The star of the coming harvest with a 9,9% of increased planted area is rice, with growth in all areas of Brazil, particularly South east and Center West, with increases of 16,9% and 33,5% ...

Some 30.8 million hectares (119,000 square miles) of vegetation were burned in Brazil in 2024, a 79 percent increase from 2023, monitoring platform MapBiomas reported.

The pools of Lençóis Maranhenses are clear and blue ...

Brazil's president this week amped up pressure for a major oil project to go ahead at the mouth of the Amazon River, despite ...

Wildfires in Brazil last year consumed a total area larger than all of Italy, a monitor reported Wednesday, as the country continues to battle blazes often set by farmers and ranchers illegally ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) In 2024, Brazil experienced a 79% increase in burned areas compared to 2023, with 30.8 million hectares affected, surpassing the size of Italy. Fires in the ...

The 2024 figures represent the largest area burned since 2019 ... makes vegetation drier and thus more prone to burning. But in Brazil, the main driver of the fires are ranchers and farmers ...

Wildfires in Brazil last year consumed a total area larger than all of Italy, a monitor reported Wednesday, as the country continues to battle blazes often set by farmers and ranchers illegally ...