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The state of Amazonas today registered a record number of fires, according to a survey carried out by Inpe (National Institute of National Research). The fire database indicates that 2020 had, from January to today, 15,701 fire outbreaks.
The figure is the highest registered since the beginning of the count, 22 years ago, surpassing the worst year so far in 2005, which had 15,644 fires.
The government of Amazonas told TV Globo that the increase in fires is associated with land problems in the state.
Ibama boss demands resignation
Yesterday, one of the strong names of Ibama, José Carlos Mendes, requested his resignation from the position, headed Prevfogo (National Center for Prevention and Combat of Forest Fires), the main body responsible for the policy to combat forest fires, just ago one month.
Ibama did not detail the reasons for the departure; In a message sent to co-workers, Morais only declared that he left due to “force majeure.”
The main organ of the federal government in the protection of the largest tropical forest in the world, Ibama currently has 591 environmental agents to confront the advance of environmental crimes, and this not only in the Amazon, but throughout the country.
Official agency data obtained by the newspaper “O Estado de S. Paulo” show that the current workforce is 55% less than the one the institute had ten years ago.
Images show destruction caused by burns in the Pantanal
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Jaguar injured by the river in the Encontro das Águas park, in the Pantanal region; the region was engulfed in flames
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Images show fire in the Pantanal region, devastated by the fires that occurred in September
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Carcará searches for water amid the devastation caused by the fire
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The sources of fire take over the area, known for its wide fauna and flora
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Aerial view shows the region suffering after a fire
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Animal carcasses are photographed in the middle of the fire-affected region; volunteers search for injured live animals
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Aerial image shows a dead alligator in a completely burned region
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Aerial view of the Pantanal region shows a lot of smoke and burned plantations
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Volunteers try to put out the fire in the area.
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Man absorbs water from the river to try to moisten the bark of trees affected by fire
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Plantation burned
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A volunteer scans the region to try to contain the fire and save the injured animals.
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Another image of aerial life shows the devastation in a region near the Transpantaneira highway
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Dead crocodile amid fire-burned vegetation
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Jaguar walks near the river banks in Encontro das Águas park
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Smoke lingers in the burned regions of the Pantanal; About three thousand hectares were burned in the area.
Mauro Pimentel / AFP
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Volunteers follow a boat on a river that explains the tragedy, which also affected aquatic life.
Mauro Pimentel / AFP
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Jabuti in the midst of the drought in the region that was burned in the Encontro das Águas park
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Smoke takes over the view in the Pantanal
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* With information from Estadão Content
