Amazon fires affect indigenous people
It is not just a part of an important forest that is burning, it is the home of people who have lived in the Amazon for millennia. The fires in the Bolivian Amazaonas are affecting the indigenous people of the rainforest.
Photo: Juan Gabriel Estellano/ Oxfam IBIS
As industries and companies burn down the forest to build new plantations or open mines, around 2,000 families in Bolivia have been forced to flee their homes because of the fires. Oxfam is on the ground in the affected communities in the Bolivian Amazon, providing people with food and clean water.
"It's sad to think of all the animals burning up, all the species and all the trees. These are the lungs of the earth. It makes me sad that we are destroying the world for our children and grandchildren," says Vania.
Vania Montenegro Aranibar's home was surrounded by fire. "It's just a simple house, but it's my home. Now everything is destroyed," says Vania, whose home in Bolivia was surrounded by fire. She watched as her crops were destroyed, animals died and trees turned to ash.
Photo: Juan Gabriel Estellano / Oxfam IBIS
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