The vast Amazon rainforest bore the brunt of the devastation, accounting for approximately 17.9 million hectares of the total ...

Wildfires in Brazil last year consumed a total area larger than all of Italy, a monitor reported Wednesday, as the country ...

once forests are burned, they become more susceptible to future fires," said Ane Alencar, of MapBiomas. Climate change makes vegetation drier and thus more prone to burning. But in Brazil ...