Amazon There are 98 thousand 646 people registered in Brazil. forest fire in 2023 10.8% less than in 2022 (115 thousand 33), despite the historical drought Official sources said on Tuesday that the biome faced this in the final months of last year when fire outbreaks broke out.

Number of heat sources measured last year by satellites National Institute for Space Research (INPE, by its acronym in Portuguese) fell compared to 2022, but was 31.4% higher than in 2021 (75,090), according to an organization associated with Ministry of Science and Technology.

Although the year ended on a high, the number of bushfires gradually fell in the final months of 2023, from 26,452 in September, when they reached their highest level for the year, to 22,061 in October, 13,943 in November and 4,701 in December.

Although down 66.3% from November, the number of heat sources in December 2023 jumped 70.6% compared to the same month in 2022 (2,756) and 194.5% compared to December 2022 . In 2021 (1,596), this was the lowest figure for that month. since INPE began measuring this indicator in 1998.

The increase in fires in the final months of last year comes as the Amazon, the world’s largest freshwater reserve, is experiencing a severe drought that caused its river levels to drop to a trickle last October.

In accordance with Warning and Disaster Monitoring Center (Tsemaden)the current drought, which could become historic, is a consequence of the phenomenon Boy, that this year was more intense than 2015 and 2016, when the biome experienced its worst water crisis, and could last until February 2024.