Fires in Brazil threaten jaguars, houses and plants in the world's largest tropical wetlands
1 year, 1 month ago

Fires in Brazil threaten jaguars, houses and plants in the world's largest tropical wetlands

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In the first two weeks of November, fires fueled by unusually dry and hot weather destroyed nearly 770,000 hectares of the world’s largest tropical wetlands, preliminary figures from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro show. Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research, a federal agency, detected 3,380 fires in the Pantanal in the first 17 days of November, compared to just 69 in the same period a year ago, and well beyond previous fire season records dating back to 1998. “This is so atypical,” said Renata Libonati, who coordinates the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro's alert system for fires in the Pantanal. “What we're seeing is an extension of the fire season.” Libonati said the heat wave that swept through much of Brazil this week, combined with the El Niño phenomenon led to higher temperatures and drier weather conditions, both favorable to fires.

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Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands fire season hasn’t officially started but it’s already breaking records
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands fire season hasn’t officially started but it’s already breaking records

Associated Press  

SAO PAULO — Brazil’s massive Pantanal wetlands haven’t technically entered annual fire season, but already the number of blazes has broken records and is leading experts to predict this year will be the most devastating in decades. “We are facing one of the worst situations ever seen in the Pantanal,” Environment Minister Marina Silva told journalists Monday, adding that the …

Fires ravage Brazil wetlands, incinerating snakes and monkeys
6 months, 1 week ago

Fires ravage Brazil wetlands, incinerating snakes and monkeys

The Hindu  

The scorched carcasses of monkeys, snakes and caimans dot the charred expanses of the once-green Brazilian Pantanal, the world's largest tropical wetlands. The El Nino weather pattern, supercharged by climate change, has dried the area's rivers and disrupted its usual seasonal flooding, leaving the ecosystem vulnerable to fires. This year is threatening to overtake 2020 as the Pantanal's worst year …

Fires in Brazil threaten jaguars, houses and plants in world’s largest tropical wetlands
1 year, 1 month ago

Fires in Brazil threaten jaguars, houses and plants in world’s largest tropical wetlands

LA Times  

Firefighters in Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands this month celebrated the end of the fire season on Facebook, saying in a Nov. 7 post that “it is a relief for everyone who lives in the region.” They spoke too soon. In the first two weeks of November, fires fueled by unusually dry and hot weather destroyed nearly 1.9 million acres — almost …

Fires in Brazil threaten jaguars, houses and plants in the world’s largest tropical wetlands
1 year, 1 month ago

Fires in Brazil threaten jaguars, houses and plants in the world’s largest tropical wetlands

Associated Press  

POCONE, BRAZIL — Firefighters in Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands earlier this month celebrated the end of the fire season on Facebook, saying in a Nov. 7 post that “it is a relief for everyone who lives in the region.” They spoke too soon. A jaguar rests in an area recently scorched by wildfires at the Encontro das Aguas park in the …

Brazil forest fire season underway and raising concern
3 years, 4 months ago

Brazil forest fire season underway and raising concern

Associated Press  

RIO DE JANEIRO — The season of Brazilian forest fires has begun, and early data plus severe drought is sparking concern that nationwide destruction in 2021 will stay at the high levels recorded in the past two years, despite efforts to tamp down the blazes. Brazil is home to the world’s largest rainforest and tropical wetlands — the Amazon and …

The world’s largest wetlands burned down this year. That’s a disaster for all of us
4 years, 1 month ago

The world’s largest wetlands burned down this year. That’s a disaster for all of us

CNN  

CNN — The world watched as California and the Amazon went up in flames this year, but the largest tropical wetland on earth has been ablaze for months, largely unnoticed by the outside world. “It is vital that it as much attention as the Amazon.” Brazil’s National Institute of Space Research has detected more than 21,200 fires in the Pantanal …

As Brazil’s wetlands burned, government did little to help
4 years, 2 months ago

As Brazil’s wetlands burned, government did little to help

Associated Press  

PORTO JOFRE, Brazil — After hours navigating Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands in search of jaguars earlier this month, Daniel Moura beached his boat to survey the fire damage. “I can’t see much federal help; it is basically us here,” said Felipe Augusto Dias, executive director of SOS Pantanal, an environmental group. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly last week, Bolsonaro said …

Brazil vets work to heal jaguars burned in Pantanal wildfire
4 years, 2 months ago

Brazil vets work to heal jaguars burned in Pantanal wildfire

Associated Press  

CORUMBA DE GOIAS, Brazil — In 20 years, veterinarian Daniela Gianni had never seen a jaguar burned as badly as Amanaci, a female injured in the wildfires crackling through Brazil’s vast Pantanal wetlands. Gianni is the operational coordinator of the NEX Institute, an organization that defends wild cats, and which is using experimental stem cell treatment to tend to jaguars’ …

Wildfires sweep into Brazil park harboring jaguars
4 years, 3 months ago

Wildfires sweep into Brazil park harboring jaguars

Associated Press  

RIO DE JANEIRO — Wildfire has infiltrated a Brazilian state park known for its population of jaguars as firefighters, environmentalists and ranchers in the world’s largest tropical wetlands region struggle to smother record blazes. “It’s the only strategy that has managed to resolve the fire, in some situations.” Despite tireless efforts, some 15% of Panthera’s sprawling property has been consumed …

Brazil Fires Ravage World's Largest Wetland, Threaten Endangered Species
4 years, 4 months ago

Brazil Fires Ravage World's Largest Wetland, Threaten Endangered Species

News 18  

Flames are ravaging Brazil’s Pantanal, the world’s largest wetland, approaching the region’s main highway and threatening endangered species amid a near-record number of fires. Brazil’s national space research agency Inpe has registered 3,121 fires in the first 15 days of August, nearly five times higher than the same period a year ago. Speaking on a visit to Mato Grosso State …

Number of fires more than doubles in Brazil’s Pantanal
4 years, 4 months ago

Number of fires more than doubles in Brazil’s Pantanal

Associated Press  

BRASILIA, Brazil — The number of fires in Brazil’s Pantanal, the world’s biggest tropical wetlands, more than doubled in the first half of 2020 compared to the same period last year, according to data released by a state institute. The sharp increase in fires comes amid domestic and international concern over Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s calls to clear land in …

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