Wildfires Affected 30 Million Hectares In Brazil In 2024

By Fabiola Sinimbu

In 2024, fires affected 30 million hectares of Brazil’s territory—the second-largest area burned in the past 40 years, and 62 percent above the average for the 1985–2024 period, according to the Annual Mapping of Land Cover and Use in Brazil (MapBiomas), a project developed since 1985 by a...