Brazil firefighters race to contain wetland blazes

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POCONE: A tractor cuts a firebreak through the vegetation of the Pantanal, the world’s biggest tropical wetlands, as firefighters race to contain the ...

Aerial view of a large forest fire in Ramal do Cinturao Verde, in the Janauaca District, Careiro Castanho, 113 km from Manaus, Amazon region, Brazil, on Aug 4, 2020. — AFPA tractor cuts a firebreak through the vegetation of the Pantanal, the world’s biggest tropical wetlands, as firefighters race to contain the blazes that have been devastating one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth.

Firefighters have been working around the clock to contain the blazes, with the help of residents of the city of Pocone and the surrounding area. The fires are sometimes set by ranchers clearing land to graze cattle, even though President Jair Bolsonaro, under pressure to protect the Amazon and the Pantanal, decreed a four-month ban on agricultural fires in July.

 

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