The state governments of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul have decreed a state of emergency due to fires in the northern region of the pantanal, one of Brazil’s six biomes, located in the country’s Central-West region.
A research indicates that these fires scorched an extensive area covering 44,998 square kilometers within the Brazilian segment of this unique biome, a figure significantly higher than previous estimates,
Nearly half of the burned area in Brazil during January to June this year concentrated in Roraima—an Amazonian state—witnessing the destruction of one million hectares.
A total of 185.7 mi hectares—21.8% of the national territory—came under fire from 1985 to 2022. Satellite images show that the cerrado and the Amazon were the most affected biomes, with 86% of the burned region.
In the country's six biomes—Amazonia, Caatinga, Cerrado, Atlantic Forest, Pampa, and Pantanal—fires have hit the vegetation in 536 thousand hectares.
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