A Amazon, in turn, was the biome with the greatest increase in burned area compared to the same month in 2021: 71% (1.080.388 hectares more). Compared to August this year, the increase was 52%, in the case of Amazon, and 149%, in Cerrado.
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With these numbers, Brazil accumulated a total of 11.749.938 hectares burned between January and September this year – an area larger than the entire state of Pernambuco. There was an increase in the burned area of 40% in the Amazon (more than 1,6 million hectares) and an impressive 1.500% in Pampa (27.317 hectares).
All the record-breaking states in fires are located on agricultural frontiers, with Mato Grosso being the state that burned the most in the first 9 months of 2022, concentrating almost ¼ of what was burned in Brazil in that period.
September 2022 numbers:
- 5.825.520 hectares burned – an area that represents 50% of what was burned in 2022;
- This number was 9% higher than in the same month in 2021 (520.553 thousand ha more);
- 71% of the burned area was in native vegetation, the majority in natural formations and forests;
- Among the types of natural formations, savannah formations were the most affected by fire: 32% of the burned area;
- The biome with the largest burned area was the Cerrado, with 2.973.443 ha burned, 13% more than in the same month of 2021;
- The Amazon was the biome with the greatest increase in burned area compared to the same month in 2021, with a 71% increase (1.080.388 ha more); It is
- The municipalities of São Félix do Xingu and Altamira were those with the largest burned area.
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