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In Brazil, cattle ranchers and land-grabbers set the Amazon on fire to illegally clear land and expand their destructive business. They do this because the global meat industry — and its paying customers — have historically been willing to sacrifice forests — and our futures — for profits.
Data from MapBiomas reveal that over five million acres were burned in the Brazilian Amazon in August alone. This year, the total burned area amounts to 13.4 million acres—an area larger than entire countries like Costa Rica or Denmark.
In the first seven months of 2024, the Brazilian Amazon recorded the highest number of fires in the last 20 years. Although deforestation in the region decreased by 50% in 2023 compared to 2022, burned areas increased by 36%.
Brazil's Amazon dry season just ended with a staggering 846% increase in burned forest area compared to the year before.
By this time of the year, rain should be drenching large swaths of the Amazon rainforest. Instead, a punishing drought has kept the rains at bay, creating dry conditions for fires that have...
South America is ablaze, with record-breaking fires burning even in typically moist ecosystems like the Amazon rainforest.
Scientists say the rainforest is becoming increasingly flammable, even in areas not directly related to deforestation; fire is now spreading faster and higher, reaching more than 10 meters (32 feet) in height. “When I see the rainforest burning, I know what I’m really seeing is Amazonia dying.