More than one million hectares burned during a wildfire in Corrientes, a highly biodiverse province in northeast Argentina that is among the poorest in the country. The disaster destroyed natural areas and small local producers that are now looking for ways to recover. While climate change and environmental degradation played a part in stoking the flames, many believe that governmental negligence is also to blame for the catastrophe and turn to the authorities for answers.
Read the full article in Fair Planet: https://www.fairplanet.org/story/rising-from-the-ashes/