They fell halfway in the first half of the year, according to preliminary data, in news that, if confirmed, can to the Lula government (PT).
According to information from the LASA laboratory, from UFRJ (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), shared with the executive, between January 1 and June 23 this year there were 17,608 heat outbreaks across the country, 47% less than 33,368 registered in the same interval one year earlier.
For the Secretary of Deforestation Control, this reduction is made by the measures implemented by the government after AE shows that last year’s climate scenario was atypical.
“The expectation is that this year we have fewer fires than last year. However, it is the third year in a row with below average rainfall, so we have all efforts to improve the system [de proteção] And effectively implement the National Integrated Fire Management Policy, which is the big news from last year here, “he says.
In 2024, the early arrival of the drought caused one in June – when the increase is that the increase will happen only in the second semester – which.
This time, however, the scenario is different. The area burned in the first half of 2025 was 91.3 thousand hectares, 87% less than the 703.8 thousand registered compared to the same period of the previous year.
“This year the drought has not yet arrived,” adds Lima.
If last year all the biomes in the country had the rise in fires in June, this year Pampa, Atlantic and Pantanal Forest (main focus of the crisis of the first half of 2024) have not yet had any hectare of burned area – in the Amazon, Caatinga and Cerrado there was a drop of about 80% in this index.
“I can’t celebrate, let’s say so, because in fact the drought will start now in July, August and runs until September, October. We will certainly have fires in all biomes this year, but the expectation is that, due to the closest climate factor, we have less fires,” he adds.
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