Brazil: nearly 3,000 fires recorded in February, a sad record. The figure for February 2024 is four times higher than that recorded during the same month last year.
A historic drought hit the Amazon between June and November 2023, affecting millions of people. The practice of fires by agro-trading players is called into question by the Brazilian government. The largest rainforest on the planet is one of the world's most important ecosystems for stabilizing the global climate threatened by warming.