Brazil: number of wildfires in the Legal Amazon 2005-2021

Published by
Bruna Alves,
Jan 10, 2022
In 2021, approximately 102 thousand wildfire outbreaks were reported in the Legal Amazon region in Brazil. A year earlier, more than 150 thousand occurrences were reported in the area, the highest figure reported in ten years.
The Legal Amazon (or Amazônia Legal, in Portuguese) is an area comprising the territory of nine Brazilian states in the Amazon basin: Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima, and Tocantins. Altogether, it occupies more than five million square kilometers.

Number of wildfires in the Legal Amazon area in Brazil from 2005 to 2021 (in 1,000s)

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Release date

January 2022

Region

Brazil

Survey time period

2005 to 2021

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