Brazil surpassed the mark of 17 thousand fires and surpassed the worst four months in the history of fires recorded in the country. The data comes from the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe), linked to the federal government, and was updated on Tuesday (30). In total, 17,064 fires were recorded from January 1st to April 29th. An increase of 81% compared to the same period in 2023. The numbers also exceed the 16,988 outbreaks from January 1st to April 30th, 2003, the worst period in the historical series, which began in 1999. The states of Roraima and Mato Grosso lead the ranking of fires, with 4,609 and 4,122 fire records, respectively. The biomes with the highest number of fires recorded this year are:

Amazon - 8,969 fires - 52.6% of the total
Cerrado - 4,506 fires - 26.4%
Atlantic Forest - 1,746 fires - 10.2%
Caatinga - 1,115 fires - 6.5%
Pantanal - 646 fires - 3.8%

The observed record is related to the occurrence of the El Niño phenomenon, which is the warming of the Pacific Ocean, causing an increase in temperature over the continent and a decrease in rainfall, especially in the northern part of the Amazon, north of Ecuador, says Inpe. The Institute highlights that in addition to climate issues, human action continues to be one of the factors that causes greater degradation of the environment.

Source: Amazon Agency