By Paulliny Tort*
In 38 years, Brazil burned 185.7 million hectares, an area equivalent to the territories of Colombia and Chile together, or 21.8% of the national territory.
This is what MapBiomas Fogo data reveals, mapping that counted the extension consumed by flames between 1985 and 2022 based on satellite images.
"With this historical series of fire data, we can understand the effect of climate and human action on wildfires and forest fires," says Ane Alencar, coordinator of MapBiomas Fogo and director of Science at the Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia (IPAM) [Amazon Environmental Research Institute. . .
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