| 2024 Brazil wildfires | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Satellite image of the fires on 25 August 2024 | |
| Location | Pantanal, Cerrado, Amazon rainforest |
| Statistics | |
| Total fires | 62,131 |
| Total area | ~46,101,798 hectares (113.92002 million acres)[1] |
| Impacts | |
| Deaths | 2 |
In 2024, 62,131 wildfires detected by the Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS) burned an estimated 46,101,798 hectares (113,920,020 acres) of tropical wetland in Brazil's Pantanal in Mato Grosso do Sul, the Amazon rainforest, and the Cerrado.[1] According to satellite data from the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research, the number of fires from 2024's beginning to 10 June showed a 935% increase compared to the same period in 2023 with 1,315 fires being reported compared to 127 fires in 2023.[2][3]
- ^ a b "GWIS - Statistics Portal". Global Wildfire Information System. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ Buschschlüter, Vanessa (10 June 2024). "Brazil wildfires: Parts of Pantanal wetlands ablaze amid drought". BBC. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ Genot, Louis (2 July 2024). "Brazil's Amazon sees worst 6 months of wildfires in 20 years". Phys.org. Retrieved 9 July 2024.