Fire burns 29.7 mln hectares in Brazil this year

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Around 29.7 million hectares of land were burned in Brazil between January and November 2024, marking the largest area in six years and almost a twofold increase from a year earlier, according to a local study released on Monday.

MapBiomas, a collaborative network that conducts annual mapping of land cover and use in Brazil, said the 2024 burnings primarily affected forests, h