Cruz Department. In this episode, SEI’s Jeanne Fernandez and Bart Wickel discusses their work modeling groundwater dynamics in the context of fire impacts, as part of Bolivia WATCH (WASH Thinking Connected to Hydrology).
Juan Carlos Giraldo
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Music Credits: Corporate Happy by Zakhar Valaha
Production: Juan Carlos Giraldo at Podcast and Business
Episode art image credit: AFROG DESIGN UNIT / Moment via Getty Images
Project / Bolivia WATCH works to arm the country's institutions with the information and capacity to connect two spheres: safe sanitation and watershed management.
Project / This project provides a general vision for evaluating the impacts of fires in the Chiquitania Region by integrating water resources into restoration strategies.
SEI brief / Researchers worked with key actors in Bolivia to build a framework to help policymakers integrate water and forest restoration planning.
Podcast series / SEI experts break down complex topics, from water management in California to how fires affect Bolivia's water balance, in this podcast series.
The water program of SEI US drives innovation in water management by developing, using, and transferring planning tools and participatory processes.
