Until October 6, 2024, 217,792 hot spots were registered in the country; Climate change has intensified fires
THE ICMBio (Instituto Chico Mendes da Conservação e Biodiversidade) stated that Brazil is facing the worst drought in 75 years and the lowest value of temporal evolution of the precipitation and evapotranspiration index. The finding is in newsletter released last Tuesday (October 8, 2024) about forest fires in the country. Here’s the complete of the report (PDF – 18 MB).
From January 1st to October 6th, 2024, 217,792 hot spots were recorded, warns the Inpe (National Institute for Space Research). According to ICMBio, the intensification of fires in the Pantanal, Amazon and Cerrado is due to climate change, caused by prolonged droughts in these biomes.
According to the Cemaden (National Center for Natural Disaster Monitoring and Alerts), 58% of the national territory is affected by drought this year. In about 1/3 of the country, the scenario is one of severe drought.
The 5 states with the most hot spots:
- Mato Grosso – 47,716 hot spots;
- Pará – 37,064;
- Amazon – 22,547;
- Tocantins – 15,550;
- Mato Grosso do Sul – 12,243.
The 5 municipalities with the most hot spots:
- São Félix do Xingu (PA) – 7,100 hot spots;
- Altamira (PA) – 5,707;
- Corumbá (MS) – 4,870;
- Novo Progresso (PA) – 4,743;
- Apuí (AM) – 4,470.
AMAZON
According to Inpe data, 107,246 outbreaks are in the Amazon biome alone – 85% of them are concentrated in 20 municipalities. A total of 12,247,400 hectares were burned from January to October 2024, which represents 2.9% of the biome.
PANTANAL
In the Pantanal, fthere were 13,141 hot spots in the period, according to the report. 2,269,200 hectares were burned, which is equivalent to 15.3% of the biome. Throughout 2023, the Pantanal recorded 6,580 hot spots.
The bulletin informs that 624 wild animals have been rescued so far.
CLOSED
Inpe registered 70,798 hot spots in the Cerrado. They were burned 13,896,550 hectares, which represents 7% of the biome. Throughout 2023, 50,713 hot spots were recorded.
LIABILITY IN BRAZIL
According to the information, until October 6, 31 investigations were opened by the Federal Police; 127 inspection actions were carried out by the Ibama (Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources) and ICMBio; 7,562 notifications; 91 infraction notices; R$458.35 million in fines; 51 embargo terms and 29,500 hectares embargoed.
ICMBio warns that the use of fire in most parts of the country is prohibited and is a crime, punishable by 2 to 4 years in prison.
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