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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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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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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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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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