Rio de Janeiro, Jan 22, 2025 (AFP) - Brazil saw 79% jump in area burned by fires in 2024: monitor

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Wildfires in Brazil 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 expanding their territory. 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. ll/dga/nro/jgc ...

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