Revista Latinoamericana de Desarrollo Económico

Estimación de las emisiones de CO2 por deforestación e incendios en Bolivia entre 2010 y 2023

Sunday, Jun 1, 2025 by Lykke E. Andersen, Fabiana Karina Argandoña Gonzales, Carla Olmos, Diego Calderón, Sebastián Miranda, Alvaro Mauricio Muñoz Quisberth and Sergio Choque Sunagua Revista Latinoamericana de Desarrollo Económico

Using high-resolution MapBiomas land-cover maps and biomass density data, this paper quantifies Bolivia’s annual greenhouse-gas emissions from deforestation and fires between 2010 and 2023, which frequently exceed 200 million tons of CO2 per year.

Valoración económica de los servicios ecosistémicos en Bolivia: estimación del aporte de las áreas protegidas y los territorios indígenas

Sunday, Jun 1, 2025 by Lykke E. Andersen, Fabiana Karina Argandoña Gonzales, Diego Calderón, Sergio Choque Sunagua, Alvaro Mauricio Muñoz Quisberth, Carla Olmos and Sebastián Miranda Revista Latinoamericana de Desarrollo Económico

This paper estimates the economic value of ecosystem services from Bolivia’s natural areas—around US$3.4 billion per year locally and up to roughly US$29 billion including global carbon and biodiversity values—finding that protected areas and Indigenous territories generate about 56% of the total.