Brazil
400km
200mi
1. Agricultural land in the south-east of the state has regularly burned across both of the past two decades.
2. The 'Day of Fire’ saw farmers illegally clear pastures with fire, with 124 blazes seen in one day. Much of this land was newly burned in 2011-20
State
of
Pará
1
2
40km
40mi
163
230
3
Cachoeira Seca
Indigenous land
3. Roads dig into the forest from large highways, and then little fires are lit around them to clear land
200km
100mi
Brazil
Savannah land such as the Guianan savannah are naturally more at risk of fire
State
of Pará
Santarém
The 'Day of Fire’ saw farmers illegally clear pastures with fire, with 124 blazes seen in one day. Much of this land was newly burned in 2011-20
Agricultural land in the south-east of the state has regularly burned across both of the past two decades
20km
20mi
Roads dig into the forest from large highways, and then little fires are lit around them to clear land
163
230
Rurópolis
Cachoeira Seca
Indigenous land
200km
100mi
Savannah land such as the Guianan savannah are naturally more at risk of fire
Brazil
State of Pará
Santarém
Agricultural land in the south-east of the state has regularly burned across both of the past two decades
The 'Day of Fire’ saw farmers illegally clear pastures with fire, with 124 blazes seen in one day. Much of this land was newly burned in 2011-20
Novo
Progresso
20km
20mi
163
Roads dig into the forest from large highways, and then little fires are lit around them to clear land
230
Rurópolis
Cachoeira
Seca
Indigenous
land