[1/2] An aerial view shows burnt trees near a river in The Pantanal, the world's largest wetland, in Pocone, Mato Grosso state, Brazil, August 28, 2020.
The 2,387 fires recorded by Inpe in early November is already more than double October's figure and more than half of the total fires seen this year so far.
Fires have more than tripled in the Pantanal compared with 2022, which was mild compared with the two previous years.
Weather experts point to the El Nino phenomenon, aggravated by climate change, as being behind the sharp increase in fires.
"There was sporadic rainfall at the end of October, but two or three days after it stopped, the fires came back," he added.
Persons:
Amanda Perobelli, Inpe, El, Vinicius Silgueiro, Silgueiro, Lisandra Paraguassu, Gerry Doyle
Organizations:
REUTERS, Rights, Centro de Vida Institute, El Nino, Thomson
Locations:
Pocone, Mato Grosso, Brazil, Rights BRASILIA, Brazil's Pantanal