number of wildfire outbreaks in Brazil that year.
Within the Legal Amazon area in Brazil, the state of Mato Grosso was the largest emitter of greenhouse gases in 2022, generating over 400 million tons of CO₂ equivalent (MtCO₂e). The state of Pará followed, with some 363 MtCO₂e that year. The two states also registered the largest Greenhouse gas emissions in the Legal Amazon in Brazil in 2022, by state (in million tons of CO₂ equivalent)
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