2023-11-14 17:36:00
In 13 days of November, the Pantanal registered 2,387 fire outbreaks. Most of them are concentrated in Mato Grosso, where the fire affects private reserves, state and federal preservation areas, farms and indigenous lands.
In the biome, at least 852 thousand hectares were consumed by the flames and, with the heat wave affecting the country, with temperatures above 40°C, the trend is for the situation to worsen.
According to data from Inpe (National Institute for Space Research), Mato Grosso has 1,642 fire outbreaks, and Mato Grosso do Sul, 745, all in the Pantanal.
Last year, in the same period, there were only 57 points in the biome, in the two states.
The president of the NGO SOS Pantanal, Alexandre Bossi, remembers that in 2022 the Pantanal was already flooded in November, due to the rains that arrived in September and October, and that made a difference in the outbreaks detected. “This year it’s scary how dry it is,” he said.
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