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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 …

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Man swims next to massive anaconda. Jaw-dropping video captures encounter. Watch
7 months, 1 week ago

Man swims next to massive anaconda. Jaw-dropping video captures encounter. Watch

Hindustan Times  

A man swam alongside a colossal anaconda in the waters of a wetland in Brazil, with the heart-stopping encounter captured on camera. The viral video captured the daring encounter, showcasing the sheer size and power of the reptile. The viral video of a man swimming alongside a giant anaconda was taken in Pantanal wetland in Brazil. Earlier this year, researchers …

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7 of the best destinations for a Brazil holiday
11 months, 3 weeks ago

7 of the best destinations for a Brazil holiday

The Independent  

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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 …

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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 …

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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  

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Brazil travel guide: Everything you need to know before you go
1 year, 8 months ago

Brazil travel guide: Everything you need to know before you go

The Independent  

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Brazil scientists test frozen jaguar semen to help species
3 years, 1 month ago

Brazil scientists test frozen jaguar semen to help species

Associated Press  

JUNDIAI, Brazil — Brazilian and American scientists on Thursday tranquilized a wild-born female jaguar now living in a protected area in Sao Paulo state. Scientists say frozen semen would be easy to transport, and so help ensure genetic diversity of jaguars whose populations are increasingly fragmented by habitat destruction, according to Lindsey Vansandt, a theriogenologist — a specialist in veterinary …

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Brazil water survey heightens alarm over extreme drought
3 years, 3 months ago

Brazil water survey heightens alarm over extreme drought

The Independent  

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Brazil water survey heightens alarm over extreme drought
3 years, 3 months ago

Brazil water survey heightens alarm over extreme drought

Associated Press  

RIO DE JANEIRO — The Brazilian scientists were skeptical. President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday said hydroelectric dam reservoirs are “at the limit of the limit.” “The prospects are not good; we’re losing natural capital, we’re losing water that feeds industries, energy generation and agribusiness,” Bernardino said. Two outside experts consulted by The Associated Press who reviewed the survey’s methodology said …

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Data raises concerns as Brazil’s forest fire season begins
3 years, 4 months ago

Data raises concerns as Brazil’s forest fire season begins

Associated Press  

RIO DE JANEIRO — Severe drought and early data are raising concerns that this forest fire season in Brazil will see the same high levels of destruction recorded in the past two years, despite efforts to tamp down the blazes. With Brazil’s forest fire season underway, the government space agency that uses satellites to monitor fires reported more area burned …

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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 …

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World's Largest Wetlands are on Fire in South America; Economy and Ecology are Staring at a Disaster
4 years, 1 month ago

World's Largest Wetlands are on Fire in South America; Economy and Ecology are Staring at a Disaster

News 18  

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. Mostly man-made While fires ignited by lightning sometimes occur naturally in the Pantanal, Larcher, who works for environmental NGO Instituto Homem Pantaneiro, said this year’s fires have mostly …

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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 …

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Fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest jump in October
4 years, 1 month ago

Fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest jump in October

Al Jazeera  

Government agency records 17,326 hot spots in the rainforest in October, more than double the number of fires last year. Fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest surged in October and the number of blazes is up 25 percent in the first 10 months of 2020, compared with a year ago, data from government space research agency INPE showed. The agency recorded …

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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 …

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Brazilian court blocks government’s decision to revoke key mangrove protections
4 years, 2 months ago

Brazilian court blocks government’s decision to revoke key mangrove protections

CNN  

CNN — A Brazilian court blocked government’s move to revoke key regulations protecting the country’s tropical mangroves after the move was fiercely criticized by environmental and climate groups. The decision by the court came just a day after Brazil’s National Environment Council, known as Conama, voted to overturn the measures that had defined the ecosystems along Brazil’s coastline as “permanent …

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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’ …

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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 …

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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 …

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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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