Brazil experienced a dramatic surge in forest fires in 2024, with 30.8 million hectares of land burned—a 79% increase compared to the previous year. This alarming data was revealed in a report ...

The number of forest fires in Brazil surged in the first eight months of 2019, official data show, as President Jair Bolsonaro faces growing criticism over rampant destruction of the Amazon.

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"The Amazon is in its worst state of the last 50 years.” LONDON -- Wildfires in the Amazon are choking swaths of Brazil, Bolivia and Ecuador with smoke, leading to evacuations, school closures ...

About 60% of all the fires burning throughout Latin America are currently happening in Brazil, officials said. This aerial view shows smoke billowing from the forest at Pirituba neighborhood ...

general coordinator of Brazil's national forest fire agency PrevFogo, said the partnership between Ibama and the Bunge Foundation marks a key step in strengthening actions against forest fires ...