New report says more than 30m hectares burned, 79% more than in 2023, after country saw worst drought on recordAfter enduring its worst drought on record in 2024, Brazil closed the year with another alarming milestone: between January and December, 30.86m hectares of wilderness burned – an area larger than Italy.The figure published in a new report is 79% higher than in 2023 and the largest recorded by Fire Monitor since its launch in 2019 by MapBiomas, an initiative by NGOs, universities and technology companies that monitors Brazil’s biomes. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/21/brazil-fires-drought
Author : Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro
Publish date : 2025-01-22 03:00:00
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