“The project funded by the Heritage Emergency Fund makes a significant contribution to local communities by recognizing and strengthening their vital role in fire prevention and control,” says Marlova ...

The other main front that firefighters are battling is in the Pantanal National Park to the southwest, where fires have burned 24 percent of the surface area.

Wildfires erupting in August have ravaged much of Brazil’s Pantanal Matogrossense National Park, which is a part of the Pantanal region, the world’s largest tropical wetland. Fires have so far ...

In south-west Brazil, the Pantanal stretches as far as the eye can see, between flooded plains, lush forests and stunning ...

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Protected areas like the Pantanal Matogrossense National Park have been hit particularly hard, with some 121 hotspots detected in federal conservation areas so far this year.

Brazil is gearing up to showcase the best of its unique biomes and ecotourism experiences. View on euronews ...

Santiago de Chiquitos, a community in Roboré, was the place chosen for the course “Training to Preserve our Pantanal”, which involved the participation of 22 park rangers and technicians from the ...

In 2020 fires devastated 4.3 million hectares of the Pantanal region — the highest number since monitoring began in 1998; the number of fires burning in the area was 508% more than average. That same ...

In addition to fighting the flames, they also rescued injured and escaped animals, chiefly around the Pantanal National Park and the Transpantaneira highway.

The other main front that firefighters are battling is in the Pantanal National Park to the southwest, where fires have burned 24 percent of the surface area.