Overall Green alert Drought for South Sudan-2021
in South Sudan

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 3 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1015040
Name: South Sudan-2021
Countries: South Sudan
Start Date: End of Jul 2021
Duration: 109 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 48739 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Climate change and fires: Bolivia's forests in peril2021-11-10T10:57+0100.

It is a protected area, but San Matias—which also hosts subsistence farmers, cattle ranches and quartz mines—burns every year as land is cleared for the next planting season. The practice is legal during May and June, after the rainy season
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Climate change and fire: endangered Bolivian forests2021-11-10T10:55+0100.

The road through San Matthias in Bolivia is a no-man’s land. Hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest, once lush, are now a wasteland of twisted, carbonized tree stumps. Although a protected area, San Matthias, with its self-sufficient f
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Climate change and fires: Bolivia's forests in peril2021-11-10T06:04+0100.

, is a no man 's land. Hundreds of thousands of hectares of once lush forest are now a wasteland of twisted, carbonized tree stumps. It is a protected area, but San Matias -- which also hosts subsistence farmers, cattle ranches and quartz m
...(more)
Climate change and fires: Bolivia's forests in peril2021-11-10T03:09+0100.

The road through San Matias, Bolivia, is a no man’s land. Hundreds of thousands of hectares of once lush forest are now a wasteland of twisted, carbonized tree stumps. It is a protected area, but San Matias — which also hosts subsistence fa
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