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Transpantaneira is 150 km long and is known to be a tourist attraction in the region. It crosses the largest floodplain on the planet.
- 85% of the park that houses the world’s largest jaguar refuge has been destroyed
The images taken before the fires, in the rainy season, show the biodiversity of the region. Now, the landscape is desert, with the forest in ashes. One of the affected areas, the Encontro das Águas State Park lost 85% of its vegetation cover.
According to the Centro Vida Institute (ICV), in total, the fires have already destroyed an area of 92 thousand hectares of the park, which has 108 thousand hectares.
Jaguar cub and mother are observed in Porto Jofre, in the Pantanal of Mato Grosso – Photo: Ailton Lara
Road MT-060, better known as Transpantaneira, in Poconé – Photo: Rafaella Zanol – Gcom / MT
Fogo is recorded by a photographer at kilometer 40 of the transpantaneira – Photo: Ernane Junior
Before and after the fire that devastates the Pantanal – Photo: Arte-G1
Encontro das Águas State Park is known for having the highest concentration of jaguars in the world. Tourists from all over the world come to the site to observe jaguars on board boats.
According to ICV’s analysis, the jaguars, which are already in danger of extinction, are now also threatened by fires.
In a video released by the institute, you can see how the areas of the reserve are being affected by the fires. (see below).
85% of the main refuge of the jaguars burned in the Pantanal of MT
The Pantanal has many remote areas, such as Porto Jofre, in Poconé (MT), which can only be accessed by plane or by Transpantaneira, a highway with more than 100 bridges, many still made of wood – Photo: Eduardo Palacio / G1
Data from Prevfogo, Ibama’s National Center for the Prevention and Fight of Forest Fires, in 2020 show that the burned area in the Pantanal has already exceeded 2.3 million hectares, 1.2 million in Mato Grosso and more than 1 million in Mato Grosso do Sul.
This area of more than 2 million represents almost 10 times the size of the cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro combined.
This week the government decreed an emergency situation in Mato Grosso. The decree will be valid for 90 days and may be extended. The federal government promised on Tuesday (15) resources to combat the flames in the state and in Mato Grosso do Sul.
Burns increased in the Pantanal in July, when the drought became even more intense. The days are so dry that the climate is similar to that of a desert, with humidity below 10%. However, the weather is not the only problem: Police are looking for evidence that criminal fires are breaking out in the region to free up areas of grass.
