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.

fires in the more humid Amazon typically burn along the forest floor, causing less immediate damage. Some areas recover over time, while others eventually collapse. Brazil’s monitoring system ...

"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 ...

Black swaths of burned earth checkerboard the rolling hills — evidence of the fires that ... of forest in Brazil were destroyed per year. Manuel Damásio Maxakali draws maps in the dirt to ...

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 ...