More than 16.3 million hectares, of which 2.8 million were in forests, were burned in Brazil last year, according to data from the Fire Monitor, released today by MapBiomas, a network of organizations that monitor burned areas in the country.
Most of the fires affected native vegetation, with 25.9 percent of savannah formations and 17.1 percent of forests.
The Amazon was the most affected last year. Almost half of the total area burned in the country was in the biome, equivalent to 7.9 million hectares.
Of the total area burned in the Amazon, 70 percent . . .
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