INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
burned area, with 25% in forest formations
Pasture fires made up 21.9% of the total in 2024
The 2024 burned area was the largest since the Fire Monitor series began in 2019.The Amazon biome suffered the most, with 17.9 million
The Cerrado followed with 9.7 million hectares, then the Pantanal with 1.9 million
The Atlantic Forest, Caatinga, and Pampa also experienced significant burns.Ane Alencar, Science Director at IPAM and MapBiomas Fire
coordinator, called 2024 an atypical and alarming year for fires in Brazil
(Photo Internet reproduction)Felipe Martenexen from MapBiomas Fire emphasized that fire in the Amazon is not a natural phenomenon
Mato Grosso and Tocantins states followed with 6.8 and 2.7 million hectares burned, respectively.The dramatic increase in burned areas
